I’m feeling really really good right now and I know I’m not the only one. There’s been a few occasions where the Cardinals have blown out a team in their history but none have been as sweet as this one. This 31-10 dismantling of the Dolphins was just a thing of beauty, and just what Arizona needed.

I mentioned in my most recent post that this game was a “Make or Break Game” for the Cardinals. I know not everyone agreed with that statement but if the Cardinals lost to the Dolphins it would have been a bad omen of things to come. Most importantly perhaps it would have devastated the fan base (There’d be no more sell outs which means no more home games on TV which means no more fans). Well what happened was the opposite Thank God, the people of Arizona are now packing things up and jumping on the bandwagon instead of the usual quitting on the team before the season gets going.

Not only did the Cardinals win in convincing fashion but the rest of the NFC West is falling apart. The St.Louis Rams look like the worst team in the NFL right now losing by more than 4 touchdowns for the second straight week. The not so impressive San Francisco 49ers beat the Seattle Seahawks pushing them to 0-2 for the season. I know I’m not alone in my thinking when I say this has to be the year Arizona wins the division. Right? How could they possibly lose it this year?

The Big 3 were amazing of course. I know this was the Miami Dolphins and a JV secondary that was extremely over matched, but Warner, Boldin, and Fitzgerald showed why they are 3 of the best in the game at their positions. Kurt Warner had a perfect QB passer rating of 158.3 being the first Cardinal to do that since Jim Hart in 1975. Anquan Boldin scored 3 touchdowns being the first Cardinal wide receiver to do that since Rob Moore in 1997, and Larry Fitzgerald finished with 6 catches for 153 yards. They didn’t even really play in the 4th quarter either.

I should mention since I’m talking about the offense that the Cardinals have had zero turnovers this season. If a team does that then it’s obviously hard to lose, especially given how explosive the Cardinals offense is. Kurt is not only attacking and making plays, he’s protecting the ball and not letting the Cardinals beat themselves. So forget Brett Farve, Kurt Warner’s the guy everyone should be talking about!

Unfortunately on the other side of things the Cardinals defense didn’t force any turnovers, but that doesn’t matter when your not letting the other team score. I have to admit I was surprised that the Cardinals were able to hold both Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams to under 30 yards. I expected one of those guys to have a good game, but the depth on the D-line prevailed and shut down the only threat for the Dolphins. What’s great is Gabe Watson who is the key to the defensive line hasn’t even played a game yet, so this defensive could still be improving.

Some other notes… Dominque Rodgers-Cromartie hasn’t been talked about much and that’s a good thing perhaps. He hasn’t aloud many catches or made mistakes. You can’t say that about a lot of rookies in the NFL. Tim Hightower scored another touchdown and continues to look like the RB of the future. Tim still needs to learn how to carry the ball, he fumbles way too often and it could be killer later on in the season unless he fixes it. But still Hightower looks very impressive.

The Cardinals are now 2-0 for the first time since 1991. Well I guess now the question is how long has it been since the Cardinals were 3-0? From my research I believe 1974 was the last time the Cardinals were 3-0. In fact they started that season 7-0 that season and went to the playoffs. I don’t think 7-0 will happen again but the playoffs is starting to seem very likely this season.

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