Cardinals-Panthers: Warner, Arizona Crush Carolina En Route to NFC Title Game

If you had the Arizona Cardinals beating the Carolina Panthers on the road after losing 22 of their previous 25, being winless on the East Coast, against a Carolina team undeafeated at home, please raise your hand. Yeah, didn't think so. Kurt Warner threw for 220 yards two touchdowns as the Arizona defense forced Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme into a postseason career-worst five interceptions and one fumble on the way to a shocking 33-13 victory. Delhomme finished 17 of 34 for 205 yards, with one TD and the five picks. Many analysts did not give Arizona much of a fighting chance, but they were quickly silenced after Larry Fitzgerald caught a 29-yard touchdown to make the score 27-7 near the end of the first half. A stunned Bank of America crowd could only look on helpless as Carolina made mistake after mistake. A Panthers-Giants rematch for the NFC Championship was penciled in by many when it was revealed that Arizona would travel to the East Coast, where they had been abysmal this ... (link)