What a difference 5 years makes

[D-Dogg]

In 2003 our roster was:

Player Pos
Dishman, Chris C
Hodel, Nathan C
Starkey, Jason C
Barrett, David DB
Goss, Jason DB
Harris, Quentin DB
Hill, Renaldo DB
Jackson, Dexter DB
Lucas, Justin DB
McDaniel, Emmanuel DB
Rhinehart, Coby DB
Starks, Duane DB
Stone, Michael DB
Wilson, Adrian DB
Johnson, Dennis DE
King, Kenny DE
Pace, Calvin DE
Vanden Bosch, Kyle DE
Bell, Marcus DT
Bryant, Wendell DT
Davis, Russell DT
Ransom, Derrick DT
Tanner, Barron DT
Duncan, Tim K
Gramatica, Bill K
Rackers, Neil K
Darling, James LB
Fisher, Levar LB
Hayes, Gerald LB
McKinnon, Ronald LB
Thompson, Raynoch LB
Woods, LeVar LB
Young, Michael LB
Garcia, Frank OG
Kendall, Pete OG
Spikes, Cameron OG
Clement, Anthony OT
Davis, Leonard OT
Shelton, L.J. OT
Wells, Reggie OT
Player, Scott P
Blake, Jeff QB
McCown, Josh QB
Parsons, Preston QB
Hodgins, James RB
Scobey, Josh RB
Shipp, Marcel RB
Smith, Emmitt RB
Banks, Mike TE
Bush, Steve TE
Jones, Freddie TE
Wakefield, Fred TE
Boldin, Anquan WR
Foster, Larry WR
Gilmore, Bryan WR
Johnson, Bryant WR
Kasper, Kevin WR
McAddley, Jason WR
Poole, Nathan WR
Soliday, Jake WR
Anderson, Damien RB

That, to me, was the worst season of recent Cardinals football.

Fast forward to 2008 season, and we have fired Coach One Heartbeat, signed and fired Denny, and signed the Whis of AZ, built a new stadium and home field advantage, gave Mike Bidwill more say in the running of the business, won our division, won the first playoff game since 98, the first home playoff game since 1947, and have made the NFC Championship game for the first time in franchise history.

Look at the roster above...look where we are now.

The future is looking good for the Red Birds!!!! This is step one towards multi-year respectability!!!