arvi_mu
Cards fan for Life
The Cardinals didn't beat the Rams last season because they had nobody at quarterback. Carson Palmer is above and beyond anybody we put on the field last season. In fact I think the backup Drew Stanton is also above and beyond anything we had on this team last season.
Arians as a coach should have a team with far better chemistry than any of the teams under Whis. Arians is tough and straight to the point which is the opposite of Whis.
As for the Hawks and Niners this season. A couple good hits on that stick quarterback Kaepernick could have a serious effect on him. As for Wilson teams will learn how to play him and I doubt he performs like he did last year. The guy is a shrimp when it comes to the traditional NFL quarterback and teams wil force him to beat them with his arm and not his feet.
Remembering that first game against the Rams last year, it wasn't on the QB. The OL played one of the worst games of football I remember. Kolb had NO time to throw the football that game. It was horrendous. Now, before you go off saying that I think Kolb was a good QB, that isn't what I said. Palmer is an upgrade. I don't think nearly as big of an upgrade as everyone else thinks. Remember, the Cardinals were 4-2 when Kolb played with one of those losses to Buffalo when Feely missed a chip in. This team nosed dived into oblivion when Kolb went down. I am glad he was let go and that he isn't a Cardinal. They made the right choice. But don't act like all of the sudden the Cardinals are WAY better than last year because of Palmer. They are better than last year more because of Brown, Winston, Cooper and Potter, than Palmer.