2010 Prediction Thread.. Get them in now so you can be laughed at later!

[AZ Native]

mute
crickets chirping

Thank God

 

[AZ Native]

Max Hall takes over this team by the bye week and leads us to the playoffs.

 

[Osbern61]

Our kick off coverage will average 1.2 yards worse w/o Rackers making tackles. Feely will be a marginal improvement in FG %.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Mmmm... the dark side is strong with this one.

Terrible season, no hope for the future, outside the range of Locker, Mallett, or Luck. Maybe we can reach in the draft and get OT Gabe Carmini. He should call Grimm right now to set up his pro day workout.

we only see what we want to see.

I don't think 6-10 is necessarily a terrible season... more like a bump in the road. As to "no hope for the future", there's that nasty habit of putting words in people's mouths. I have HUGE hope for the future. I just think we'll take a step back this year. And if you're comment is in re: Max Hall not ready to start and that's why I have "no hope for the future" I'm just simply reacting to the Jesus Complex everyone has about him. I like his moxie, but even if he was the number 1 pick in the draft, he'd likely suck ass his first year.

I'm just looking for growth this season from players like Toler, Campbell, Beanie and one of the young WRs, while being somewhat competitive during most of the season to keep me interested beyond our youth. I probably should have said 7-9 with the schedule we have, but I always like to prepare for the worst and be pleasantly surprised.

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

DA will throw for 22 TDs and 27 ints

Wells will have 1000 yrds rushing and 10 tds

THT will have 55 receptions for 485 yards and 600 rushing

Fitz will have 100 catches

S. Williams will have at least 700yrds receiving

The General will win DROY

Cards will win 6 games with DA at the helm...

 

[Cbus cardsfan]

1. After Derek Anderson's first incomplete pass, people will be calling for Max Hall to take over.
2. Combination of Kerry Rhodes's bad play and Antrell Rolle's great play in NY will have us all wondering how the FO let that happen.
3. Ex-Cards Rolle, Dansby, and Boldin are all selected All -Pros.
4. Fitz will have a monster year and get rewarded with another contract.
5. Beanie Wells will disappoint this year. He'll have a nice year,comparable to last, but not the beastly year many are predicting.
6. Ohio State beats Boise St. to win the NC.

 

[kerouac9]

we only see what we want to see.

I don't think 6-10 is necessarily a terrible season... more like a bump in the road. As to "no hope for the future", there's that nasty habit of putting words in people's mouths. I have HUGE hope for the future. I just think we'll take a step back this year. And if you're comment is in re: Max Hall not ready to start and that's why I have "no hope for the future" I'm just simply reacting to the Jesus Complex everyone has about him. I like his moxie, but even if he was the number 1 pick in the draft, he'd likely suck ass his first year.

I'm just looking for growth this season from players like Toler, Campbell, Beanie and one of the young WRs, while being somewhat competitive during most of the season to keep me interested beyond our youth. I probably should have said 7-9 with the schedule we have, but I always like to prepare for the worst and be pleasantly surprised.

I don't know, Cheese. The Bills went 6-10 last season. Was their season not necessarily bad? In Aaron Rogers' first season as a starter, the Packers went 6-10. Was that season not necessarily bad?

I know that it's been a while since the Cards had a 6-10 season, but I don't remember 2005 or 2006 being a lot of fun. That's a lot of losses in a row to endure, especially if the team ends up improving down the stretch and we begin struggling out the gate.

I guess my question is if the team is playing .500 ball down the stretch, why do you think Anderson would be benched in December so that Max Hall can get starts? If the team is 6-7 heading into the home stretch, why give up on the season?

I think that this team fades back into mediocrity and we actually end up in limbo going into next years' draft. I don't like Anderson and I don't think Hall is the answer to any kind of question. We're such a veteran team at this point that I don't think that we can struggle out of the gate and then improve as the season wears on. The only reason I see the team at 7-9 is because we're so talented right now, a lot of guys are playing for contracts, and we have a seemingly easy schedule.

But you don't win in this league without a quarterback, and we don't have one right now.

 

[LarryStalling]

The Cardinals will struggle offensively.

Jay Feely will be the leading scorer for the team.

Clark Hagans will be a monster again.

Doucet will miss half the season again because of injury.

We will really miss Q because of his down field blocking for our running game.

Our offensive line will look offensive until mid-season and will be nothing special then.

 

[cardsfanmd]

10-6 Win the division. Lose in the first round when DA throws 3 picks.

 

[TJ]

1. Fitz gets 1500+ yards
2. Anderson throws for 25+ TDs and 20 INTs
3. Our defense is top 5 in sacks
4. Beanie gets 1200+ yards and 10 TDs while limiting his fumbles
5. We see our first o-line probowl representative since 1998

We win the division at 8-8 beating SF with the head-to-head tie breaker

 

[WildBB]

The only thing I'm going to predict is the Cardinals 3rd successive division crown (.)!

We're in this together!

 

[Duckjake]

We're such a veteran team at this point that I don't think that we can struggle out of the gate and then improve as the season wears on.

I think there is a possibility of that because of the changes in the offensive line. As they get more time on the field together they should get better. That could lead to a slow start and improvement as the season progresses. Especially when they hit weeks 10-13.

 

[jefftheshark]

1) We start out 0-5 going into the bye with the board inching ever closer to outright civil war.

2) We have a series of injuries to various skill players as the line "gels".

3) The "D" will be great - in Fantasy Football stats - but the constant turnovers by our "O" will take its toll on their health early in the season.

4) Max Hall will play well enough that the FO will not address the issue, which will set up the next several years of the board debating why this franchise is to quarterbacks as the Suns are to centers.

5) The over/under on my drinking too much beer at a game is 3 this year. My prediction is to take the "over".

JTS

 

[freebyrd]

6 and 10 maybe 5 and 11, i think even had we kept matt, i saw us as an 8 and 8 team
and at best 9 and 7
think the whiners take the division this year, on the strength of their defense and gores legs, and perhaps a david carr takeover,

we lost too many people in the offseason to make up for this year i think,

either way as usual i hope for the best and prepare for the worst

 

[JeffGollin]

- Kurt Warner is bumped early from Dancing With the Stars, searing the rumor wires with buzz that he wants to return to the Cardinals. (Instead he becomes HC in a Pop Warner league - many of his younger players believe Kurt was actually Pop Warner).

- DA breaks the hand of a Cardinal WR and also an opposing DB (off the deflection) when he fails to take enough off a short pass over the middle.

- Dan Williams is accused of eating an opposing player who was found to have "gone missing" after a run up the middle. Left on the field were ten members of the offense plus Williams who had a big satisfied smile on his face. When the official threw a flag, Williams replied: "Prove it."

- Darnell Docket and Calais Campbell knock each other out when they hit each other instead of the QB at point of collison when the QB steps out of the way at the last moment...

- DA causes quite a stir when he puts too much mustard on the ball, overthrowing his receiver on a smoke route and instead bouncing the ball off a coach's head on the sideline.

Ben Graham drops a punt so that the point of the ball lands on the goal line stanchion and balances there. (Replay official takes nearly an hour to figure out how to call it).

- LSH scores a winning touchdown when he runs through the legs of a defensive tackle and into the end zone.

 

[MadCardDisease]

Derek Anderson will have more starts than Matt Leinart.

Derek Anderson will have an equal amount of TDs and INTs.

Washington will be the Defensive Rookie of the year. Have close to 100 tackles, 7 Sacks, 1 INT and 2 fumble recoveries.

Stephen Williams will push Doucet to the #4 WR position.

The Cardinals will only win 7 games and will lose some real heart breakers.

 

[Duckjake]

I won't be happy with anything less than a 2-1 start. And really if the Cards are going to contend they need to beat the Saints at UPS as well. (Well I'd still be happy because there's still tailgating etc...)

If the Cards let up on the Rams like they did last season in St.Louis and let Steven Jackson get into the game we could be in trouble with how small the Cards are at LB. Heck the guy ran for 116 yards on us last season with heavier linebackers.

I like Ddub2 but I don't want to see Jackson running downhill at him.

 

[stewdog1]

1. Cards will go 10-6, maybe 11-5 and get a first round bye

2. The offense will score a lot of points, but also give up a lot of TOs.

3. Washington will be DROY

4. Williams will be the #3 or #2 WR by seasons end

5. Calais Campbell will lead the team in sacks with 12

6. Will at least make the NFC Championship

 

[jmt]

11-5 and another run to the Super Bowl!

 

[Cheesebeef]

I don't know, Cheese. The Bills went 6-10 last season. Was their season not necessarily bad? In Aaron Rogers' first season as a starter, the Packers went 6-10. Was that season not necessarily bad?

jesus christ... can you go ONE post without changing what I said? I said it wouldn't be a "terrible season" (words you stuck into my mouth in the first), that doesn't mean I didn't think it would be bad. But there's a difference between terrible and bad... bad's 6-10/7-9 (a bump in the road which I stated)... terrible's 2-4 wins. That's a TERRIBLE season, one which I don't think we'll have.

I guess my question is if the team is playing .500 ball down the stretch, why do you think Anderson would be benched in December so that Max Hall can get starts? If the team is 6-7 heading into the home stretch, why give up on the season?

here's my question... where the hell did I say ANY of the above? Good freaking lord. I said we'll probably bounce around .500 for a while, realize towards the end of the season, the playoffs it ain't gonna happen and we'll stick Hall in there to start grooming the future. Obviously if we're in contention Hall doesn't come in. Don't try to paint me as an idiot simply because you've got a stick up your ass K9.

I think that this team fades back into mediocrity and we actually end up in limbo going into next years' draft. I don't like Anderson and I don't think Hall is the answer to any kind of question. We're such a veteran team at this point that I don't think that we can struggle out of the gate and then improve as the season wears on. The only reason I see the team at 7-9 is because we're so talented right now, a lot of guys are playing for contracts, and we have a seemingly easy schedule.

But you don't win in this league without a quarterback, and we don't have one right now.

duh.

 

[wembley88]

1. 8-8 season
2. Lovie Smith first coaching casualty
3. My work output on a monday halves due to sleep deprivation brought on by late nailbiting finishes to games that keep my pulse at c180 until 3am UK time

 

[D-Dogg]

The Rams will have a better record than the Seahawks.

 

[Pariah]

Three different QBs start for the Cardinals this season.

 

[AzStevenCal]

We start the season 1 - 4 with DA at the helm. Hall is announced the starter at the bye week and we finish the season 7 - 9. Hall has his ups and downs but shows signs of being able to play in this league. Our running game racks up some yards but too many negative and 1 or 2 yard rushes dooms our season. We lead the league in drive-killing false start penalties as our O-Line adjusts to each other and the revolving door at QB (Leinart to DA to Hall)

The loss of Dansby clearly haunts our defense although Washington has a strong rookie season. Toler shows improvement but DRC battles minor injury problems all season. Everybody loves Porter's mouth and bravado as the season starts but by week 10 his act grows tiresome as his on-field performance continues to decline. Calais Campbell will show he's one of the top defensive players in the game. Dockett will have his usual stellar season to go along with several stupid penalties.

Even though the Rams are expected to be bad again this year, if we dominate them in the opener several of us will be wanting to edit our predictions.

Steve

 

[Duckjake]

The Cards start the Rams game with both DA and Hall on the field at the same time but actually run a wildcat formation with LSH who completes a 73 yard catch and run play to Fitz for a TD.