Arizona Cardinal Of The Week: Week Fourteen
The Cardinals have finally ended their seven game losing streak with their 43-13 win over the Broncos, and they got a good performance from several players. It is nice to talk about who had a good game again.
Also, Derek Anderson won the worst of the week vote with 86% of the vote last week, although he was the only person on the list.
Jay Feely - 5 of 6 Field Goals made (long of 55), 5 Yard Touchdown run
It is not often when you see a Kicker in a player of the week list where he has a good chance of being the one who wins the award. Usually, it is if he makes a game winning kick. But last night, Feely singlehandedly beat the Broncos. He made 5 Field Goals, the only one he missed was after a delay of game penalty where it looked like the Cardinals were going to Punt, then they decided to send Feely in and he missed a 49 yarder. He also ran for a Touchdown on a play that seemed to fire up the entire team. He was also only one point away from tying the record for most points scored in one game by a Kicker that was set by Rob Bironas of the Titans back in 2007 (26 points).
Larry Fitzgerald - 6 Catches for 72 Yards
It looked like Larry was going to break the record for most catches by a Cardinals player on the second play of the game, but he fumbled. Coach Whisenhunt then challenged the play, and it was overturned. Larry had to wait a little while after that, but he got his catch, they put the little thing on the scoreboard that said he now has the record, and he got five other catches to add on to that record. Good day for Fitz, and it would have been even better if a deep pass by Steve Breaston on a trick play wasn't knocked away from him.
Kerry Rhodes - 4 Tackles, Fumble Recovery, Interception
Really, does anyone miss Antrel Rolle anymore? Kerry Rhodes has been a big time playmaker this year, and he made even more of them last night in another solid performance. He should make it to the Pro Bowl this season.
John Skelton - 15 of 37 for 146 Yards, 3 Rushes for 9 Yards
Not a great statistical performance by any means (he did have four or five dropped passes though), but he didn't make any big mistakes, he did a good job leading the offense in his first game as a starter, and he got the win. He did enough to make the fans feel optimistic about what he can do in the future, but I still think the Cards need to get a Quarterback early in the Draft.
Tim Hightower - 18 Carries for 148 Yards, 2 Touchdowns
He didn't get off to a great start, and he lost a fumble during the 4th Quarter. But after that, he took out his anger on the Broncos Defense with several big runs, and two Touchdowns to seal the game in what is statistically one of the best games of his young career.
Daryl Washington and Michael Adams were also considered for their strong performances. Who do you think is the Cardinal of the Week?
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Its unbelieveable how bad Peter King ignores the Cardinals
Dont know if any of you read his Monday Morning QB, but in the awards section he gave his Special Teams Player of the Week to Miamis punter for averaging over 50 yards a punt. Wheres the love for Jay Feely? If you read it, you can Email him. I urge all of you to do so and rip him for it
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by Redbird Nation #1 on Dec 13, 2010 11:09 AM MST reply actions
After his "Max Hall is the next Kurt Warner" article
I think he doesn’t want to say anything.
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan [I have always lived in Arizona, dad is from Chicago].
I can't stand fair-weather/bandwagon fans, stick with your team(s), throughout the good and the bad. And don't switch to whichever team wins the Super Bowl each year.
He's not the only one
ESPN made a big deal about his punts this morning too. It’s just a case of another player having a good game in a much more high profile game.
by Steamin' Beamin' on Dec 13, 2010 11:47 AM MST up reply actions
Keep reading the article...
He praises Jay and the “monster game” he had on page 5. It’s not special teamer of the week, but it’s not like he wasn’t paying attention.
by SenSurround on Dec 13, 2010 12:07 PM MST up reply actions
Yea but it was 2 sentences on the last page.
This is the same guy who didnt even mention Adrian Wilsons 2 pick, 1 sack, 1 field goal block in week 1 against the rams. And last year when Kurt became the 2nd Qb ever to throw 100 TDs with two teams, and Adrian joined the 20/20 club (both happened in the same game) he didnt even mention those either. And hes pretty much said he doesnt think Warners a HOF
F Dallas
by Redbird Nation #1 on Dec 13, 2010 1:27 PM MST up reply actions
Crazy
Look at the dropoff without Warner! He made this team better.
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan [I have always lived in Arizona, dad is from Chicago].
I can't stand fair-weather/bandwagon fans, stick with your team(s), throughout the good and the bad. And don't switch to whichever team wins the Super Bowl each year.
by JoeCB1991 on Dec 13, 2010 5:33 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
The Defense
I think the Defense showed up BIG. 6 turnovers. It was almost like the Saints game with turnover TD to seal the game.
Jay Feely for sure
I’ve been enjoying watching the NFL Channel highlights of the game. The whole time, the NFL analysts (I think one of them is Jamie Dukes) keep singing songs about Jay Feely.
I saw that on the NFL.com video.
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan [I have always lived in Arizona, dad is from Chicago].
I can't stand fair-weather/bandwagon fans, stick with your team(s), throughout the good and the bad. And don't switch to whichever team wins the Super Bowl each year.
I can understand voting for Hightower as opposed to Feely on this poll
But how can anyone possibly say Skelton was the Cardinal of the week? I know there were some drops, but he didn’t even complete half of his pass attempts and averaged 4 yards per attempt. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves with this QB. It was nice not to have any turnovers from the QB position, but Skelton did nothing special yesterday.
We all bleed Cardinal Red, but most of us don't recognize it!
"It takes no talent to give great effort"--Chris Petersen
It's not so much Skelton's performance
As it’s people voting for “Not Derek Anderson’s” performance, methinks.
by SenSurround on Dec 13, 2010 12:24 PM MST up reply actions
That's fine
but if he would have thrown an INT he would have been DA reincarnate. Denver dropped a pick (unless I drank way more than I think I did). If they would have held onto it, how would 14/37, 146 and a pick been any different than the normal crapfest that DA gives us?
In my mind, there are only 2 options here, Jay Feely, and Hightower.
We all bleed Cardinal Red, but most of us don't recognize it!
"It takes no talent to give great effort"--Chris Petersen
Just trying to give more options
I knew it would probably be Feely winning this thing as soon as the game ended.
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan [I have always lived in Arizona, dad is from Chicago].
I can't stand fair-weather/bandwagon fans, stick with your team(s), throughout the good and the bad. And don't switch to whichever team wins the Super Bowl each year.
yeah but,
it was hist first start, after only one week getting reps, and the Cards won their first game in 8… So he has to be considered. That being said, Feely for sure, he was solely responsible for the team’s first 22 points… That has to be close to a record…
Yea but hes a rookie
I would be ok with watching him get some of his growing pains out of the way now instead of watching DA flounder another week. Skelton showed more pocket awareness that Hall or DA have
F Dallas
by Redbird Nation #1 on Dec 13, 2010 7:37 PM MST up reply actions
Denver may have dropped a pick
but our receiver’s dropped at least 10 passes. if you want to play that game Skelton easily could have had 24/37 with a couple TD’s since the caught balls instead of drops would have obviously led to TD’s.
by cardsfanforlife24 on Dec 14, 2010 2:03 PM MST up reply actions
My vote goes to the o line (minus Levi)
No sacks and limited pressure. Levi did get beat a few times but Skelton was able to avoid the pressure and had a nice scramble for one of them. He needs to slide inside when Faneca leaves after the season.
If you don't have anything good to say about the Cards this season, you'd be correct.
by hevchv on Dec 13, 2010 1:59 PM MST via mobile reply actions
Stats aren't everything
Voted for Skelton. I don’t get many chances to watch the Cards and after what I saw on MNF I was pretty happy not to watch. However, thanks to a fellow member I caught a site broadcasting the game. Even in the grainiy, pre HD broadcast style it was obvious that the team had a different swagger with Skelton. Yea, he didn’t make every throw, was innaccurate at times, but the “feeling” was different. And if I felt it, I know the team had to.
Feely was awesome! No doubt about it, but he’s a kicker and for as much pressure as gets put on them they have it pretty rough. He did what he was supposed to do. His good start felt like treading water, waiting for the rest of the team to believe. Once the defenese saw that Skelton wasn’t going to put them in terrible positions, they responded. The return game & Graham were awesome as usual too.
Also, kudos to Whiz and the staff drawing up that fake FG. Knowing your players well enough to trust them in that situation was the kind of kick-start the team needed to get out of the funk. This was more like the team I expected to see from the start of the year and hopefully they can keep it up…but then again, it is the Cardinals…
by CaliforniaCardFan on Dec 13, 2010 2:10 PM MST reply actions
I felt the fake
Really amped everybody up. It was a great play call at the right time.
by Jesse Reynolds on Dec 13, 2010 3:33 PM MST up reply actions
Jay Feely
The fake field goal was the turning point of the game. He scored 25 points. One shy of tying the record for most points in a game by a kicker.
Looked up Flaccos stats in his first NFL start compared to Skelton
Since both came out of small schools. Pretty similar, Flacco went 18-37 for 152 yards and a touchdown. Skelton went 15-37 for 146 yards. Just checked Roethlisbergers too. 12-22 for 163 yards. Im not sayin, Im just sayin
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by Redbird Nation #1 on Dec 13, 2010 6:57 PM MST reply actions
Jay Feely
That’s obvious.
But let’s look on the bright side. All 3 of our QB’s starts this season resulted in a win.
Jay Feely - scored the first 22 pts and all of week 12 & 13s
Got to give A-Dub some credit for his play. Finally showed up. I’ve been disappointed with him this year to the point of retiring my Wilson jersey. But he was an animal and lead our defense to our first standout performance. He regained his form as a monster

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