Under the radar? Cardinals are 8-2 in their last 10 games - Page 2 - New England Patriots Forums

nowayback · 09-11-2012, 12:24 PM

13 of their games were decided by 7 points or less, 4 ot wins!

look at their schedule and results, pretty impressive. 42 sacks. on paper not as easy as i thought.

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***Rob0729*** · 09-11-2012, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by BradyManny

Good thread.

Add this to the mix:

Cardinals have shutdown outside passing of late

Of course, level of competition factors in. The Seahawks are a decent team in that division, but not sure how they really stack up in the rest of the NFL, so I can't count those two wins as meaning much. Only the Niners win really impresses me when we put it into context.

The one good thing about the Pats is if the Cards shut down the outside game, the Pats have arguably the best inside passing game in the league. Let them take away the outside game because the Pats can still kill you with Gronk, Welker, and Hernandez on the inside.

BradyManny · 09-11-2012, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob0729

The one good thing about the Pats is if the Cards shut down the outside game, the Pats have arguably the best inside passing game in the league. Let them take away the outside game because the Pats can still kill you with Gronk, Welker, and Hernandez on the inside.

Exactly. We probably won't be worrying about Welker's production a week from now.

JJDChE · 09-11-2012, 01:13 PM

Wow, I would have never guessed that. I don't care who you play winning 8 out of 10 is damn hard in the NFL.

Daigle · 09-11-2012, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by brdmaverick

Where is Rodney Harrison to play the disrespect card? Regardless of the teams, 8-2 is a good record.

Yeah like I said, nothing to be ashamed of. Its just that its not enough to make we worry about this game considering who they played.

PATRIOTSFANINPA · 09-11-2012, 01:37 PM

A lot of the Cardinals toughness comes from their coach Ken Whisenhunt who I believe may be the most underrated HC in the league.

The Steelers had a great coach and obviously the Steelers approach to success has passed on to arizona the past several years.

OnTheHeights · 09-11-2012, 01:46 PM

I certainly don't think that the game is going to be a blowout like some do, but in that 8-2 record I see a lot of very close wins against some very bad teams.

Big-T · 09-11-2012, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Urgent

Young shut-down corner in Peterson.

Shut down corner?! He's a one man flag machine!

Send Lloyd deep with Peterson in coverage and it's a TD or PI.

***Brady_to_Moss*** · 09-11-2012, 01:50 PM

Their QB situation is....ehh I am not worried. Was more worried about Tenn

Urgent · 09-11-2012, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Palm Beach Pats Fan

St. Louis Rams W 19–13 (OT)
at Philadelphia Eagles W 21–17
at San Francisco 49ers L 7–23
at St. Louis Rams W 23–20
Dallas Cowboys W 19–13 (OT)
San Francisco 49ers W 21–19
Cleveland Browns W 20–17 (OT)
at Cincinnati Bengals L 16–23
Seattle Seahawks W 23–20 (OT)

then
Seattle Seahawks W 20-16

Take a step back, though, and look at those QB's.
Hard to name them all.
Bradford, Vick, Smith, Bradford, Romo, Smith, Wallace, Dalton, Jackson, then Wilson.

Now QB's like that passed all over the Patriots last year, but there are not a lot of Mannings, Brady's, Rogers, Rivers, etc. on that list. Nor are there many top outside receivers in that group.