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5 reasons the Cardinals could shock the NFL world

For the next five days everyone will be telling you why the Arizona Cardinals don’t have a chance to win against the Carolina Panthers.

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Maligned Arizona defense strong against Falcons (AP)

There are two faces to the Arizona Cardinals’ defense. There’s the ugly one that surrendered 514 yards at New England. Then there’s the handsome one that shut down the Atlanta Falcons in the Cardinals’ biggest game of the season. The Falcons managed just 250 yards in their 30-24 wild-card playoff loss to Arizona on Saturday, including a season-low 60 on the ground.

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Boldin has strained hamstring, status uncertain (AP)

Arizona wide receiver Anquan Boldin has a strained left hamstring and his status is uncertain for Saturday night’s NFC divisional playoff game at Carolina. “We’ll see how it goes this week,” coach Ken Whisenhunt said at his Monday news conference. Boldin was injured on a 71-yard touchdown pass from Kurt Warner in the second quarter of Arizona’s 30-24 wild-card playoff victory over the Atlanta…

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Perfect Draft: The Final Cut

It’s not over until we say it’s over!And the fantasy season can’t be over until we engage in our annual rite of self-flagellation, where we examine the roster we could have assembled had we made all the right …

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Cardinals WR Boldin has strained hamstring (PA SportsTicker)

Arizona Cardinals head coach Ken Whisenhunt confirmed Monday that Pro Bowl wide receiver Anquan Boldin has a strained left hamstring.

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Eagles, Ravens, Chargers, Cardinals win playoff openers

All but forgotten as a postseason contender just one month earlier, Andy Reid, Donovan McNabb and the Philadelphia Eagles have a playoff win.

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Cards’ James played with his old ‘edge’ (Yahoo! Sports)

Given the declarations coming from the Arizona Cardinals ‘ locker room about proving naysayers wrong, it was…

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Former MBA coach helps Cardinals reach playoffs

When Ken Whisenhunt was named head coach of the Arizona Cardinals in 2007, the first order of business was hiring a staff.

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Chargers, Cardinals advance in NFL playoffs

GOTCHA! San Diego Chargers’ Darren Sproles is tackled by Indianapolis Colts’ Antoine Bethea during the third quarter in their AFC Wild-Card Round NFL playoff football game in San Diego.

January 4th, 2009 | Arizona Cardinals Football | 0 comments | Continued
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Arizona headed back to unkind East Coast (AP)

The Arizona Cardinals are headed back to the East Coast, a part of the country that has been so unkind to them. The Cardinals were 0-5 there this season, with losses to Washington, the New York Jets, Carolina, Philadelphia and New England. Three were blowouts. The best Arizona showing came against Carolina, the Cardinals’ opponent Saturday night in the NFC semifinals.

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Warner Leads Cardinals Past Falcons

The Cardinals, by defeating St. Louis on Dec. 7, earned their first playoff berth since 1998 and first divisional title since they won the NFC East in 1975.

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Cardinals flex muscles on defense (PA SportsTicker)

The Arizona Cardinals rode their high-powered offense into a playoff berth this season.

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If they survive, Eagles know they can beat the Giants (Yahoo! Sports)

There aren’t many teams left in the NFC that would feel confident heading into Giants Stadium in the dead of…

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Jets interview Spagnuolo; Grimm, Jagodzinski mentioned (Yahoo! Sports)

The Jets welcomed Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo Saturday to their new facility in Florham Park,…

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Vikings get another shot at selling out

Vikings: The NFL has given the Vikings one last chance to sell out the Metrodome for Sunday’s playoff game against Philadelphia.

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Cardinals advance with toughness, aggressiveness (SportingNews.com)

Everyone points to the somewhat surprising success the Arizona Cardinals had running the ball Saturday as the…

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Edge at running back propels Cardinals (PA SportsTicker)

The Atlanta Falcons expected to have a wide advantage at running back in Saturday’s NFC wild card game, but it was the Arizona Cardinals who enjoyed the Edge.

January 3rd, 2009 | Arizona Cardinals Football | 0 comments | Continued
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Arizona Cardinals notes

HOT WATER?: According to a TMZ.com report, Pro Bowl WR Larry Fitzgerald, above, was ordered to stay away from his former girlfriend, Angela Nazario, and their 11-month-year-old son.

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Warner, defense, lead Arizona past Atlanta 30-24 (AP)

Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank paces the sidelines in the closing moments of his team's loss to the Arizona Cardinals in the fourth quarter of an NFL wild-card playoff football game on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009 in Glendale, Ariz.  The Cardinals defeated the Falcons 30-24.

The Arizona Cardinals have consecutive home playoff victories — 61 years apart. Kurt Warner opened with a 42-yard touchdown pass to Larry Fitzgerald and connected with Anquan Boldin on a 71-yard scoring play as the Cardinals beat Atlanta 30-24 Saturday before a raucous, towel-waving crowd. It was the franchise’s first home playoff game since the then-Chicago Cardinals beat Philadelphia to win the…

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Antrel Rolle mocks Falcons with ‘dirty bird’ celebration (Yahoo! Sports)

After scoring on a fumble return in the third quarter of today’s wild card playoff game, Arizona Cardinals…

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