I don’t care if he was offered a shot at the #2 job. The fact he has looked nothing short of atrocious over the past two weeks. After being given a legit opportunity at the #2 gig he has shown no signs of life, Give it man and go become a QB’s coach somewhere or something. YOU SUCK

On a far happier note, despite being a little overrated in last week’s game, Toler looked pretty good. Solid tackler that was being picked on the whole time he was in.

Also Will Davis is looking really beastly in the speed rush, that could be a huge plus,

I liked what I saw from Leinart, LSH, and the Defense during the first Quarter. I also think that Lance Long looks like a keeper.

Kurt wasn’t very good tonight, and St. Pierre blew every chance he had. I was at the game last night and I heard a lot of people [including myself] booing him, I yelled “Cut Pierre” and “Bring out Leinart” a lot.

The Good
Special Teams: Stephen’s-Howling, the only man with a complete sentence for a last name, was hard to spot and hard to tackle in traffic and ripped up the return game; he just needs to develop finishing speed. Ben Graham was crushing the ball on his punts (3 for 48.7 average), Leach was giving perfect snaps and covering on kicks and making tackles, as was Rackers (doh!) who was booting the ball deep into the end zone on kick-offs and nailing his FGs despite the penalties pushing him back on one attempt.
Timmy “the Ballista” Hightower was finally living up to my lousy nickname for him, making one move and slicing through the line for nice yardage. He had his usual 2-3 yard carries but no losses and broke a couple of nice long runs.
Defensive Line looked impressive against the Chargers’ #1. “Nine-O” mentioned in a sideline interview that Bill Davis wasn’t doing anything fancy and just letting the guys do their thing. With Campbell, Dockett, Dansby and even Robinson getting a sack, that’s nice to see. But then in the earlier Seahawks’ telecast Warren Moon mentioned the ‘Hawks tore up the Chargers too so yesterday may be more indicative of a poor Chargers’ o-line than a dominating pass rush.
Matt Leinart looked good against the Chargers’ #3s. Well, he better have.
Reggie Walker looked sharp and active with the #2s playing ahead of Hobson on the depth chart. For an UFA he’s taking advantage of Highsmith’s gimpiness and is making a case for being the ‘09 UFA Rookie success story.
Greg Toler was all over the field and led the team in tackles (seven). Aside from a weak penalty against him, Toler’s performance suggests Ralph Brown won’t be #3 on the depth chart for long.

The Bad
Brian St. Pierre‘s one regular season pass in his career is likely to be his only one. A headset and office with “Passing Game Quality Coach” (an oxymoron if there ever was one) is in his near future.
Wilfrey Fontenot did an excellent Eric Green impersonation most of the game…which isn’t a good thing.
Penalties reared their ugly head again with Levi Brown getting nailed twice for a hold and a illegal hands to the face. He’s steadily starting to remind me of the last Cardinal to wear #75.

The Ugly
Kurt Warner is looking like the Warner we we’re all hoping Leinart was drafted to replace, fumbling the snap exchange, forcing balls into tight coverage, throwing balls behind his receivers, and turning the ball over in the red zone. He still shows flashes of brilliance and this is preseason but I’m starting to think drafting Leinart in the late rounds of your fantasy football draft is a smart move if you have Warner slotted to be your starter.
Overall Lost Opportunities due to kick-returns running out of gas (two), interceptions in the end zone (two), failed fourth down conversions (two) leaves me with an ugly empty feeling in an eleven point loss. It’s preseason, right? Yet I’ve watched some good performances out of the Seahawks and 49ers yesterday and have to say the Cardinals are looking far inferior at this time. That is worrisome.

Matt Leinart was clearly better than BSP.

Although he wasn’t able to punch it in for a score during his fairly brief appearance, he did move the team.

BSP – who had the benefit of 2 quarters with which to operate – did not move the team well enough.

Story closed.

he was awesome and barring a total meltdown, he is a keeper.

starting D looked great as did Timmy

I really with that Rashad Johnson would have hung onto that pick though.

Gotta give praise to the O-line. They opened some very wide holes for Timmy to charge through.

I worry about the backups on the left side though, they’ve had some issues.

WR depth looks great.

Leinart picking apart the 2nd and 3rd teams is great, but I’d like to see him get some more work with the 1st team.