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Now, I realize it is difficult to find people that get excited talking about kickers, but football purists know that despite all the jokes, a kicker is a valuable part of any NFL team. Missed kicks lose Super Bowls, and made ones can be the difference between an 8-8 team that misses the playoffs and a 12-4 team that wins the division. Our own Neil Rackers started his career with three years ...

You have to like the Cardinals chances to bounce back after losing on Monday Night Football to the 49ers despite the short week and having to travel East. They haven't lost two games in a row this season and have won five of their eight games on the road. They are facing a Detroit Lions team that not only has just two wins, but is without their starting QB, RB and ...

Note: I wrote this article after Week 13, but thought I would share it on B/R anyway. I must admit it is pretty satisfying to see the Patriots, the team of the decade and winners of three Super Bowls, and the Pittsburgh Steelers, winners of an all-time most six Super Bowls, struggling as of late and in danger of missing the playoffs. The Steelers seem to keep chugging along no matter ...

While all teams have their fair share of ups and downs, no team can turn on a dime quite as masterfully as the Arizona Cardinals. One week after making one of the most complete teams in the league look like a JV squad,  beating the then 10-1 Vikings convincingly in prime time, they returned to the field wearing flip-flops and sun hats, sipping piña coladas through curly straws. Well okay not really, ...

As we prepare for the Cardinals-49ers Monday Night Football matchup, with a chance for Arizona to claim its second NFC West crown in a row with a win, lets take a look back at the season to date to see what we have learned. What have we learned? I don't have to tell any of you that we can all watch every snap and come away with very different versions of ...

Week 13: 9-7; Season prediction tally: 128-64 á Thursday Pittsburgh at Cleveland - Are the Steelers angry or embarrassed enough to turn things back around? I have to believe they are. At least versus Cleveland. They should be able to run the ball well against the Shaun Rodgers-less interior of the Browns' defense. Pick: Steelers á á Sunday á Green Bay at Chicago - I might be done picking the Bears to win for the rest of ...

The two most important stats of the game: Adrian Peterson toted the rock 13 times for 19 yards, including an 11-yarder, and Jared Allen was blanked entirely from the stat sheet. No solo tackles, no assists, no sacksùno nothin'. Jeremy Bridges deserves the game ball without question. To step in and play left tackle, a position he had never played, against one of the most feared defenders in the league and ...

Some contend that Minnesota is the most complete team in the NFL. No one will deny that the Vikings have been the better overall team to date, but how much better are they than the Cardinals? Let us microscope the Vikings' and Cardinals' schedules and results to get a better feel for just how much actually separates them this season. Disclaimer: Make no mistake, this has no hope of being unbiased. I am ...

Week 12: 12-4; Season prediction tally: 119-57 á Thursday N.Y. Jets at Buffalo Both teams are on massive one-game winning streaks. Seriously though, doesn't it seem like Buffalo has kicked things up a notch under interim coach Perry Fewell? Pick: Bills á Sunday Tampa Bay at Carolina I'm going all Josh Freeman with this pick. I am really impressed with how good he looks as a pro. Untested Matt Moore is set to replace the injured ...

Arizona Cardinals Featured Columnists Chris Farmer and Scott Z. Brady square off in another round of Cardinals Chat. Chris: Why do you think that, despite having a new D-coordinator in Bill Davis and playing in a new scheme by playing 3-4 more often, that the Cardinals still have the same old weaknesses on defense: They can't stop long drives when they need to most ...