The Arizona Cardinals Will Make It Someday
Poor Cards. The Arizona Cardinals had a great season and it was largely overshadowed by the usual nonsense and the streamroller that is the Carolina Panthers. We finally got an answer to how good the Cardinals might have been last season had they not been forced to start human trash pile Ryan Lindley at quarterback due to injuries against the…huh I guess that’s two years in a row they’ve been beaten by the Panthers, do I smell rivalry brewing? The answer is that they are very good.
I guess it also didn’t help the Cards that they were methodical, efficient, and effective, which is somewhat dull if you aren’t a Cards fan. There was a Cardinals fan in my comments a while ago angry that I haven’t made any Cardinals comics but there just really wasn’t a lot to go on when your team is simply good. There weren’t any disasters to poke fun of. There wasn’t any silly drama like all the Cam hullabaloo. Well this comic is for you, Angry Cardinals Fan.
I hope the Cardinals luck into a young QB to build around. You can’t keep relying onĀ old farts looking for redemption in their twilight years. Palmer has one, maybe two, if lucky 3-4 good years left.
Love the Immortal Larry Fitzgerald part of the comic. A 60-year old cyborg Fitz would probably still be a top-five receiver, too.
I’m not a Cards fan, but I’d be heartbroken if he retires without a ring. When I was a kid dying to play football, he was the guy I wanted to model myself on. Hands of gold, picture-perfect routes, and more willing to block than most tight-ends. He didn’t have blazing high-end speed, but he had enough agility and shiftiness to break away. Class act off the field, too. Plus unlike a lot of receivers who’ll look for a flag any time they don’t catch a pass, Larry always went right back to the huddle for the next play unless it was something blatant.
He should come play for the New England Patriots. We need some more top flight receivers, and we almost got SJax a ring…
Damnit why do you want me to hate Fitz? Play for the Pats come on
The Cardinals are quite deep on both sides of the ball, and they have the right coach. If there was ever a time to trade up in the draft for a good young QB, it’s this year.
They don’t need to because Carson Wentz from north Dakota state is said to be an early round 2 pick, so they could reach to get him
Wentz and David Johnson on the same side…that’d be crazy (they were conference rivals in college)
There’s already talk that the Browns may take Wentz at #2. Take him off your list. The hype on him is crazy.
that’s ridiculous, obviously we’re going to trade down and take a guard that we’ll play at right tackle all season and be really confused and angry when he sucks at being a right tackle
At least the Cardinals are the only team to never lose a home playoff game, even if they only hosted 5 of them (this year, 2009, 2008, 1949, 1948)
This is the coolest trivia question I’ve read in a long, long time.
I approve of you.
saddest part. Kurt Warner Started 2 of those 5
The Cards lost because they tried to beat Carolina with intermediate and deep passing, which is what they are best at defending. They should have stuck to short passing and playaction. And defensively, they blitzed too much.
Pretty sure the Cards lost because they imploded in every facet of the game. They would have lost to the Browns with they way they were playing.
While I agree on the passing part, the Cardinals have been a blitz-heavy team all year, and it comes down to the fact that their best pass rusher has been Dwight freaking Freeney.
As much as Dave is ragging on their tendency to rely on old quarterbacks, they desperately need a young, high-level pass rusher, too.
Man can’t wait till they get a 60 year old Tom Brady.
That’s implying that Brady will be playing like an old fart at age 60. For all that we know, he may already be a robot.
He sold his soul to the Devil his rookie season.
So true
Wow, I never really noticed that about ‘Zona…
On another note, I am kinda glad the Cards lost (I know some very, VERY annoying Cards fans that just don’t shut up), but I feel bad for them. This was one of those games where it’s hard to root for either side unless you have some bad blood with one of them. Both ‘Zona and Carolina having had one Super Bowl appearence (ironically against my team and my parents’ team, Pittsburgh), and only being mere seconds away from glory. With that being said, I’m backing Carolina in the Super Bowl. Love Manning to death but Carolina needs a ring at some point, y’know?
That bit about my parents made me sound like I like Pittsburgh… Some Pats fan I am, eh?
Dave’s comic about Fitz trying to lure Warner out of retirement remains my favorite.
I can’t see RG3 lasting that long in the NFL.
ding ding ding
With the way we played, we deserved to lose that game. But it still sucks in my mind. I hope next year we’ll get it, but realistically I don’t have that much hope. Palmer is going to turn into old Peyton Manning, and Fitz is going to be on the decline. And we have plenty of need on both sides of the ball. Ugggghhh
The 2 things that stuck out to me are the cardinals fan’s shirt and the uniforms. Dave should go work designing uniforms for Nike.
Oh god please not Bortles. It should be Bridgewater since he’ll game manage his way into playing 30 years.
They should go with the Broncos’ backup QB. He went from being second string to all the way to the Super Bowl.
Osweiler isn’t the backup, he’s the QB of the future. It’s a Favre -> Rodgers scenario, at least that’s the idea.
What are you talking about? I was talking about that kid Manning. Brock Oswiler was the number 1 QB before personal issues made him give it up to Manning at the end of the season.
This may be the best Draw Play comic yet. Baklava! Good work Dave.
Screw the Cards. I don’t see why they deserve or merit success over any other franchise. They’ve been around for the longest and have the least to show for it. That’s more of a statement on their franchise than anything else. Screw the Cards.
Can’t believe it. I HAD MY FRIKIN MADDEN BETS ON THE CARDS!!!!
Welp.. This is officially dated.