Cards suck

Today's monday night football was one of the worst performances you will ever see by the Arizona Cardinals, even by their unbelievably low standard. There is really no reason for the Cards to suck like this against a mediocre Niners team at home. With Fitz and Breaston on offense and decent talent on defense, it's really hard to see what ails this team. QB Derek Anderson is not even that bad, but he is no Kurt Warner and Warner's retirement has completely changed the complexion of this team. Anderson was also caught smiling with a teammate on the sidelines and that became an issue later. Some reporter questioned him on that and he flipped. I feel for this guy. I am sure he works had, but the talent is just not there. I think he was just smiling with his teammate on the sideline and I always find it funny that the media makes a big deal out of losing players smiling on the sideline. You are supposed to sit there looking like one of your close relative just got shot. It's OK if that's fake remorse - which is what it is with most players, but you are just not supposed to look normal or have any kind of fun if you are losing. Not sure why the demeanor matters so much, but it just does for some folks.

DA definitely didn't do anything to earn the right to laugh tonight. He made most fans cry watching his throws and this offense and the Cards defense was even worse. They couldn't stop the run to save their lives. Gore got hurt in the first 5 minutes of the game, but he already had 50+ yards rushing and backup Westbrook ended up with 130 yards rushing. They didn't get any pressure on the young QB Troy Smith or the old RB Brian Westbrook. Niners looked like World beaters after looking like the Cards last weekend against the Bucs. The NFC West is horrible and the rookie QB Sam Bradford might end up leading the Rams to the playoffs. He is very good for a rookie and they beat the Denver Broncos on the road while Seattle lost at home. It would be awesome if a team wins this division with a 7-9 record. I always want a team to win a division with a losing record. And what would be even funnier if that team also goes onto win the Super Bowl. That probably would never happen, but the first request might actually be satisfied this year in this horrible NFC West.

There were a few indelible images from this football weekend, and some of them were from shockingly bad plays. Buffalo's Steve Johnson's drop of the game winning TD pass in the end zone should be on the top of the list. It was hard to watch his emotional post-game interview after the loss. At least the Bills have nothing to play for and that should help him handle this better. It would have been much worse if he lost the game with playoff position or a Super Bowl trip on the line. He was open and Fitzpatrick's pass fell right on his hands. He just dropped it inexplicably. The good news for the Bills fans is that they might have the QB of the future in Fitz. This dude is good. The other disturbing image of the week was the Boise State kicker missing gimme field goals that would have won the game both in the 4-Th quarter and OT thereby losing the game for Boise State and putting an end to a supposed championship run and an undefeated season. I was pulling for Boise State and TCU to stay unbeaten and crash the BCS party. Now that dream is gone though TCU is still in the run. The best play of the weekend, if not the entire college football season was made by Oklahoma State defensive back Broderick Brown who jumped outside the lines and tapped an attempted out-of-bounds pass onto the field of play where his teammate caught the ball for an interception. Heady, unselfish and athletic - the very attributes that define a good football player.