Archives for October 3, 2008

‘The Cardinals have been tough to beat at University of Phoenix Stadium. After posting a 6-2 mark at home in 2007, Arizona also won its first home game this season giving them a four-game winning streak in Glendale.’

‘The only thing that could compromise that would be if the Cardinals lined up in a three-wide formation to start the game. In those situations it’s believed that Youboty would move inside to cover the slot, with the rookie McKelvin coming on the field to handle the left cornerback position where he has lined up since the spring OTAs.’

‘So, was the trip worth it? Was a three-hour football game worth the leg cramps, the seemingly endless miles of boring cornfields (I’m talking about you, Indiana and Illinois) and getting lost in the maze that is downtown St. Louis? Yes! I would do it again in a heartbeat. Upon walking to our seats in the lower section of the Edward Jones Dome, I looked around me before I sat down. I was about 50 feet away from the Bills players on the bench, and the action on the field was…well, just like you were there. It was quite possibly one of the best feelings I have ever had.’

‘Rookie first-round pick Leodis McKelvin and nickelback Ashton Youboty will split time opposite starting cornerback Jabari Greer if McGee can’t play. McKelvin will also handle kickoff returns in place of McGee.’

‘Cardinals 27, Bills 23.’

‘So I’m willing to say the hit 5-0 for the first time in 17 years, with a 27-24 win.’

‘Warner has been sacked 12 times this season, and he’s facing a defense that has managed 10 so far and clearly collectively thinks that total is nothing more than a slow start. Defensive coordinator Perry Fewell has been remarkably astute about calling blitzes at perfect moments, and he will be presented with ample chances to unleash his dogs in Arizona.’

‘”I’m extremely happy right now,” Evans told The Buffalo News on Thursday evening. “This is something that we have been working on for a long time and it wasn’t easy. But it’s finally done, and I couldn’t be more thrilled about it.”‘

‘If Fred Jackson ever wanted to take a day off – relax Dick Jauron, he doesn’t want one – he could get his twin brother to step in for him. Patrick Jackson already has fooled some of the Buffalo Bills’ players.’

‘When I’m not focused on football, my life is focused on my three little girls. They keep us busy. They’re 5, 4 and 20 months.’

‘The Bills are 9-24 traveling to the West (this includes Arizona) since 1970. But I’m not sure this says much beyond a bunch of bad Bills teams have been whipped by a bunch of better Raiders and Chargers teams on the road over the years. The Bills are 1-6 at the Raiders and 2-8 at San Diego in that stretch.’

‘"Growing up in Texas it’s always football down there, so I definitely wanted to play in the NFL," said the 27-year-old native of Fort Worth. "So waking up every day knowing that I’m going to play football is living a dream."’

‘”I think it’s always easy to go the route of replacing the old guy with the young guy,” Warner said. “It’s a lot harder to make that other move. That’s just not the direction of the league, which is the need to find the young superstar and to ride him for 10-12 years as an organization. It’s almost like every time you’re in those situations, everybody is looking for everything you do wrong and everything they do right so that you can be replaced. I don’t want to say people are looking for you to fail, but they really want the other guy to succeed more than you.”‘

‘”Where we’ve been in situations – most noticeably against Washington – where we had a chance to make plays in the fourth quarter, we haven’t done that. That’s the difference between us being 3-1, or like Buffalo, where they’ve made those plays.”‘