Cardinals will be the Saints of this season....
or the Dolphins, they could be a dangerous team.
EDIT**
Before you think I'm insane, I think you should take a look at what the Cardinals have. Matt Leinart, heisman trophy winner and 2 time national title winning QB in his second season, EJ, a great receiver core and the defense has been solid, not great but not bad either. If that O-LINE improved then watch out for the Cardinals.
I know, I know.
But every year, and I mean every year the Cardinals are always on the verge of breaking, or being the popular underdog pick of the year to make the playoffs.
And every year, they seem to be always drafting in the top 10, let alone top 5.
They could do, they have the players for it and a new coach....but I'm not going to say anything about the Cardinals doing good until they actually win .500.
Leinart is good, but he isnt Drew Brees. They wont be this year Saints. James wasnt good last year and it seems that he was lucky he played with Manning. He could turn it around, but he aint get younger and that O-line is garbage.
Originally posted by Smasandian
I know, I know.But every year, and I mean every year the Cardinals are always on the verge of breaking, or being the popular underdog pick of the year to make the playoffs.
And every year, they seem to be always drafting in the top 10, let alone top 5.
They could do, they have the players for it and a new coach....but I'm not going to say anything about the Cardinals doing good until they actually win .500.
I'm not the type of guy who takes credit for a lot of things in this world, but it's nice to know one of my points got across to someone (even if it was extremely obvious).
Originally posted by Lord Evolution
Cardinals will be the Saints of this season....or the Dolphins, they could be a dangerous team.
EDIT**
Before you think I'm insane, I think you should take a look at what the Cardinals have. Matt Leinart, heisman trophy winner and 2 time national title winning QB in his second season, EJ, a great receiver core and the defense has been solid, not great but not bad either. If that O-LINE improved then watch out for the Cardinals.
The Cardinals do have a good team. But they need Edgeron James to have at least a 4.0 ypc ave. in order for Leinert to have a great year. Also, the Cards defense isn't all that, so Leinert may have to be throwing the ball 25+ times down the stretch of games.
I lol'd @ James' numbers last season, what a joke! But I blame their O-LINE 99.9999% for that. I think they got someone in the draft so they should be improving.
James is just like any other good running back in the league, if they are behind a good offensive line then they'll give you a 1,500 yard season. Leinart is due for a good season, he showed signs of his game management skills last season. I think this new coach will be good for him, even though I don't think Green should have been fired after just 3 seasons. Did they expect to go to the Super Bowl in those 3 seasons?
The team was bad when he joined. The only player they got that was capable of bringing them out of the mud was Leinart, and he came along in Green's 3rd year, did they expect to win the Super Bowl? You can't "expect" a coach to do that in just 3 seasons. They finally got their franchise player, but they should have given Green more time.
Originally posted by Lord Evolution
The team was bad when he joined. The only player they got that was capable of bringing them out of the mud was Leinart, and he came along in Green's 3rd year, did they expect to win the Super Bowl? You can't "expect" a coach to do that in just 3 seasons. They finally got their franchise player, but they should have given Green more time.
If a coach is hired to turn around a team that won only 4 games, I expect as an owner of that team to atleast win more than 6 games, and gradually improve over the course of the 3 years.
What happened? He wins 6 games, and then wins 10 games in the next two years. The team got worst?
Green sucked ass when he coached the Cardinals. You can make all the excuses about Green, saying that he joined the an bad team, and that he didnt have the players to get the team into an winning record.
Wasnt it Green's job to get the players to win games? Didnt see that happening.
Green sucks. Whisenhunt is capable of getting that team back on track (when I say, back on track, I mean getting them to 6 or 7 wins a year). I'd say look for something in his second year as coach. I don't think Levi Jones is going to magically repair the line, though Russ Grimm might help with that. No, I'm not talking about the same Levi Jones that got boxed by Porter this past March, but just a small piece to what needs to be a large overhaul (Oliver Ross ain't gonna cut it).
Originally posted by wuTa
Exlpain to me why the Lions still have Matt Millen.
I stand corrected, and I'm not going to let that slide when I berated some dingleberry on this site who thought it was no big deal to call Mike Furrey "Mike Flurry." I know it was early this morning, but you would have at least thought I would have looked up that up when I was talking about two Levi's.
Originally posted by Smasandian
I read somewhere that the owner doesnt want to get rid of Millen because the Ford family does things old school.
Pacman is in trouble again:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2932509
But remember guys, he never had a father growing up! I mean how tough is it without a father to keep the car plate on the right car and to have insurance when you're riding a Lamborghini? It must be sooooo hard!!! crybaby