Cardinals, 49ers meet again on Monday
Redemption.
That’s exactly what the Arizona Cardinals have been having lately this 2009 NFL football season after coming out of the gate stumbling.
And since the Arizona Cardinals started their campaign this year with a loss to the San Francisco 49ers back in Week 1, they will probably make the most out of this second chance they have against the Niners this Monday night in San Francisco.
The last time the Arizona Cardinals and the San Francisco 49ers met, the Niners handed the NFC defending champions a 20-16 loss right in front of their fans at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona to kick off the season.
However, don’t expect the same thing to happen this Monday night. Because unlike the season opener, the Cardinals now have a healthy corps of receivers, they finally got the running game going and the offensive line is finally protecting Kurt Warner.
That’s a good thing too since we all know that Warner is the key in the Cardinals’ success. Warner has become one of the hottest quarterbacks in the league at this point of the season. He turned in a passer rating of more than 120.0 in each of their past four games and Arizona’s two receivers; Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin, couldn’t be any happier.
The only other guy to do it is Johnny Unitas and on Monday Night Football, Warner has a shot of becoming the only guy in the league to do it for five straight contests.
”I think the thing is now we are putting full games together so much better than we did early,” Kurt Warner said. ”There were still some games early that I felt I played as well as I’ve ever played. It just seemed like it was for a half. First half in Seattle. Down in Jacksonville.”
”Now, I think what’s great about it is we’ve come together. We’re playing good as a team in all facets, and we’re doing it for 60 minutes.”
Of course, just like the Cardinals, the 49ers have made a few adjustments of their own since that first meeting they had with Arizona. The Niners now have a new quarterback in Alex Smith, a new wide receiver in Michael Crabtree and a new scheme with the spread formation.
Unfortunately, their running back Frank Gore ain’t doing some running lately and that is why they’re probably looking at a loss to the Cardinals on Monday night.
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