Mike Sando's NFC West Blog at ESPN

[football karma]

for those of you who havent found it yet -- I encourage you to check it out

excellent stuff -- balanced, in depth writing on the teams in the division

a recent blog post addressing the Cards is:

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/nfcwest/0-2-246/Why-the-49ers-should-envy-the-Cardinals.html

for the truly Cardinal / football OCD -- check out is "roided rosters" as well


I have come to make it an every day visit to see what he has written --

 

[abomb]

for those of you who havent found it yet -- I encourage you to check it out

excellent stuff -- balanced, in depth writing on the teams in the division

a recent blog post addressing the Cards is:

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/nfcwest/0-2-246/Why-the-49ers-should-envy-the-Cardinals.html

for the truly Cardinal / football OCD -- check out is "roided rosters" as well


I have come to make it an every day visit to see what he has written --

Wow, that roster analysis is fantastic;

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/nfcwest/0-2-247/Roided-out-rosters--for-die-hards-only.html

 

[MigratingOsprey]

yeah - sando is really solid and looks at things at some different angles - makes for a nice break from the usual reads

 

[nurnay]

Wow, that roster analysis is fantastic;

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/nfcwest/0-2-247/Roided-out-rosters--for-die-hards-only.html

Man, those roided up rosters are freaking awesome!

 

[abomb]

yeah - sando is really solid and looks at things at some different angles - makes for a nice break from the usual reads

PFT is also doing "Pre-season oneliner recaps" for all the teams every few days. Here is the latest Cards one;

http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/08/11/arizona-cardinals-preseason-one-liners-2/

 

[CardinalsFan11]

Wow, that roster analysis is fantastic;

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/nfcwest/0-2-247/Roided-out-rosters--for-die-hards-only.html

Damn!

 

[football karma]

Wow, that roster analysis is fantastic;

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/nfcwest/0-2-247/Roided-out-rosters--for-die-hards-only.html

a few interesting things from that roster--

I like the info on average age of the roster, average age of starters and number of starters over 30.

for having some vets -- Cards average starters age is lower than NFL average -- by half a year. Only 4 out of 22 starters over 30.

My sense is that over the 32 team average, half a year is significant -- but i dont know

 

[Skkorpion]

Thanks, en fuego and abomb. Finally, some very interesting reading.

 

[football karma]

btw--

he says based on what he has seen -- 9 wins is a realistic expectation for the team

couched in all the qualifying language you would expect -- but it certainly made me feel like my optimism is justified.