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This
week sees us matched up against the Cards, so how should we approach this
game?
The Cards don't really have much of a rushing attack. Despite the best
efforts of both Shipp and Rookie JJ Arrington production has been poor on
the ground. With RG Elton Brown out injured don't expect things to improve
soon. As their rushing attack is not producing they have to rely on their
passing. Both their wide receivers Fitzgerald and Boldin are good, but with
Boldin out I would say the Cards are in trouble! When we beat them at Qwest
Field we took Warner out of the game and seeing as the Cards have said
Warner will start this game I think we need to do more of the same. We all
know he's not mobile and if we get to him our DB's will be happy to snag
some wayward balls!
Their Defense actually has some good players on there, Bertrand Berry is a
pro bowl DE and has 5 sacks this season, They also have a few ex Seahawks
there, Huff is their starting MLB and Okeafor is there other DE. No doubt
they will want to prove a point, but playing against the number 1 ranked
offense will be a daunting task! This years 1st round draft choice will be
missing though, Antrel Rolle is out injured and another factor could be the
fitness of Dansby, the OLB, who is a decent pass rusher.
Their coach Dennis Green is a good coach and come close to big things in
Minnesota. However, in Arizona he doesn't have the players of the same
calibre. I can see a lot of changes on all sides of the ball and at the
coaching level.
As for the Seahawks, what will we be looking for? Well, a win after the bye
week would be nice. We don't seem to do it very often and I think we need
one to keep the momentum rolling.
Despite the fact that our 2 starting wide receivers have been missing our
passing game has remained strong with DJ Hackett and JJ stepping up and
playing big roles, even Urban has made some big plays after being brought
back off the street. Also Stevens seems to have finally woken up and shown
why he was a 1st round pick.
Our
running game is as solid as it normally is, sceptics may say that Alexander
is running harder this year to earn a big contract, but as long as he
punches in the touchdowns and makes some yards I'm not bothered!! I fully
expect the offense to rack some points up this week, we have so many options
and when all on the same page can be awesome, even playing at 50% I think
they will be to much for the Arizona Defense.
Our Defense has done some good stuff this year, we are getting more pressure
on the QB and are 2nd in the NFL with the amount of sacks we have. I think
our CB's will be busy against the Cards as I think they will be throwing a
lot. I hope Trufant picks his play up a bit as he is not the player he was
last year, Dyson should be back this week also allowing Herndon to return to
being the nickel back.
All in all I think we will win this, 31-10 seems about right.
Dave Bailey (aka Blueboy)
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