This is exactly what makes me cringe. Though it is amazing that such respect is given to a team run by its backup QB who had never played pro football until this season and its D is ravaged by injuries, the Cards are coming off a poor performance at home and dismissed by everyone that they cannot do well when they travel east, especially in the cold.
To add fuel to the disrespect fire, they are the biggest underdog this week.
Given all this, I suspect that their coach is on purpose misleading the media about resting his starters and instead is planning a knockout punch.
Hopefully our players ignore all this baloney and expect to face a fiesty Cards team out to prove a point.