Arizona Cardinal of the Week: Week 1
by Andrew602 on Sep 14, 2009 11:23 AM MDT
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After a frustrating loss to the 49ers yesterday, it's easy to sit and think about what the Cardinals did wrong, but as they say, the show must go on. Week 1 is officially a loss and we can't get that back, but there were some glimpses of hope throughout the game, even with all of the sloppy play. Some of the Cardinals came out to play yesterday, and those are the players that will be nominated for the Cardinal of the week. Here is the list of nominees starting with Kurt Warner:
As always, feel free to nominate anybody you feel should be the Cardinal of the Week in the comments.
Tim Hightower - Hightower virtually went unnoticed on the ground yesterday, but he made his mark at the receiving end. Hightower recorded a career high, 12 catches, as he was consistently Kurt Warner's safety blanket on offense.
Larry Fitzgerald - Fitz showed that even in the worst of games, he will do his best to show up. Out of the 11 times that Warner threw to Fitzgerald, he was only able to catch half, but made one count in the end zone. Most of the missed catches seemed to be more of a bad throw on Warner's part.
Gerald Hayes - I said it before the game and I'll say it again, Gerald Hayes play on Frank Gore was the biggest match up of the game. The defensive schemes in the playoffs had Hayes committing to one job, shadowing the running back. I don't think much has changed as Hayes was a huge force against the running game.
Darnell Dockett - "Nine O" was all over the defensive line for the majority of the game, often disrupting the 49ers offensive line and getting after the ball carrier. Even though he only recorded 2 tackles in the game, one was a sack, and the other was a brutal "welcome to the NFL" slam to rookie Glen Coffee. Although it doesn't appear on the stat sheet, Dockett should get more credit for his aggressive play all day long on Sunday.
Ben Graham - Is this a sign of how lack luster the offense was? Ben Graham undoubtedly had a good game against the 49ers. He boomed a few kicks, putting the 49ers in poor field position, and he also landed the 49ers near their end zone on one key punt in the second half.
Some nominees for the COTW is much better then none, but there would be a much better feel of satisfaction had they won the game. Is there anybody else you feel should be added to the list? Is there anybody who doesn't deserve to be added?
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I’d find it hard to vote for ANYONE on the offense, but Hightower was the only thing keeping them going. My vote went for Hayes, but I would have gone for Calais Campbell.
by CaliforniaCardFan on Sep 14, 2009 12:05 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Voted for Hayes
He was the Cards best LB on the field yesterday.
Be careful....to a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
by Bezekira on Sep 14, 2009 1:14 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Sad when the punter is part of this group.
My vote is also going for Hayes as he was just a beast for us on D.
by Pyromnc on Sep 14, 2009 1:53 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Bonjour from Paris!
saw the game last night on p2p4u.net. Got the whole game however reception was poor during highlight moments. The Fitz catch in the endzone looked like a pick because of the traffic (reminiscent of last year).
There was a lot of bad (which I won’t delve into (would take all day). Warner looked like my grandpa, penalties galore, o-line (in my opinion partly the reason for Warners regression from last year, however Warner from last year was able to get the ball out.) Or sould I say poor planning for bad matchups at the line. COUGH! Levi, Cough!
Beanie = looked good running, not so good blocking. He needs to study some playbook.
Cambell = YES! One big question mark in my mind answered.
Hghtower = TIMMAY!!! TA TA TIMMAY! It is something worth mentioning when you have someone in the back field with sure hands.
Did I mention Warner is scaring me…
Defense = You have a tough job, which you made look easy every down…Except 3rd.
McFadden = about on par with what i was expecting.
DRC = I didnt see much, and given your post season, I will say thats a good thing!
Rackers = I love that this guy not only kicks good but WANTS to be involved in FOOTBALL.
Graham = Voted for Graham here. The guy has been consistantly good since we picked him up and that final kick downed at the two was the leverage we needed to capitalize on the situation and put us in the positon to win. Remember the jump ball (cant remember the game someone help me out) in the endzone with so much hang time that everyone was in the endzone just waiting for it to come down and Fitz jumps above like (30 people ?) and comes down with the game winning cath. Anyways, thats kind of what I was looking for and it didnt happen beause our o-line crumbles like a bag of chips being shipped by Fed-ex. Why can’t you be like Pringles o-line. WHY!
by badmatty53 on Sep 14, 2009 2:23 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
good stuff Matty
Be careful....to a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
by Bezekira on Sep 15, 2009 8:35 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not too worried about Warner yet
He did a decent job considering how bad the O-Line did at protecting him, I’d say the first INT was his fault, but I don’t blame him for the second although I think he should have thrown it away instead.
I voted for Gerald Hayes, but I would also go with the entire Defense here after how well they played. Billy Davis is so much better than Pendergast was, now we just need someone who can take Haley’s spot because what we have there now isn’t working.
by JoeCB1991 on Sep 14, 2009 2:26 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Dockett from Niner fan
Dockett and Campbell killed the Niners O-Line all game long. They disrupted the run and pass and came up with big plays. They one the one on one battles.
Felt Hayes and Hightower’s success were due to the 49ers game strategy than anything else. OC Raye continued to run up the middle and despite the Cardinals run blitzing all day with the lbs. Hightower caught a bunch of balls because the Niners didn’t want to give any big plays to the receivers.
So the vote from the other side, goes to Dockett
Haralson and, as always, Willis were the best for the 49ers
by abasketballfan on Sep 14, 2009 4:20 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
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