Personally I was expecting to come out of this game with a loss. Anyone who was actually expecting a win was kidding themselves given the Cards' recent circumstances.
It seemed like every pass Warner threw, no one in the secondary was within 20 ft of the receiver. Perhaps the Cardinal WRs are that good, but it happened over and over and over again. Losing McGee seemed to have caused a lot more pain in this area than I think a lot of people had anticipated. It's like we couldn't cover slants. Tackling, as in other games, was exceptionally poor imo. You can get away with these things when playing against a team missing its core WRs, or two poor offenses, but against a decent team like Arizona, you're going to get burned and they did get burned, quite badly.
Losing the game was not JP's fault, but man what a horrible quarterback. He still hasn't learned to throw the ball away, leading to sacks, fumbles, and interceptions. If you watch his head, he's still locking into receivers as he has done for the past several years. The fact that he was mismanaged so badly by this franchise has, imo, led to his poor attitude toward the coaching staff (i.e. walking away from Schonert while he's in essence chewing him out) and overall bad attitude.
The true test will come in two weeks. San Diego at home after a bye is not a cakewalk, but it's definitely winnable. Heading into divisional play, it will be somewhat important to get a win and guarantee at least a tie for the division lead. Hopefully they will learn from what happened today and will seek redemption.
One thing worries me though... how will Trent's sense of timing in the pocket be affected by this injury? Will he be more cautious, will he be a bit jumpy back there, or will he be just fine?