Friday night the Cardinals restored a little bit of faith to the fanbase (including me). All week long the team was talking about how they were going to come out and do better. Friday, the starting defense only allowed 6 points, through a quarter and a half. As the game was starting, I couldn't help but feel a little nervous. I knew that if the Cardinal's defense didn't show any signs of improvement, from last weeks Kansas City game, then the Cards were in deep trouble. So when the ball was kicked high into the air, to start the game, I was feeling extremely apprehensive.
Then the Cards forced a three-and-out, Patrick Peterson had a very nice return, Williams and Kolb drove the offense down the field for a touchdown, and the defense had a great looking goal line stand. All in all I was extremely impressed with what the Cardinals did on Friday.
Now I'm afraid I have to be gloom and doom a little bit. With all that being said there were a couple things that I was very unhappy about. For example; Kolb usually didn't have very much time to throw, he was constantly trying to escape from pressure, and was sacked three times (one intentional grounding call), with one resulting in a safety. Also John Skelton had four plays to work with, but with what he did do he looked very impressive, going 3-3, and a TD, still I would liked to have seen him out there a bit longer. The last thing that I disliked was, and this is probably the worst one, was Levi Brown getting a torn tricep, he likely could be out the entire season. With the protection a question mark already(?), this could be very bad for the Cardinals. Even though Brown has not lived up to the expectations of being a top five pick, he has always been in the offense since 2008, whether starting at right or left tackle. The Cardinal's will explore options in free agency and also of course on their own roster.
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