Bold 2004 Predictions Thread

[RugbyMuffin]

Q only catches 75 balls, because Fitz is busy doing all the work, catches over 90

I like that part.

Add on: Q remains the big time player for making the tough catches to keep drives alive.

My bold prediction - Dockett leads the team in tackles for a loss, and QB pressures, misses sack title to Berry by 1 sack.

 

[100%CardsFan]

I dont get in to one fist fight in the stands all season long.

Bryant Johnson has a better year than Fitz

 

[Duckjake]

B]I dont see McCown going from 4 career starts to the Pro Bowl.[/B]


McNabb put up these numbers his first year and was in the Pro Bowl the next season:

cmp att % yds ypa TD Int
106 216 49.1 948 4.4 8 7

Our Mc's #'s last year were:

95 165 57.6 1018 6.2 5 6

So he has a chance. Just like the Cards have the same chance of going from the outhouse to 11-5 like the Eagles did from 1999 to 2000.

Or the Colts who went 3-13 in Manning's first season and 13-3 in his 2nd.

You never know.

 

[40yearfan]

I dont get in to one fist fight in the stands all season long.

Bryant Johnson has a better year than Fitz

So it's safe to say that you'll get into two or more fistfights?

 

[BigRedMO]

The rebuilding process of the Eagles began before McNabb was drafted. The Eagles were not a one season turn around. I remember watching the Eagles get their assess handed to them when Andy Reid or Reed (sp?) was a first year head coach. I think it was Madden saying just give him time and he will turn this around. The Redskins under Dan Snyder thought they could turn it around in a year and spent huge sums on free agents. Football teams need chemistry and team work which is built over time. Plopping in new bodies and expecting a team overnight does not happen.

What is with all this instant result stuff? The NFL does not work that way. The Cards are very talent poor. due to poor draft picks and not retaining their good players.

So you guys who think the Cards are going to have a winning season and make the playoffs blame the Cards poor results 100% on coaching? The Cards were good last year except for McGinnis? There was one Card on the Pro-Bowl Team. You guys need to step away from the kool-aid and join the real world with the rest of us..

 

[Duckjake]

The rebuilding process of the Eagles began before McNabb was drafted. The Eagles were not a one season turn around. I remember watching the Eagles get their assess handed to them when Andy Reid or Reed (sp?) was a first year head coach. I think it was Madden saying just give him time and he will turn this around. The Redskins under Dan Snyder thought they could turn it around in a year and spent huge sums on free agents. Football teams need chemistry and team work which is built over time. Plopping in new bodies and expecting a team overnight does not happen.

What is with all this instant result stuff? The NFL does not work that way. The Cards are very talent poor. due to poor draft picks and not retaining their good players.

So you guys who think the Cards are going to have a winning season and make the playoffs blame the Cards poor results 100% on coaching? The Cards were good last year except for McGinnis? There was one Card on the Pro-Bowl Team. You guys need to step away from the kool-aid and join the real world with the rest of us..

5-11 to 11-5 and 3-13 to 13-3 are not instant turnarounds? The Panthers were 1-15 just 2 seasons before playing in the Super Bowl. It's not like the old days where it took 5 years or more to get to the top and the NFL was dominated by a handful of teams.

The Cardinals had 11 new starters just last season and replaced Plummer, Boston, Gruttadoria, Sanders, Jenkins, Mackovica, Lassiter, Fredrickson and TJones in one off season.

There is always only one Card on the Pro Bowl team.

And yes, imo, the coaching has been the primary reason the Cards have been so bad for so long. Bugel??? Ryan??? Tobin??? McGinnis??? Give me a break.

Besides this thread is for BOLD predictions not practical ones.

 

[Shuesters2]

Prediction,

Arizona Cardinal DE Andre Wadsworth wows the football world in stunning comeback. Wadsworth showed the NFL why he was once predicted to be the next Bruce Smith by earning dual Superbowl MVP and Defensive Player of the Year Awards.

In the cumulation of a fairytale season Andre sacked Bronco QB Jake Plummer 15 times and returned an intercepted Plummer to Garrison Hearst screen pass 90 yards late in the fourth quarter to seal the Cardinals first Super Bowl Victory, 10-0.

Wadsworth interception was forced by blitzing All-Pro WR/CB Anquan Boldan who latter threw a crushing block that removed the last six Broncos between Wadsworth and paydirt.

The DE's play validated first coach Dennis Green's unusual strategy of keeping his offense on the sideline the entire game. "With our defense and Andre, who needs offense?" Green remarked from a local spa where he spent the entire second half. "It was all in the Cards!"

Shuesters

 

[100%CardsFan]

So it's safe to say that you'll get into two or more fistfights?

Weird how you know me so well.

 

[Shane]

Bryant Johnson has a better year than Fitz

I could see that happening!

 

[KingofCards]

I dont get in to one fist fight in the stands all season long.

I second this. Those opposing fans need to learn to keep there hands to themselves and not sit in MY seat, even if I disapear for 1/2 time and the entire 3rd quarter.

I predict that when I go down to my seat for the N.E. Pats game, there will be some N.E. Pats fans sitting in my seat. I will cause a minor riot and torture him and his family the entire game.

Even if those Clam suckers call the yellow shirts on my ass.

Write it down in stone, this is a lock.

 

[BigRedMO]

Duck

The Panthers were 7-9 the year before last. Just like you said it took two years to rebuild them. Records can be misleading too. The Cards were hands down the worst team in the league. Last in points scored last in points allowed. That is terrible on both sides of the ball. As bad as they were statistically the Cards did extremely well to win 4 games. There is no nucleus to build around for offense or defense. They are at most a couple good players here and there. It is a complete overhaul job. Green is doing himself no favors by creating false hope. When the Cards struggle to win this year there will be tough questions for him.

The reason there is always only one Card in the Pro Bowl is the rest of the league recognizes the Cardinals are talent poor due to mismanagement. When the Cards won there were multiple players in the game.

 

[earthsci]

Duck

The Panthers were 7-9 the year before last. Just like you said it took two years to rebuild them. Records can be misleading too. The Cards were hands down the worst team in the league. Last in points scored last in points allowed. That is terrible on both sides of the ball. As bad as they were statistically the Cards did extremely well to win 4 games. There is no nucleus to build around for offense or defense. They are at most a couple good players here and there. It is a complete overhaul job. Green is doing himself no favors by creating false hope. When the Cards struggle to win this year there will be tough questions for him.

The reason there is always only one Card in the Pro Bowl is the rest of the league recognizes the Cardinals are talent poor due to mismanagement. When the Cards won there were multiple players in the game.

Offensively speaking, you wouldn't call the ROY and two first round WRs a nucleus to build on? I would. Defensively speaking, I would have to agree with you but I would also add that I think that Green has adressed our pass rushing woes rather agressively. If that pans out, that would be some thing (a nucleus) to build on.

Many people (including myself) are geeked up about this upcoming year because someone, with a record of winning, has come in here and served notice. Get off of your ass and work hard or get out of the way. That being said most people around here aren't even predicting a winning record. I predicted a 6-10 record. We just forsee a much better team. One that other teams won't want to play in December.

 

[john h]

Here's where you lay it on the line. Post your bold prediction reagrding the Cardinals upcoming season. Prognosticate before you even see a practice!

Here's mine:

Josh Scobey is the starting RB by season's end.

McCown loses his job by game 5 as does Smith. 35 yr old RB's do not have a good chance of making it through the season uninjured. We go 4-12. Our lack of decent DB's make us a prime target for all the good NFL QB's.

 

[SECTION 11]

Fitzgerald offensive ROY, Dockett defensive ROY.


Dockett is going to be a menace.

 

[SECTION 11]

We'll have a better record than the Chiefs and we'll beat New England on the 19th.

 

[BigRedMO]

I dont think one position is a nucleus of an offensive team. You need more than that to build around. By the way Sporting News latest issue gives the Cards a B at WR. I see 6 wins as a very good season. I think more likely 3-4 wins. That is why I am not basing my goals for the upcoming season in terms of wins. I want them to build the nucleus this year that can then be built on next year with goal of being in playoff hunt next year.

 

[CaptTurbo]

Fitzgerald offensive ROY, Dockett defensive ROY.


Dockett is going to be a menace.

Would that be the first time a team had both ROY?

 

[earthsci]

even better

 

[LVCARDFREAK]

Mccown passes for 4000 yards??

 

[Rats]

Boldin makes the Pro Bowl. Fitz ROY and McCown throws for over 4000 yards.

............. ......

 

[WisconsinCard]

Mccown passes for 4000 yards??

Wow swd went from on his jock to off. That a 360 if I ever saw one...

 

[Shane]

Adrian Wilson finally gets it with decent coaching and becomes a star in the defensive backfield.

Anthony Clement will be benched in favor of LJ before seasons end.

:notworthy

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