Brilliant game plan by Whisenhunt was executed almost to perfection. It was all made possible, like you said, because of a fantastic performance by the whole OLine.

On the D (like your metaphor), two problems: pass rush and coverage personnel, obviously interconnected. Sounds like good suggestion on Watson, but what about the Adams question? The Saints receivers are alot like Green Bay’s, fairly tall and fast. How about Brown instead of Adams or some sort of realignment of personnel? Something has to change here or there will be big problems against New Orleans.

I said it before the game and I’ll say if after, Adams sucks. Glad he got immediate redemption but just because he executed, the way he was supposed to the first time, for the game winning play doesn’t make him a good player. Still a huge liability.
B-Mac is our most OVERrated player. Hands of stone, not very agile, commits a ridiculous amount of penalties for a cornerback, and he’s sucked at tackling lately which was his strength. We paid him too much, the Saints know it, and they will try to expose that Saturday. No wonder why he was 3rd string for the steelers when he played there and they were healthy.
Glad we opened up the offensive playbook, Whiz is a genius when it comes to the postseason. Let’s hope this good fortune continues.
Anyone else notice Ben Patrick!? I’ve liked this guy since we drafted him out of the 7th round and he’s my pick to be our long-term solution at tight end (of the tight ends on the roster). Great pass catching skills and based on how we ran the ball his run blocking is adequate. Seems to be coming up with big catches more often in critical moments, i.e. the super bowl last year.
In Warner we trust, we’re f***** when he retires.
Great job to the O-line, I believe the only sack was the sack-fumble when we tried the flea-flicker. Hope we try some more plays like that and the Breaston end around. Maybe see a little of Rolle next week!? :)
I think we can beat the Saints, they seem to be on a decline and their history is almost as bad as ours so I have no idea why people think they are this juggernaut team because of one good breakout season, especially after what Warner just proved he can do and has done in the playoffs. What has Brees accomplished again?…………. that’s what I thought, nothing compared to what Warner has and you can’t argue that.
The only other thing we have going for us which I think is huge that I haven’t heard too much of, we’ll play in a dome until the super bowl. Think Warner is having flashbacks to his ‘Greatest Show on Turf’ days? Except with better receivers of course!
GO CARDINALS!!!

I can’t ever remember the feeling I had yesterday before, during and after that exhilirating win.What a nail biting, tongue twisting game to watch. Happy to come out on the winning side of this one.

Thougths and opinions about this classic:
1. The first half defensive game plan was sound and effective by Billy Davis.
2. Rodgers showed his youth early as a result of said game plan by Billy Davis.
3. Warner demonstrated why he belongs in the discussion for the HOF.
4. Doucet looks like Boldin 2.0 in some aspects of his game and definitively justified
    moving ahead of Urban and could be pressing Breaston next season for the #2 or #3
    slot depending on what happens this off-season. Doucet was best Cards Wr.
5. Beanie Wells if he ever gets consistent carries would be a top 7/8 back in football
    maybe better if allow to get in a groove. He needs to be featured now!
6. The full house or "elephant " backfield was excellent eye candy. Should be used again.
7. This was an excellent game schematically by Whisenhunt. He completely out-scheme
     Capers. Camera shots showed a frustrated Capers in the coaches box.
8. The defense melted down in the second half. No PRESSURE. Rodgers did what great
     Qb’s do. He found his guys for large chunks and put his team back in the game.
9. The Lb and secondary play is scary bad. Even when Rodgers was pressured
    completions were made. Yes, a lot was excellent ball placement/location by Rodgers
    and the rest a lack of ball awareness by Cards Db’s. Everyone got exposed in this
    game in the back-half. Wow!!! Such poor play probably won’t cut it two games in a row.

Everybody keeps talking about how Dansby make the defense go. Did Dansby really have a great game? Wasn’t Dansby on the field when GB scored all of their points? Outside of the play to end the game where was he? Both he and Gerald Hayes were ordinary sans the play to end the game by Dansby. Dansby’s stat line reads 4 solo tackles and the one int. to win the game. Great game by Dansby in a contest where he’s on a defense that gives up 45 points? I can’t see it.
    

The win is still sweet, but we cannot afford the mental mistakes of another last drive like that one.

We start, by calling a timeout on the first play from scrimmage because we can’t get a play off? Waste one timeout. Then we get some goofy penalty on 2nd & half a yard. Luckily, Warner is in the zone so he overcomes it all and moves down the field. Then we call a second timeout to save time and continue down the field. Then we call our final timeout with 14 seconds on the clock? Why 14 seconds?? At that point we decide to kick the fg and everyone but Rackers trots onto the field. Graham (the holder/punter) has to start coming back to the sidelines to get Rackers who maddly grabs his helmet runs onto the field and misses a 30 some yard attempt. WTF??

Truly one of the great play off games of all time

People will talk about this one for years

Just found this site. We have been ticket holders for over 15 years and I moved to Alaska the year our new track opened. Didn’t read all the posts but all I can say is SCOREBOARD!!!!!!!!

He is our kicker thru the playoffs, but we should get some competition in for him in the offseason. Went over his stats, and in the 7 years he has been a kicker for the Cards he has had a good percentage but has been an awful pressure kicker. He has made 2 game winning kicks in those years(42 yds., 31 yds.OT) and missed 4, now 5(who can forget the 40 yarder on Monday night vs Bears or the 31 yard miss in OT vs SF when we lost by safety). And in every game where he hit the kick, the game was tied so a miss didn’t lose the game. To this point, in 7 yrs. with Cards he has missed every “miss and you lose” kick, and even though he hasn’t had a lot of chances, the fact that he hasn’t hit one since his been with the team worries me. Eventually, he is going to have to make a kick to win/lose a big game, and I would be nervous even if it was an extra point.

Did anyone tape the game and would sell a copy to this Warner fan? What a game…one for the history books. Warner was absolutley great if this is indeed his final year. Please get back to me so I can purchase a copy of the game. Email to grayland77@yahoo.com. Thanks, Jim

1 – He took two eternal losers franchises (Rams and Cardinals) into and winning the Superbowl. Sad to say, but when Warner is gone, AZ Cardinals will be losers again (even with the Whiz).
2 – He is so accurate, he makes the receivers look good. The ball is always safely in front of the receivers, aiding in run after catch.
3 – He gets better with pressure. He gets better in big game. He gets better in the playoffs. He even gets better when the other the team blitz him.