Game Analysis: From the Cardinals Perspective
Mark Wahlstrom of The Cardinals Report provides an Arizona Cardinals perspective of the game and its results. Specifically, he questions whether or not the Cardinals were simply tough enough, especially on the defensive line, as well as the Cardinals coaching decision to punt the ball late in the game, which gave the ball back to the Redskins for the remainder of the game. Additionally, some Cardinal fans chime in with their own comments.
Mark WahIstrom says,
In what was inevitable, the Cardinals lack of power at nose tackle was utterly exposed today as the Washington Redskins picked apart the Arizona Cardinals defense. There was zero pass rush or push up the middle, Darnell Dockett was once again double teamed and held most of the day and Alan Branch and Bryan Robinson were non-factors on the D-line.
The time of possession favored the Redskins despite their total lack of a down field passing game, but with Cooley catching passes underneath and Portis running just well enough to keep the defense honest, the Cardinals couldn’t make a stop when they needed too.
Punting with 2:33 left on the clock at mid field was basically the worst coaching call I’ve seen Coach [Ken] Whisenhunt make since he got to the desert. I’m not sure what defense he was watching today but they had zero shot of stopping the Redskins from getting that first down and burning the clock which was exactly what they did.
Comments from Cardinal Fans
Damien says:
September 21st, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Oh I don’t know about the Cards being better than any team from the NFC East. They beat Miami and San Francisco. Last I checked those were garbage teams. The Redskins are better than most teams in the NFC…. they just play behind the 3 of the 5 best NFC teams.
Arizona can still win the division, but thats not saying much.
Steve says:
September 21st, 2008 at 9:40 pm
I’d have to disagree with Damien, I think the Cardinals are a better team than the Redskins. I think if they play 10 times the Cardinals beat them 6 out of 10. The Cardinals just gave the Redskins the game this week. I don’t know that Washington earned it.
Eli Wahlstrom says:
September 21st, 2008 at 11:13 pm
Maybe the Redskins are the better team maybe they aren’t. The point is the Cardinals didn’t play to their potential at all and they have plenty of room to improve.
Jay I’d say the team that wins that day is always the better team THAT DAY, But is not always the better team. The Patriots were better than the Giants last season. They just weren’t the better team that one day. Appalachian State wasn’t better than Michigan. Just that one day they were. So on any given Sunday some team can be the better team but not 100% of the time does the best team win. But that’s just my opinion. But yes Jay, it would be hard to prove that the Cardinals are better than the Redskins.
