i'm not ashamed of this loss at all

[freebyrd]

these were the super bowl champs for crying out loud and we played them to the wire, i guarantee they don't want to meet us again in the playoffs what do you guys think about phillie?
short weeks gonna be tough but i really hate eli i respect his talent but he's a little punk

 

[Renz]

I'm usually majorly pissed after a loss. This doesn't bother me.

If we lose to the disintegrating Eagles, then I'll be pissed.

 

[sundevilscott]

I was just going to post that same thing. We win in Philly and we win the west. They pretty much got eliminated today and benched their starting QB also. They are a mess. We can do this.

 

[Shane]

Im ashamed of our special teams play which lost this game.

Oh and at that absolutely ridiculous call to kick an onside kick with 4 minutes to go only down 8. That was beyond stupid on Whiz's part.

 

[O]

Im ashamed of our special teams play which lost this game.

Exactly!

 

[old card fan]

Im ashamed of our special teams play which lost this game.

Oh and at that absolutely ridiculous call to kick an onside kick with 4 minutes to go only down 8. That was beyond stupid on Whiz's part.

Are you sure we were'nt down by 11 at that point? OCF

 

[Unsterblich856]

Im ashamed of our special teams play which lost this game.

Oh and at that absolutely ridiculous call to kick an onside kick with 4 minutes to go only down 8. That was beyond stupid on Whiz's part.

To his credit, it would've worked had Ralph Brown put in a better effort.

 

[freebyrd]

minutes to go only down 8. That was beyond stupid on Whiz's part.
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at first glance it looked pretty stupid and i might have put it in our defenses hands
but that kid for the giants had been given them short fields all day on returns maybe he was thinking he couldn't stand to see number 87 race by for another 80 yard return

 

[Shane]

To his credit, it would've worked had Ralph Brown put in a better effort.

Yup. But thats why you dont do it. Only down 8 and you get a D stop and you are in a it.

You DONT EXECUTE and you are screwed basically giving them a FG to go up 2 scores AGAIN!

 

[Evil Ash]

Im ashamed of our special teams play which lost this game.

Oh and at that absolutely ridiculous call to kick an onside kick with 4 minutes to go only down 8. That was beyond stupid on Whiz's part.

The call was risky but it should have worked. Ralph Brown - STONE HANDS

Our special teams was horrid though. No question about that.

Hard to win a game when they are starting on our side of the field every possession. Over the past couple of weeks people complained about us using the pooch kick. I think people should understand why we use it now

 

[Matt L]

Im ashamed of our special teams play which lost this game.

Oh and at that absolutely ridiculous call to kick an onside kick with 4 minutes to go only down 8. That was beyond stupid on Whiz's part.

I am not sure that was beyond stupid. Our defense hadn't stopped them the entire second half.

 

[schutd]

Im ashamed of our special teams play which lost this game.

Oh and at that absolutely ridiculous call to kick an onside kick with 4 minutes to go only down 8. That was beyond stupid on Whiz's part.

Disagree. I thought it was a nice call. Defense was gassed, we needed a momentum swing AS WELL as the points. Why not. Hell, it should have ended up being the call of the game...

 

[PACardsFan]

I'm usually majorly pissed after a loss. This doesn't bother me.

If we lose to the disintegrating Eagles, then I'll be pissed.

I don't see us beating Philly either. It would have been better had Philly lost a close game. They will be playing for their pride & we will to have to play a lot better than we did today.

 

[moklerman]

Oh and at that absolutely ridiculous call to kick an onside kick with 4 minutes to go only down 8. That was beyond stupid on Whiz's part.

Wrong! That was the absolute right call for Whis to make. If he had kicked off, the Giants would have run the remaining 4 minutes off the clock. The only reason the Cards got one last chance was because of the short field. The barely held the Giants and they took the FG. In any other circumstance they would have just gone for it on 4th & inches.

If they were around midfield and had 4th & 1 I'm sure they would have gone for it and got it. It's sort of like the philosophy of letting the other team score so there is time on the clock. I'm sure Whis wanted a stop on the first 1st down but the game would have been long over had they not tried the onside kick.

 

[New Mexico]

We put up 29 points against the best D in the league. Special teams cost us this game, but against anybody else, we would have won. I think the east coast nightmare ends Thursday night in emphatic fashion.

 

[LVG]

Im ashamed of our special teams play which lost this game.

Oh and at that absolutely ridiculous call to kick an onside kick with 4 minutes to go only down 8. That was beyond stupid on Whiz's part.

ST cost us the game.

We did much better in penalties. We held the G-Men to to less than 100 yards rushing.

When you're playing against a short field continuously (I believe the announcer stated 5 times the Giants started off in Cards territory) - it doesn't take much to run up the score.

 

[Spielman]

Im ashamed of our special teams play which lost this game.

I'd save a little shame for the running game. It's almost incredible to me that they can't be more efficient running the ball with a passing offense that's this prolific.

I mean, look at Marshall Faulk's numbers. He was a 4.0 yards per carry guy in Indy, with a couple of years that weren't that good, and when he joined the Rams and their Greatest Show passing attack, his YPC shot up to Barry Sanders/Jim Brown levels. (Naturally, Faulk was a special talent and a big reason for the Rams passing attack being great, but still. He was a great receiver in Indy too... but the offense as a whole wasn't nearly as good.)

I had high hopes for the running game improving this year, and really wanted to believe in Hightower, but that's slipped away. Sucks.

As an aside, man, have I gotten sucked into the Cardinals' season. I keep having to remind myself that I need to be more depressed about the Rams. And good gosh almighty, are they ever depressing.

 

[NeverSayDieFan]

I watched the Eagles' game...

The final score is very mis-leading! Yes! They're in trouble. Questionable play-calling, benching McNabb etc. BUT...their "D" spent MOST of the 1st Half in the Ravens' backfield. They BLITZED the daylights out of Flacco! It was the Ravens "D' which played light-outs the WHOLE game that won it for them. So, can we beat the Eagles?? VERY short week. Frozen field. Hostile crowd. Can we?? YES! BUT NO WAY is this a gimme'. BUT guess who comes visiting after the Eagles?? Hello, Rams! Hello WEST Championship! GO CARDS!

 

[Stout]

I'm certainly upset with this loss. We proved that we still don't have the mentality of a winner. Sure, we battled back, but on Sunday night we had the Jake Plummer Syndrome: put yourself in the hole, and then look impressive coming back (or almost coming back) to win. Mental errors galore. Heads NOT in the game. Failing to make the big play. Giving up the big play (our defense was ATROCIOUS in giving up the big play at the end, though it was our special teams that put them in the position to fail). It wasn't winning football. Even Warner had a down game, and very much cost us the game in his own right. All-in-all, no, I was not proud of our effort. Proud of our heart in sticking in the game, yes, but heart will only get you so far.

 

[Mulli]

I'm certainly upset with this loss. We proved that we still don't have the mentality of a winner. Sure, we battled back, but on Sunday night we had the Jake Plummer Syndrome: put yourself in the hole, and then look impressive coming back (or almost coming back) to win. Mental errors galore. Heads NOT in the game. Failing to make the big play. Giving up the big play (our defense was ATROCIOUS in giving up the big play at the end, though it was our special teams that put them in the position to fail). It wasn't winning football. Even Warner had a down game, and very much cost us the game in his own right. All-in-all, no, I was not proud of our effort. Proud of our heart in sticking in the game, yes, but heart will only get you so far.

You forget that the Cards scored on the opening drive. That was not a Jakelike performance. No pick sixes.

 

[Stout]

You forget that the Cards scored on the opening drive. That was not a Jakelike performance. No pick sixes.

I'm talking about the team's performance in the comparison, not Warner's (although he did hurt us badly twice). Yes, we looked good coming back, but it was our own selves that pretty much put us in the hole to begin with. You don't win consistently that way, and you don't beat good teams that way.

 

[Mulli]

I'm talking about the team's performance in the comparison, not Warner's (although he did hurt us badly twice). Yes, we looked good coming back, but it was our own selves that pretty much put us in the hole to begin with. You don't win consistently that way, and you don't beat good teams that way.

truth. Kickoff coverage was horrible. Why not squib?