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Chasing the 10th sack
Linebacker Daryl Washington, snubbed for the Pro Bowl Wednesday, is still chasing his 10th sack of the season. Notching one more would not only tie the franchise mark for sacks by a linebacker, but...
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Friday before the Niners
Next week, Ray Horton figures to get at least one if not several inquiries to interview for vacant head coaching jobs. He already had one last year – with the Rams – and as a minority candidate whose...
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Final four factor for Cards
The Cardinals, for a second straight season, played three of the teams in the NFL’s final four. It helps that division brother San Francisco has made it in, and the Cardinals had their trouble with the...
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Reading the options of the future of offense
The Super Bowl run-up this week — on both TV and in print — will be filled with a handful of the obvious stories this week: The last game for Ray Lewis, the Harbaugh brothers, and, with the 49ers...
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Thoughts on a schedule
So here are some quick thoughts on the Cardinals’ schedule, for what they are worth. No one knows exactly what will happen between now and when the games will be played and so much can change....
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Fitz too has hometown rooting interests
Suddenly, it causes a stir when players have some connection to a team that isn’t their own. When Colin Kaepernick wore a Dolphins hat — presumably for the look, since he isn’t from that part of the...
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Palmer pitching, PP catching, and pads
The first padded practice of training camp made for some interesting stuff to digest: – It only happened a couple of times, but quarterback Carson Palmer (and backup Drew Stanton, for that matter), ran...
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The fine line of finding a quarterback
So if you are the Cincinnati Bengals, what are you thinking about with Andy Dalton? And what does it say about “finding” your long-term quarterback? These questions are not easily answered. The...
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The ’11 draft class, and that Peterson extension
Under the new collective bargaining agreement put together in 2011, draft picks must be in the league three years before they can negotiate a contract extension. That means that 2011 class — which...
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Friday before the Niners
What a week. What a month, really, or six weeks, whatever the timeframe upon which you want to make the prism to look through. The Cardinals have encountered turbulence for sure, and it just doesn’t...
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Fitzgerald ad gets help from Thomas, Lindley
So the latest big-time ad featuring Larry Fitzgerald came out recently, a pretty cool concept of Fitz catching passes one-handed from Andrew Luck, Colin Kaepernick and Drew Brees in an empty University...
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Warner to help … Kaepernick
It’s still an unknown who the 49ers head coach will be post-Harbaugh, but we do know now who will be coaching struggling quarterback Colin Kaepernick in the short-term. And it’s … Kurt Warner. The...
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A rough time for 49ers in the NFC West
In a division where keeping up with the Joneses is important just to have a chance at the playoffs — and goodness knows the Seahawks have been the Joneses for a couple of seasons now — the Cardinals...
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Domination, and 49ers aftermath
It had been 47-7, a dismantling of an NFC West rival, and Calais Campbell was happy. But not too happy. “My message the whole time will be, ‘Keep putting work in, keep respecting the process,’ ” the...
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Chip Kelly comes to the NFC West
It certainly hasn’t been quiet in the Cardinals’ division, even with the regular season over. The Cardinals and Seahawks are among the final eight teams in the playoffs. The Rams moved to Los Angeles....
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