CARDINALS 22, SEAHAWKS 34
Last year, the University of Phoenix Crudinals got off to a 4-0 start, inflating the fan base to a giddy biliousness that inverted to a gaseous pffft as the Cruds lost 11 of their last 12 games. In the offseason, not satisfied with 5-11 for a Doormat effort, the Cruds picked up Doormat QB extraordinaire Carson Palmer, a QB the Oakland Raiders gave up on (and that's really saying something). The Cruds got off to a rocky start, though, having to face the Lambs, the Lions, the Bootineers and the Panthers- all experienced Doormat teams. As Mr. Palmer usually pulls a bit of a bait-and-switch at the start of every season, the Cruds built a 3-2 record. That's no way to win the Moldy Carpet (or Mouldy Carpette as the more refined refer to it).
Mr. Palmer does what he does best
But Carson has his act going now, and there may be no stopping him, if U. of Phee wants to get to the bottom of things. He's thrown 11 interceptions in the last 4 games, and 13 total , only 2 behind interception wizard Eli Manning. Palmer likes to hold onto the ball for too long, scramble and then throw rockets to whoever is man enough to catch them.
Stepping up bigtime last night, Palmer throws two interceptions in his own territory, both turning into TDs, and gets sacked 7 times (give the O-line some credit here!). Another team with no rushing game (30 tiny yards last night), Palmer gets 45 chances to blow it, and the odds are just too good on that account.
Losers of two straight, standing (well, slumping) at 3-4, look ahead to Jacksonville in 3 weeks to see just how LOW THEY CAN GO.
It's a shame Matt Schaub is injured, because the Cruds-Texans game in two weeks would be a helluva Doormat QB face-off. Two Time Bomb Game.
4-12 is still possible, and though it won't win the Moldy Carpet, it will at least serve notice to the NFL that this teams means business.
-wacko
