Cardinals Notes
More notes from the Cardinals-Rams tape last week ...
* Edgerrin James had some nasty struggles this game inside the ten. He was stuffed at the goal line once, fumbled another time, and held to one-yard gains in two runs late in the game. James had similar problems at times with Indianapolis, often coming out of the game near the end zone. I checked the numbers, though, and this game was not indicative of the rest of James' season near the goal line. He's barely had the ball there at all, and he's played well before Week 5. We'll watch to see if it's the start of a trend.
* One thing I did notice with James is that he's wearing down during games. He has a 5.0 YPC average with his first ten carries of the game, and is under 3.5 thereafter. Maybe Ken Whisenhunt should get the backups more involved.
* Larry Fitzgerald shies away from contact a lot for a big man, but he made a number of fantastic plays in this game. Owners should hope Anquan Boldin misses another game.
* Ken Whisenhunt isn't using Bryant Johnson as just a deep threat like Dennis Green did last year. A guy with poor hands, Johnson made a nice diving catch in this game. He's a fine WR3 if Boldin misses this week's game.
Comments
So should I look to trade Edge? Someone offered me Gore for Edge. Should I have taken it? I probably still can...
I like Edge's scedule the rest of the year better than Gore's.
Posted by: AD | October 12, 2007 01:41 PM
I would jump at Gore.
Posted by: Stephen | October 12, 2007 02:11 PM