Arizona is one of the intriguing teams of the NFC this season, along with Philly, Atlanta and Minnisota. These 4 have potential to be great, but also have potential to be the worst teams in their respective divisions. I do believe that at the end of the season one of these teams will be in the playoffs while another will be in 4th in their division...
Not enough improvement in O-Line and defense. Warner is fragile at best, and Leinart is green. Anything's possible, look at the Bears last year, but probable is another story. Best of luck to the Cards, but unless I was one of their rabid fans, I wouldn't put money on them to make the postseason. Remind me, how many Denny Green coached teams have made the big dance?? The Cards need to hope that their defense shows up to have a chance, and you'd have to expect that to happen without a drastic change in personel.
Remind me, how many Denny Green coached teams have made the big dance?? Yeah, well, how about Marty Schottenheimer? He hasn't either and he is still the winningest active coach in the NFL. It's sort of a farce to think that it is only up to the coach. The Vikings were one of the cheapest, smallest staffed teams in the league and how many times did Green get them to the playoffs?
Remind me, how many Denny Green coached teams have made the big dance?? I'm not an immense Denny Green fan, but the '98 Vikings were a field goal away.
Warner led the Rams to a Super Bowl over 7 years ago. We're talking about the 2006-2007 season, not 1999. Wake up, he's not the same quarterback. He sux now, especially behind that line. The Hawks will sweep the Cards and the Cards will split with the rest of the division.
That last one was for you WFRAZERJR! Live in the now!
With James you dont need to depend on Warner. In past years, the Cards had no running game, and thus relied on Warner. Warner has shown he's a capable starter, and the Cardinals have a solid O- Line. I think that Arizona will turn lots of heads this year, and win 9- 10 games.
the Cardinals have a solid O- Line Where did you get that idea? The only changes the team made to that horrible O- line were drafting Deuce Lutui (not a bad player) and picking up Milford Brown, late of the Houston Texans. If Gary Kubiak didn't view him as worth keeping ... Bottom line, James is in for a rude awakening. Matter of fact, if defenses get into the backfield like they did last year, that's where James will find himself. At the bottom of that pile-up of both lines.
They could be solid. They have a new offensive line coach from Minny. They were starting a couple new guys, a rookie (Brown) and Ross last year. Stepanovich missed a bunch of games with an injury. A new offensive line coach, some more experience working together and their center recovered from injury, along with the addition of Lutui, it could work.
Maybe the line didn't get a chance to gel last season, but even if they had, I just don't know how good they would have been. And getting a coach from Minnesota isn't all that big a coup. That team had one of the worst offensive lines in 2005. I don't hate Arizona and the O-Line will get better, but moving from horrible to functional is still a long way from being solid.
Loney had both the offensive line and offensive coordinator positions in 2005 (because the Vikings are CHEAP). But, prior to that, he was only the O-Line coach and has had a lot of success. I certainly am not saying that they are going to be great, but a successful passing game and a great RB will take a lot of pressure off of them. A functional line with Boldin, Fitz, Edge in that weak division may be enough.
Hey, I never said that they would rely completely on their line to win games, but I do think that they are capable of doing their job, and ensuring that the offense runs efficentially.
