Ask A Cardinals Fan

He just started practicing last Thursday and has shown flashes of brilliance on one hand and plays that make you scratch your head on the other. I was up at training camp last weekend and saw him throw 3 INTs on Saturday (1 was a great defensive play by Darnell Dockett, the other should have been PI), but he looks to already have some good chemistry with players like Fitzgerald.

Most ROTBers feel mixed about Kolb, which is fine for right now. We really don’t know what we have with him yet, so we will just have to wait and see. I am personally a lot more optimistic than I was before the trade was made and people were just guessing. I have seen him practice and know what he is capable of.

On ROTB a little over half the members thought it was a good deal and a little less than half think we gave up to much (DRC and a second round pick) for an unknown quantity. I am in the second group.
Having said that, the card FO had to do something after the terrible play at qb across the board last year for AZ and they did make the biggest move for a qb in the league this year.
Performance wise we really haven’t seen enough and will be watching him closely tonight. In the few practices he has made some good and bad throws.
I will say this: 1) He has looked good in interviews and says all the right things. 2) The other players and the staff seem pretty confident he is the real deal and say they like what the see on and off the field.

Our team sucked last year IMO. I don’t see how this year can be any worse.

And not to sound like I’m making an excuse for tonight but – the only real goals Whiz ever has for the Cards in preseason are to see what some of these guys have and avoid any major injuries.

Dominique-Rodgers Cromartie was shipped off in the Kolb trade, but many aren’t sure if he would have fit in new DC Ray Horton’s defense anyhow. The Cards will be using a lot of blitzing and tackling will be a priority, which is something DRC was not very good at. Great cover corner and obviously the best corner the team had, but AZ needed a QB and DRC was part of what they had to give up to get their guy.

Look for Richard Marshall (FA from Panthers), rookie Patrick Peterson and even undrafted rookie A.J. Jefferson (who is currently a starting corner on the depth chart) to make up for the loss. Greg Toler is still there as well.

Childress brought Favre in to be the starting QB in Minnesota, Jackson was apparently not the guy he wanted and Favre was a better QB anyway.

In Arizona, Kurt Warner was brought in to be a backup to Matt Leinart, but ended up beating him out for the starting job in training camp. Warner ended up leading the team to a Superbowl, so obviously we know that the decision Whisenhunt made at that time was a great one.

When Warner retired, Leinart was supposed to be the guy, but he never panned out. That lead to the Anderson disaster and the terrible 2010 season.

Now, here we are in 2011.

 Only kidding—-good luck this season, I hope y’all sweep your division.