AZCardinals!

How about them Arizona Cardinals? They had an awesome game Monday Night against the San Francisco 49ers. Let me first tell everyone that I'm originally from San Francisco. I was a huge 49ers fan in the 90s when we had Joe Montana, Steve Young, Jerry Rice, John Taylor, J.J. Stokes, Brent Jones, and all those other really good guys. They were the dream team, and ever since they went their own ways, the 49ers have not been the same. Unfortunately, it's come to the point where I've given up hope on them. They made it to the playoffs a few years ago, but nothing better than that. I will start liking them again when they can prove to me they can play as a team, and overcome any obstacles.

But those Cardinals! Wow! Now THAT'S a team right there! I say they're a team because they have all their players working together to win. Let's start off with the offense. Under center, they have Kurt Warner (who is an unbelievably great player). He has so many weapons he can utilize on the offense, especially with Anquan Boldin and Larry Fitzgerald. These two guys are the main offensive threats. They can manage to lose the defenders covering them, causing them to be open and picking up huge reception gains. Now, they have a newcomer, Steve Breaston. He's quickly making a name for himself as a new threat on the Cardinals offense! Edgerrin James, the main threat in the backfield, has unfortunately had a bad season so far. He hasn't been able to do much with his carries, so they decided to give his backup the starting role: Tim Hightower. What I can tell you is Hightower is one explosive back. Probably sooner than later, he's going to have a breakout game, and people will then realize the Cardinals are a force to be reckoned with.

The Cardinals defense is pretty solid, especially when time comes to stopping the run. Take a look at how badly the 49ers ran against the Cardinals defense. Their secondary needs a little bit of improvement, but I think their biggest flaw is penalties. They had 10 penalties in the second half against the 49ers, giving San Francisco loads of free yards! They also had 2 interception TDs nullified due to penalties.

Let's see how well they can do against Seattle on Sunday. If they can overcome these issues, and dominate Seattle (which I'm sure they will with the lack of a defense the Seahawks have), the Cardinals will be on their way to the NFC West Division title!