Arizona defeats Seattle

[thatsrightimirish]

Quite easilly 27-3. With the 49er bye this makes the Cardinals tied for first place. Next week Arizona will be in New York against the Giants and San Francisco will be in Houston. If the niners had a QB that could throw I wouldn't be worried, but they don't. Should be exciting.

The next meeting between Arizona and San Francisco will be on December 14th at Candlestick.

[Upton]

1. The problem isn't Shaun Hill

he's actually got a pretty good record as a starter, the problem is the OL. Hill was running for his life almost every play last week.

[thatsrightimirish]

2. yes

the o line has been awful for years. Overall I'm not that impressed with the offense, but I still think the team is good enough to win the division. Who knows what will happen after that.

[JonLP24]

3. Those 3 points for Seattle was a result

of a fake punt pass for 42 yards on 4th down that put them in FG range. Other than that the defense was dominating. The #1 rush defense held them to only 14 yards, while the #32(thanks Peyton) pass defense held them to just 114. Also 5 sacks, to bring the total to 13 total sacks and 4th straight game with an interception(none against San Francisco).

[HuckleB]

4. Seattle is no barometer for anyone.

And Arizona's inconsistency is not likely to change. They were inconsistent last year outside of the playoffs, and the same has held true this year.

[JonLP24]

5. Interesting that they were 6 point underdogs

All the talking heads on ESPN picked Seattle, all the fantasy "experts" said start Matt Hasselbeck because of the Cardinals 'D' (who btw have are the #1 rush defense in the league), Seahawks were 2-0 with Matt Hasselbeck(former MVP) playing a complete game(2 of the other losses Seneca Wallace was the starter), and they were at home where they put up 2 shut-outs but because the Cardinals won and held Hasselbeck to 112 passing yards it was because Seattle is no barometer.

I wouldn't look too much last year, the defense missed tackles all the time last year and that was the #1 thing I watched for this year and they are making those open field tackles. Pass defense is the only thing that has been consistent. They have been consistent at stopping the run(#1 in the league), have 13 sacks, 7 turnovers, and 2 defensive touchdowns. Plus the passing offense has been consistent for every game this season.

The 49ers are playing good football this year with the exception of the Falcons game, the Colts game looks bad but they had 2 turnovers inside the 5 and one of those Boldin was grabbed and pulled but there was no call and Manning has 5 straight 300+ passing yard games this season so it's hard to fault the Cardinals as no one has yet to slow down Manning either.

Since you say Arizona's inconsistency is not likely to change does not mean it isn't because you say but they have been pretty consistent in several aspects of the game and for Seattle to be such a low barometer they beat them in convincing fashion like they were supposed to if they are that lowly of a team. I don't know or you don't know what's going to happen but there is a reason they do it on the field rather than bullshit on a message board. Anyways very few teams are playing consistent and many of those teams that are won close games that could have easily gone the other way(with the exception of the Saints).

Have a good day. :hi: