What a game! On Sunday Night Football, on National television the Arizona Cardinals handed the Minnesota Vikings only their 2 loss of the season! It was a big win at home 30-17. Biggest win of the season. The Cardinals Defense played awesome. Adrian Peterson had 19 yards on 13 carries. Brett Favre had 2 interceptions. From fanster.com; “The Cardinals’ defense absolutely dominated the Vikings’ high-powered offense. First, they confused Brett Favre all night, sacking him three times, and intercepting him twice (probably should have been four). Favre had only three interceptions in his first 11 games this season. Secondly, they shut Adrian Peterson down. Peterson had 19 yards on 13 carries, which was the second lowest output of his pro career. You may remember, Peterson gashed the Cardinals’ defense for 165 yards in a 35-14 over Arizona in Glendale last December.” The offense was just as good. They looked normal. Which is to say they were prolific in their passing attack, exactly what we expect to see every game. The Cards rushed for over 100 yards. Tim Hightower had 50 yards by himself. From revengeofthebirds.com; ”When Tim Hightower fumbled the ball away on the second play of the game giving the Vikings excellent field position, it was easy to moan and groan and wonder if it was a sign of impending doom. Now that the game is over and we have more clarity when rehashing details, there is a positive spin to that blunder. Before fumbling, Hightower had run straight up the Vikings’ gut for 10 yards on the Cardinal’s first rushing attempt. This set the tone for the game, that the No.4 rushing defense was beatable and nothing to shy away from. The Cardinals totaled 113 yards on the ground against a team that had been allowing an average of only 84 per game. Tim Hightower continued his aggressive play by punishing defenders in his wake, and providing a lethal stiff-arm on his 32-yard romp.” Kurt Warner threw for 285 yards and 3 touchdowns. Larry Fitzgerald had 143 yards in receiving and 1 touchdown, Anquan Boldin added 2 touchdowns and 98 yards in receiving. Just an all around great win. It makes this rainy gloomy Monday a little more bearable. Thanks guys. Oh yeah Warner is doing Ok, he suffered a hip-pointer and should be fine in the next few days.
