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The win against the Redskins today becomes very big when you figure in the fact that the Seahawks lost to the Cowboys. That should give us a two game lead over both Seattle and San Francisco, going into Oakland, if I figured right.
Cudo's to Carson Palmer, who played pretty well in his return to the active roster, if not to complete health yet. I am proud of the way he battled to keep going today.
Last week I was hard on several receivers, Larry Fitzgerald in particular. Not so this week, as Fitz played in this game like he did during our Superbowl Run. While certainly lacking in speed compared to '08, he certainly was not lacking in toughness and willingness to go get the ball, and get into the end zone. He gets my game-ball today. He ran no lazy routs today either. He played like a man possessed. I am very proud of how he responded to Coach Arians' assessment of last week's receiver performance.
I thought the game was officiated rather inconsistently. On our first defensive series of the game, Big Dan Williams was grabbed by the face mask by a Redskin O-lineman, and had his face driven into the turf. No call by the officials. Later in the game the Cards were penalized for the same thing, on a critical third down when they were trying to get off the field. Much of the officiating seemed to come when there were critical downs at stake.
Washington came into the game as the most penalized team in the league, and the Cards as the least. At times it seemed like there was an attempt to balance that out in this game, as late in the game the Cards had been penalized 11 times to the 'Skins 6. In any event, I felt that the officiating was poor, as evidenced by the fumble review which gave Arizona the ball when the Washington receiver clearly had his knee down before the ball was separated from him. I won't say the officiating was biased, but I felt it was poorly called throughout the game in my opinion. I just want the officials to get it right, and they couldn't seem to do so all day, even with a clear replay to watch.
I am sure that the announce crew on Fox did not help matters much, as they seemed to be calling play by play from a script rather than from what was occurring on the field. The whole game seemed to take on a wierd feeling as a result of announcing and the officiating.
Anyway, a win is a win, and this was a big one for the Cardinals. Now, on to Oakland next Sunday. That one could become brutal.
Cudo's to Carson Palmer, who played pretty well in his return to the active roster, if not to complete health yet. I am proud of the way he battled to keep going today.
Last week I was hard on several receivers, Larry Fitzgerald in particular. Not so this week, as Fitz played in this game like he did during our Superbowl Run. While certainly lacking in speed compared to '08, he certainly was not lacking in toughness and willingness to go get the ball, and get into the end zone. He gets my game-ball today. He ran no lazy routs today either. He played like a man possessed. I am very proud of how he responded to Coach Arians' assessment of last week's receiver performance.
I thought the game was officiated rather inconsistently. On our first defensive series of the game, Big Dan Williams was grabbed by the face mask by a Redskin O-lineman, and had his face driven into the turf. No call by the officials. Later in the game the Cards were penalized for the same thing, on a critical third down when they were trying to get off the field. Much of the officiating seemed to come when there were critical downs at stake.
Washington came into the game as the most penalized team in the league, and the Cards as the least. At times it seemed like there was an attempt to balance that out in this game, as late in the game the Cards had been penalized 11 times to the 'Skins 6. In any event, I felt that the officiating was poor, as evidenced by the fumble review which gave Arizona the ball when the Washington receiver clearly had his knee down before the ball was separated from him. I won't say the officiating was biased, but I felt it was poorly called throughout the game in my opinion. I just want the officials to get it right, and they couldn't seem to do so all day, even with a clear replay to watch.
I am sure that the announce crew on Fox did not help matters much, as they seemed to be calling play by play from a script rather than from what was occurring on the field. The whole game seemed to take on a wierd feeling as a result of announcing and the officiating.
Anyway, a win is a win, and this was a big one for the Cardinals. Now, on to Oakland next Sunday. That one could become brutal.
