Archives for October 2012

‘”Not only do I take pride in it, I got 10 (other) guys that are taking pride in it. When they see somebody back there that can take it back to the house every chance they get, they put it upon themselves to block well, and I just do my job to get good field position for the offense.”‘

‘”It’s just been terrible,” John Clayton told Arizona Sports 620’s Doug & Wolf Thursday. “The plan has been for the front four to get the pressure. Well, guess what? The front four isn’t getting the pressure.”‘

‘Nicked up’ defense a concern for Arizona Cardinals (Arizona Republic)

NFC West no longer a punching bag for NFL (Arizona Republic)

Arizona Cardinals players mingle with presidents (Arizona Republic)

Arizona Cardinals facing a ‘terrible’ Bills’ defense (KTAR-AM)

Little chance Arizona Cardinals overlook Buffalo Bills (KTAR-AM)

Clayton: Arizona Cardinals don’t have many external options at RB (KTAR-AM)

ESPN analyst: Cardinals can’t be one-dimensional (KTAR-AM)

ESPN analyst: If Cardinals add a RB they should do so via trade (KTAR-AM)

Defense can protect Kevin Kolb (KTAR-AM)

Rob Housler Slowly Emerges (AZCardinals.com)

Bills, Cards Both Have Spent Week Away (AZCardinals.com)

‘Fitzpatrick’s 126 yards passing in the contest are the fewest by a Buffalo quarterback since Trent Edwards managed 102 in a 38-7 loss at Green Bay two weeks into the 2010 season. And Fitzpatrick has thrown 22 touchdowns and 24 interceptions in his past 14 games, a stretch in which he’s gone 3-11.’

”’It is not the same foot that I had surgery on last season,” said Williams, expected to play Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals. ”That foot feels wonderful.”’

‘Arizona’s running game, already one of the worst in the NFL, took another blow when running back Ryan Williams hurt his left shoulder against St. Louis and had season-ending surgery. With Beanie Wells already sidelined for at least five games, that leaves the duties to LaRod Stephens-Howling, William Powell and Alfonso Smith. Stephens-Howling is the only one of the three with significant playing experience, and he missed the last two games with a hip injury. He is expected back against Buffalo.’

‘Cardinals 24, Bills 21.’

‘If Arizona, which is 31st in offense and 26th in points scored rolls up over 400 yards against the Bills, you then know many of the Bills on defense are waaayyy over rated and it’s time for Buddy Nix and Chan Gailey to be gone, so they can use the bye week after the Titans game to reorganize.’

‘After the session, head coach Chan Gailey said they were just giving him another day off and still believe he should be able to play in the team’s upcoming game. Williams said after practice that it’s the foot/ankle that he did not have surgery on last year. He added his surgically repaired foot “feels great.”‘

‘”There always is and I do not know how to solve that problem when you have two great players at the same position,” the head coach remarked. “If one all of a sudden gets a hot hand, it is easy to figure that out but when you go into a game and have two great players, you want to play them as equal as possible. Then see how the game is going-is what you do.”‘

‘Cardinals 17, Bills 10.’

‘”Just the health of Fred and C.J. has been a little bit of an issue with them not being 100 percent the last two weeks,” said Ryan Fitzpatrick. “I think it will help us because they’re healthy now. We’ve got to plug in some pieces up front, but that’ll be one of our main challenges this week, getting the ground game going and getting those guys their touches.”‘

‘”I’m excited about this week. I think we’ll do very well with the game plan. We’ll see what happens.”‘

‘The Bills signed Wells to a free-agent offer sheet in 2006, but the Cardinals matched the five-year deal.’

‘”To me we’ve played pretty good in the first halves of both games but we just lost it in the second half,” Gailey said. “We just need to go play in the second half like we did in the first half and we’ll be alright.”‘