THE GOOD:
W - don't care how we got it. It's a W.
Kolb - 300 yards, 1 touchdown, that BEAUTIFUL deep play to Fitz, the scramble 47 yard TD to King. Kid looks like a legit NFL starter. He'll have some bumps in the road, but I think he's got good tools and just needs some experience.
Darryl Washington - HOLY ****. That might have been the best game I've ever seen a Cardinals LBer have.
Peterson the Punt Returner - He's gonna be the scariest special teamer since Devin Hester. He's the first guy we've had back there that is just a NATURAL, from the way he catches the ball, to the way he exploded on his return.
Beanie's first half - Looked like a beast, driving the pile forward, churning for extra yards.
TE - 100 yards combined for the TE? Awesome.
Doucet - Great drive and burst on the TD
Run D - Dan Williams was just blowing **** up.
THE BAD:
The O-line in pass protection - not terrible, but not good and Levi Brown was just putrid in the first half.
Feely - misses a relative chippie, did okay on KO.
Beanie's fumble/inability to cut back - kid just doesn't have that move and seemed to dance in the second half.
THE UGLY:
Secondary + Terrible OLB - Could be the worst combination of pass rushers and pass defenders in the history of the Cardinals. I mean... holy underwear Batman. The Panthers had no off-season, a completely new coaching staff and a rookie who no one thought was really ready to throw the ball and he leads their offense to 500 yards and within 2 yards of pushing us to OT? Sorry guys, while Cam has talent, he's NOWHERE NEAR good enough to put up stats half that good against any defense worth a lick of salt.
And yes, there's only one UGLY spot here, but it's a HUGE one and unfortunately will be for the duration of the season. I think Peterson will eventually be an overall mega-stud, but it ain't gonna be this season and everyone else... well... the less said the better IMO.
Overall, an absolute rollercoaster of a game and just a good old time at the stadium and well worth the flight out this morning and flight back to Cali tonight.
Bring on the Skins.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go pick up Rex Grossman for my fantasy team next week.
Small correction Kolb had 2 TD's..Also had 66.7% comp and 11.3 YPA and 130 QB rating
Agree on DW hope hes OK.
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