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Contender or Pretender: Are the Arizona Cardinals for Real?

 
The Arizona Cardinals?  Really?  Are the Arizona Cardinals this year's New York Giants? After winning one of the worst divisions in the NFL and backing into the playoffs, the Cardinals have knocked off two of the winningest teams in the NFC.  How is this possible? Two words.  Ken Whisenhunt.   This man and his coaching staff deserve all the credit for Arizona's playoff success.  The Cardinals looked like a one-dimensional team and after the Philadelphia Eagles' defense showed the rest of the league how to attack Arizona's offense, it looked like the table was set for the Cardinals to be one-and-done.   What does Whisenhunt do?   He takes Edgerrin James off of the shelf and gives the Atlanta Falcons a taste of the running attack.  This left the Falcons defense guessing and when you do that, you hesitate, and the next thing you know, there is Larry Fitzgerald getting a step on your secondary and BOOM! Six points. Next came the Carolina ... (link)

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