Are You Concerned About The Arizona Cardinals After Their First Two Games?

AZ Retiree I watched the first quarter and it seemed like the NFL refs sent a message to the Cardinals: This game will be won by the Falcons, in front of their home town fans. No matter what the Cardinals get started it will be stopped by our little yellow flags. The NFL wants to build the Pro Football business in Atlanta so the refs were given the assignment to make that happen.
I grant you, the Falcons played well and scored 41 points against a normally better than average defense. The number of penalties that were thrown against Arizona was a bit over the top. Whizenhunt finally gave up and put his Rookie QB in to experience an interception. I may be a conspiricy theorist, but you must admit it was barage of laundry thrown at the feet of Cardinals. In any play in the NFL you can find a penalty if you try, and these refs really tried. I hope it has the desired results and brings in more ATL fans and sells more gear, you guys need a boost. Most of all, I hope the Falcon players can use this W as a spring board into a play-off caliber team. As for the Cards, I wonder how long it will it be before Whizenhunt admits he made a mistake for betraying Matt Leinart and tossing him out the door without warning? (Never!) I have a feeling this made all the other players realize that that the same could happen to them. Their coach is willing to betray any player at any time. First Bolden, who is playing great with his new team, and the #1 draft pick Matt Leinart. If I were a Cardinal player it would be difficult to trust my head coach and the front office. I am sure my game intensity may suffer if there is a smidgen of doubt about my job security. I predict two more losses with Anderson at the wheel before he is permenantly replaced by the rookie Hall, who will begin his OJT. Pray for us in Arizona, for the coach knows not what he does. Sorry no playoffs this year for Arizona, and I hope Leinart gets a couple of opportunities to help the Texans win two or three games along the season. I have a feeling its time for Leinart to spread his wings and take off to become an elite QB in the NFL. He no longer has a vindictive coach holding him back. I believe it is time to replace Whizenhunt with a coach who can make his players feel valuable, wanted and that they have some job security. A professional NFL head coach. A guy who lets players fail or succeed on the field before cutting them. We do not need a narcicist who throws talent away due to personality issues. Bush league.

and they get today. Ill take that trade off any day. The Falcons had more to prove today and it showed. We have Oakland next week if they blow us out 41 to 7 then its time to jump ship over to Houston they are collecting Arizona players as it is anyways.

Mainly because of the QB situation. Enough about Leinart, that’s been discussed to death, but I always felt that Anderson was brought in to be a backup and was thrust into the starting job prematurely. He has more resembled the disaster-prone Anderson of the last two seasons than the one who had a single Pro Bowl (alternate) year, and I have grave concerns that he’s not capable of greater accuracy since it was never his strong point. Backing him up are two rookies who are not even close to being NFL-ready. Quite frankly, our QBs scare the hell out of me and they could be enough to sink the season. Of course I hope I’m wrong.

I’m a little concerned, but no way do you start hating, or jump off the bandwagon….

I think we all need to realize once Kurt retired, it changed the whole dynamic. I think Whiz and Graves had a transitional plan for when Kurt left(though they probably thought they had much more time). But Warner accelerated that plan, which is probably creating many of these bumps and head-scratching decisions (ie: cutting Leinart 10 days before the opener, keeping two rookie QBs). The organization continues to work towards and believes it can win and make the playoffs this year and in future years. I still think we can take the division and do this (and 9-7 or 8-8 may do it in this division). While the score doesn’t indicate this, I did see some improvement out there. That said, I do think while trying to do this, this is feeling like a bit of a re-load year with a lot of new guys. That’s going to result in some weeks being successful, while other days looking like yesterday. I think we have a lot of talent, but that talent needs to come together and play like its capable of doing…..That is probably most concerning to me – this team is not playing like it should…..and I won’t blame injuries because everyone has to deal with that and its just part of the game.

Its good to have different opinions to keep the discussion going……but always be a fan!!!

The point I was making is that as head coach he built the product we are watching on the field of play. He dismanntled a winning team and allowed tried and true talent to leave. He has weakened the team morale by the way he handles personnel. If I were a player I would not be in a comfort zone concerning job security, even if I were playing well. If Coach Whiz takes a dislike for you, you could be ejected at any time.
Yes, the Cardinals have had success under Whizenhunt, but I believe his tenure is up. He takes himself too seriously and the team has suffered from his “rebuilding” when many of his moves were unwarrented and damaging. I picked the Falcons to win by 37-10 but with the help of the refs it was worse than that. I believe this teams ego has been shattered by the head coach and if the Cards are going to succeed he must be replaced as soon as possible. Wheels turn very slowly in the NFL so expect him to stay on until he completely makes a mess of this season and maybe the first half of next season before the owners realize they have to make a change for the good of the franchise. If I am wrong, which I hope, I will apologize, but I doubt it.

I wish we had Karlos Dansby still!

were both expendable.

 I’ve watched DA and for those three years he’s always had a problem with accuracy and unfortunately that will probably never change. The thing about DA is he is the type of qb who has to have all aspects of his offense working, meaning the O-line doing their job, a solid run game and receivers who can and will catch the football. In 07 he had those three things and even with a 56% completion he still led the Browns to a 10 win season. In 08 and 09 he no longer had the run game, O-line support, or receivers who could hang on to the football and his game suffered. He is not the type of qb you can depend on to carry the offense when nothing else on the offense is working. He’ll try but….
DA is a gunslinger, pure and simple and asking him to change his throwing motion so the receivers don’t hurt their hands when catching the football is like asking a politician to start being honest, doesn’t work. It’s much easier for a receiver to learn how to catch a bullet than it is for a qb to completely change the way he throws the football.
Earlier someone mentioned that DA was on a better team and is still the same, that’s a true statement but right now the only thing better is his receivers, nothing more, until the O-line improves, this is what we’re going to get. When the O-line gets better the run game will get better, as the run game gets better the defenses are going to have to back off which will allow DA time to get the ball to his receivers.
All is not lost and things will get better… GO CARDINALS

The reason I am hard on the head coach is because I am a big fan of the Cardinals, win or lose. I am emotionaly tied to this team and when I see a problem I will call it out. I did so with Denny Green when was pointing fingers away from himself. I will not give a head coach a pass if it looks to me that he has become a problem.
I have yet to see a head coach throw a pass or catch a pass or run the ball. The players are the ones who perform. The coach’s job is to prepare the team as a unit to defeat another NFL team. The Cardinals certainly did not look prepared for the Falcons. The score indicates that this was not much of a contest.
Arizona played as if this was a pick-up game and the players had no time to practice at all. Who’s fault is that? There are a handful of players throughout the years that you could point to as pivitol players and responsible for carrying teams on their shoulders. We had one, he has retired. It is up to the head coach to come up with a game plan for the players he has on hand and prepare that team to carry that plan out. It appears to me that he is not doing his job well.
The Cardinals looked befuddled in St. Louis against a rookie QB and worse this last Sunday against the Falcons. I am not delusional or senile but as most football fans, emotionally attached to my team. I am not sympathetic to a head coach that is allowing my team to look hapless on national TV. Delusional would be praising a coach for an under performing, ill prepared team.
Coach Whiz called the game embarassing. I agree, embarassing to the players, the fans and most of all to the coaching staff. If I were delusional I would be calling Whiz the best thing to ever happen to the Cardinals. I think the guy who retired and moved on to TV was the best thing to happen to the Cards. In fact, he was one of the best things to ever happen to the Rams even with their great History.
I am old but please do not call me delusional or senile for unintentionally bursting your bubble of hype about the coaching performance of Whiz. Every week he has an opportunity to win my accolaids. So far this season he has failed to do so. Could it be that having a Hall of Fame QB run your team make your coach look good?

I hear so many giving couch Whiz all the props for the last two seasons. Was it him or just having a great QB in Warner. I think the jury is still out on Whiz.

Its not remotely Coach Whisenhunt. He’s done a great job. Denny Green couldn’t win with the same talent, as we saw. I’ve been a ticket holder since 94 (Buddy Ryan era. Got a winner in town……yeah). I’ve had to move back east with the job, but I still try to get out for a game whenever I can.

The problem is the ownership. The Bidwill family has been notorious, for generations, for their skinflint ways. Why else do you think Boldin (not Bolden, AZ Retiree) didn’t get re-signed? Dansby chose to leave its true (my favorite too). Leinart was a waste of a pick. Should have taken Vince Young. Get rid of the Bidwills, and this team might actually have a shot at sustained success. Anderson is not the answer, but he’s head and shoulders above Leinart. If the Cards had been thinking, they’d have gone after a solid QB out there, like Pennington or Marc Bulger. I even think they should consider trying to land Michael Vick. That would energize this offense, for sure.

I think they’ll be ok this year, but playoffs might be a stretch. Lucky we’re in the NFC West. 6-10 might win the division title this year…….

Anyone else notice how many team tackles we have had the first two games this year compared to a team that we are being accused of copying?
Cards/Rams 1 team tackle Steelers/Atlanta 29 team tackles
Cards/Atlanta 6 teamtackles Steelers/Tenn 17 team tackles
Is it our Defensive scheme? Is Bill Davis the right guy?
Coach WIZ hire an offensive coord, and start taking a harder look over Bill’s shoulder.