We are who we are (this week, a team that was at least 8 points better than a good Seattle team).
On paper we should be better over all than Buffalo, but you have to be careful of specific individual mismatches.
In this respect, the one that worries me the most is Moulds vs. our smaller CB's.
The other questionmark in my mind is whether our defense's ability to stop the run is legit or whether it's been more a matter of other teams not challenging us. If Buffalo throws a huge dose of Henry (& is McGahey playing these days?) at us to challenge our manhood, will our defense be up to the task of meeting that challenge?
And, of course, there's that "streak of rookie" that still lurks in the back of the psyche's of more than a few Cardinal players. Are we now, as a team, "over that?" Or could we once again regress and lose our poise or focus?
I think what we've been witnessing over the past several weeks is a team in the midst of growing up. But that process is not without its fits and starts. We will have arrived as a team when team maturity will no longer even be an issue and we can be confident that we know what we're going to get from the Cardinals in every game we play.
