[TheSportsGuru]

Projected Record

5-11, 3rd Place NFC West

Projected Schedule W/L
San Francisco (W)
@Seattle(L)
St. Louis(W)
@Atlanta(L)
Kansas City(L)
Chicago(W)
@Oakland(L)
@Green Bay(L)
Dallas(L)
Detroit(W)
@Minnesota(W)
@St. Louis(L)
Seattle(L)
Denver(L)
@San Francisco(L)
@San Diego(L)

Hope springs eternal in the Valley of the Sun. About 15 years overdo, the Cards will finally get a new stadium, enabling them to stop playing in a stadium mediocre by college standards. Welcome to the NFL Arizona Fans! On the field the Cardinals made waves by signed Edgerrin James to bolster a running attack that was near the bottom of the league in scoring last season. Ironically, the Cardinals were the only team to be in the top 10 in both offense and defense last season yet still only won 5 games. Matt Leinart fell to the Cards at #10, and they still have Kurt Warner to groom him. They were everyones darling last year and things just didn’t go well. This will be the year for the Cardinals, right? Ummmm, not so fast.

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[Lefty Noob]

Everything depends on that offensive line. If by some miracle, they pull together and start playing well, Arizona might well be a playoff team. If not, then Warner probably won't last the season, James will struggle and this 5-11 prediction comes true. Definitely, they need to get better in the trenches before 2007, because most of the other parts are just about there.