Mitch
Crawled Through 5 FB Fields
I think we all feared this outcome, especially after hearing that Whiz basically dealt away the bye week, despite having a totally wet behind the ears rookie at QB and and so many glaring areas to improve.
Let me ask this. The players get the week off for beating the Saints. That was the deal. What do they get this week for the clunker they gift wrapped for the Seahawks this week?
No cancelled practice for bowling this week?
We saw so many boneheaded plays in this game, and yet it was still a game until the defense quit in the 4th quarter.
Rather than dwell on the mistakes...why don't we just open a suggestion box. I will provide my suggestions, and feel free to do the same. WE DO THIS TOGETHER, right?
QB:
As surprised as I was that Max Hall was so mentally weak in this game, I bet you no one is more surprised that Hall himself.
That said, this is a young man who is not physically ready to perform week after week in the NFL...not just yet.
He needs a whole Lotta Love..as in...John Lott.
Right now, what he may be able to do is come in off the bench in an uptempo offense and provide a temporary spark.
The problem is...Derek Anderson confessed during the bye week that he has been suffering internal bleeding. Not good.
Do we finally understand why Kurt Warner retired?
While yes there are talented WRs to throw the ball to in Arizona...but the way the offense is coached, the QB has to endure shot after shot after shot and hang in there until the last second to make plays...only to take another straight on shot or side slammer.
Being the QB in Arizona is sexy with a caveat...kind of like dating a Super Model, only she has halitosis.
Neither Derek Anderson nor Max Hall is going to hold up physcially in this offense.
And let's end the debate right now...neither would Matt Leinart.
So many of us fans at ASFN have been clamoring since last February for the Cardinals to make some big move at QB...and now we are vindicated.
If the Cardinals do not sign another QB this week, their team management deserves to be fired, including the head coach.
It should have happened before the trading deadline.
And it certainly should have happened during the bye week.
With the MASH unit that is to become of the QBs in this system, a 4th QB is imperative. Waive WR Max Komar and re-sign him to the PS.
RB:
You just can't trust either one of these guys. You can't. They break your hearts. THT runs so hard...you want to love him...but he put the ball on the ground at the WORST time in this game...and he blew this football game...certainly not alone...but he & Roberts blew it the most. Fluffing his hair on the sideline doesn't cut it. He's been there, done that and bought the t-shirt too often on this one. Beanie too. Beanie runs too high and he tiptoes. He plays half-tough, half-scared. And even worse, he fumbles.
LSH is a winner.
WTF is Jason Wright doing trying to intercept a bouncing kickoff headed right to LSH?
Wright's a solid ST player but he does not do enough to warrant a roster spot.
I say bring is a vet like Willie Parker. Get some leadership for THT and Beanie, and a guy you can count on to run hard and hold onto the ball.
FB: Maui'a...good on STs...is he improving at FB? Hard to tell.
OL: These guys are so bad in pass pro...it's a joke. Either they miss their assignments or they get out-run, out-quicked, out-hustled, out-scratched.
They open some holes...but other than that, they are flat-out losers, and they deserve to lose. No QB would want to play for these jokers. Go ahead take last week off guys, and oh, BTW, thanks for taking this week off too.
Russ Grimm, imo, should have been fired after he was watching Bruce Springsteen at the half-time show of the Super Bowl rather than being in the locker room to prep his guys for the 2nd half. I bet you this, Ol' Russ had a fun week off.
WR: Fitz morphed into Super WR two years ago and now he's a Super Diva. His attitude sucks. And with the soft coaches around him now...no more Haley to scream at him...he's turned into a soft wedge of brie.
Breaston...might well be the team offensive MVP if he can suit up. Looks like this may be an uneventful, injury-riddled, wasted year before he gets signed by Todd Haley to a mega-million dollar deal.
The rest...young, injury prone, erratic.
Although, take away Roberts' one EGREGIOUS gaffe...he had a very good game. Let's give him that...and he is a rookie, albeit an ill-prepared punt returner.
TE: Patrick has talent...but the coaches and he himself can't put it to use. Fail-fail on both accounts. Spach wouldn't make any other roster. Dray plays with purpose and attitude, despite limitations. Great block he made on the LSH KO return.
NT: Total joke. Waste of a starter who is too old, slow and can't run and a 1st rounder who apparently is too fat and under-motivated. Anyone see the 4th rounder from 2006 out there? He's toast.
DE: Branch is suddenly the most physcial DE on the roster. That tells you that Dockett has been like the team, he plays when he wants to...and that Campbell (who played his best game today) has been underachieving in general. But, Branch has been physical and determined. Think the coaches will start him? No Fn way. Plus, get the feeling some othe team is going to cash in on Branch next year?
ILB: Daryl Washington was a man out there today (we finally have an ILB who has a forward gear!...and yet, he may get benched for Hayes this week, if you can believe that...watch, it's likely going to happen) and Paris Lenon has been playing his heart out. These guys are not the problem.
OLB: These guys are the problem. They have hit a wall. They can't run. They are good for about three plays a game.
You know who should play in Porter's spot? Adrian Wilson. He can still run and he's more sudden and fierce on the edge than Porter. Porter might be able to be good at Berry's old role...fresh legs may get him occasionally close to the QB without it being a coverage sack.
Look at the Seahawks on the edge today. Look at the Cardinals. They killed us. Easily. No contest. And they aren't really that great, if the truth be told, which is why they double the edge with their safeties to ensure more pressure. At least their coaches understand this. Did they ever loosen the pressure in this game?
We have to hope that O'Brien Schofield is the real deal, because he's the only real hope for the future, unless miraculously, Will Davis' light goes on. He looks like a decent run defender, but he's got no edge game about him otherwise.
CB: Greg Toler is the best CB on the team and one of the team's best seven players. DRC is not. DRC is more a part of the problem than the solution. He's All-World physically...and All-Vacuum mentally....and that's an insult to Hoovers everywhere.
I saw it and many of you did last week...YOU CANNOT PLAY MIKE WILLIAMS WITH CUSHION. YOU CAN'T. At least Toler battled him...DRC gave him the spots and easy catches, save the great back shoulder snag he made.
S: Rhodes is the defensive MVP thus far. By far the most consistent and disciplined, right-place, right-time player. Wilson is a lost man in a lost world. He should be in a position to lead this team in tackles and sacks...instead he's a man without a position.
K/P/LS: Pretty good all-around, save some recent broken in half Graham Crackers.
Whiz:
Really over his head now as a head coach without Warner bailing him out. He's bascially playing cat and mouse with the players...and it remains very clear, the players only play when they want to...and when they do not want to, it can get very ugly, very fast. Basically, Whiz has about as much infuence on his players as a run of the mill NBA coach.
Davis:
Would not even be a DC on a decent college team. Has no sense of how to put the pedal to the metal. Like today...just when the offense gets a spark, his defense starts to play bend and then starts to quit. This was a game they could have dominated...especially versus the Seahawks' inferior o-line, which was made all the more inferior when Russell Okung was KOed in the 1st quarter.
Spencer:
Top flight ST coordinator...but...having already watched Andre Roberts catch a punt at the two yard line and muff other punts, you would think Spencer would have coached him to fall on a muffed punt. The blame needs to be shared for that one, sorry to say. Or get another player in there.
GM/Ownership
Best at saving or pinching money in the NFL. Too bad their dream of paying their QB $300K for the next four years took a hit today. But...this week's memo to Whiz, may be..."stick with Max. Good for PR."
Let me ask this. The players get the week off for beating the Saints. That was the deal. What do they get this week for the clunker they gift wrapped for the Seahawks this week?
No cancelled practice for bowling this week?
We saw so many boneheaded plays in this game, and yet it was still a game until the defense quit in the 4th quarter.
Rather than dwell on the mistakes...why don't we just open a suggestion box. I will provide my suggestions, and feel free to do the same. WE DO THIS TOGETHER, right?
QB:
As surprised as I was that Max Hall was so mentally weak in this game, I bet you no one is more surprised that Hall himself.
That said, this is a young man who is not physically ready to perform week after week in the NFL...not just yet.
He needs a whole Lotta Love..as in...John Lott.
Right now, what he may be able to do is come in off the bench in an uptempo offense and provide a temporary spark.
The problem is...Derek Anderson confessed during the bye week that he has been suffering internal bleeding. Not good.
Do we finally understand why Kurt Warner retired?
While yes there are talented WRs to throw the ball to in Arizona...but the way the offense is coached, the QB has to endure shot after shot after shot and hang in there until the last second to make plays...only to take another straight on shot or side slammer.
Being the QB in Arizona is sexy with a caveat...kind of like dating a Super Model, only she has halitosis.
Neither Derek Anderson nor Max Hall is going to hold up physcially in this offense.
And let's end the debate right now...neither would Matt Leinart.
So many of us fans at ASFN have been clamoring since last February for the Cardinals to make some big move at QB...and now we are vindicated.
If the Cardinals do not sign another QB this week, their team management deserves to be fired, including the head coach.
It should have happened before the trading deadline.
And it certainly should have happened during the bye week.
With the MASH unit that is to become of the QBs in this system, a 4th QB is imperative. Waive WR Max Komar and re-sign him to the PS.
RB:
You just can't trust either one of these guys. You can't. They break your hearts. THT runs so hard...you want to love him...but he put the ball on the ground at the WORST time in this game...and he blew this football game...certainly not alone...but he & Roberts blew it the most. Fluffing his hair on the sideline doesn't cut it. He's been there, done that and bought the t-shirt too often on this one. Beanie too. Beanie runs too high and he tiptoes. He plays half-tough, half-scared. And even worse, he fumbles.
LSH is a winner.
WTF is Jason Wright doing trying to intercept a bouncing kickoff headed right to LSH?
Wright's a solid ST player but he does not do enough to warrant a roster spot.
I say bring is a vet like Willie Parker. Get some leadership for THT and Beanie, and a guy you can count on to run hard and hold onto the ball.
FB: Maui'a...good on STs...is he improving at FB? Hard to tell.
OL: These guys are so bad in pass pro...it's a joke. Either they miss their assignments or they get out-run, out-quicked, out-hustled, out-scratched.
They open some holes...but other than that, they are flat-out losers, and they deserve to lose. No QB would want to play for these jokers. Go ahead take last week off guys, and oh, BTW, thanks for taking this week off too.
Russ Grimm, imo, should have been fired after he was watching Bruce Springsteen at the half-time show of the Super Bowl rather than being in the locker room to prep his guys for the 2nd half. I bet you this, Ol' Russ had a fun week off.
WR: Fitz morphed into Super WR two years ago and now he's a Super Diva. His attitude sucks. And with the soft coaches around him now...no more Haley to scream at him...he's turned into a soft wedge of brie.
Breaston...might well be the team offensive MVP if he can suit up. Looks like this may be an uneventful, injury-riddled, wasted year before he gets signed by Todd Haley to a mega-million dollar deal.
The rest...young, injury prone, erratic.
Although, take away Roberts' one EGREGIOUS gaffe...he had a very good game. Let's give him that...and he is a rookie, albeit an ill-prepared punt returner.
TE: Patrick has talent...but the coaches and he himself can't put it to use. Fail-fail on both accounts. Spach wouldn't make any other roster. Dray plays with purpose and attitude, despite limitations. Great block he made on the LSH KO return.
NT: Total joke. Waste of a starter who is too old, slow and can't run and a 1st rounder who apparently is too fat and under-motivated. Anyone see the 4th rounder from 2006 out there? He's toast.
DE: Branch is suddenly the most physcial DE on the roster. That tells you that Dockett has been like the team, he plays when he wants to...and that Campbell (who played his best game today) has been underachieving in general. But, Branch has been physical and determined. Think the coaches will start him? No Fn way. Plus, get the feeling some othe team is going to cash in on Branch next year?
ILB: Daryl Washington was a man out there today (we finally have an ILB who has a forward gear!...and yet, he may get benched for Hayes this week, if you can believe that...watch, it's likely going to happen) and Paris Lenon has been playing his heart out. These guys are not the problem.
OLB: These guys are the problem. They have hit a wall. They can't run. They are good for about three plays a game.
You know who should play in Porter's spot? Adrian Wilson. He can still run and he's more sudden and fierce on the edge than Porter. Porter might be able to be good at Berry's old role...fresh legs may get him occasionally close to the QB without it being a coverage sack.
Look at the Seahawks on the edge today. Look at the Cardinals. They killed us. Easily. No contest. And they aren't really that great, if the truth be told, which is why they double the edge with their safeties to ensure more pressure. At least their coaches understand this. Did they ever loosen the pressure in this game?
We have to hope that O'Brien Schofield is the real deal, because he's the only real hope for the future, unless miraculously, Will Davis' light goes on. He looks like a decent run defender, but he's got no edge game about him otherwise.
CB: Greg Toler is the best CB on the team and one of the team's best seven players. DRC is not. DRC is more a part of the problem than the solution. He's All-World physically...and All-Vacuum mentally....and that's an insult to Hoovers everywhere.
I saw it and many of you did last week...YOU CANNOT PLAY MIKE WILLIAMS WITH CUSHION. YOU CAN'T. At least Toler battled him...DRC gave him the spots and easy catches, save the great back shoulder snag he made.
S: Rhodes is the defensive MVP thus far. By far the most consistent and disciplined, right-place, right-time player. Wilson is a lost man in a lost world. He should be in a position to lead this team in tackles and sacks...instead he's a man without a position.
K/P/LS: Pretty good all-around, save some recent broken in half Graham Crackers.
Whiz:
Really over his head now as a head coach without Warner bailing him out. He's bascially playing cat and mouse with the players...and it remains very clear, the players only play when they want to...and when they do not want to, it can get very ugly, very fast. Basically, Whiz has about as much infuence on his players as a run of the mill NBA coach.
Davis:
Would not even be a DC on a decent college team. Has no sense of how to put the pedal to the metal. Like today...just when the offense gets a spark, his defense starts to play bend and then starts to quit. This was a game they could have dominated...especially versus the Seahawks' inferior o-line, which was made all the more inferior when Russell Okung was KOed in the 1st quarter.
Spencer:
Top flight ST coordinator...but...having already watched Andre Roberts catch a punt at the two yard line and muff other punts, you would think Spencer would have coached him to fall on a muffed punt. The blame needs to be shared for that one, sorry to say. Or get another player in there.
GM/Ownership
Best at saving or pinching money in the NFL. Too bad their dream of paying their QB $300K for the next four years took a hit today. But...this week's memo to Whiz, may be..."stick with Max. Good for PR."
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