Voice of The Cardinals

There's only been one game, but the Arizona Cardinals are in sole possession of first place in the NFC West. We haven't been able to say that too often but it appears that we could be saying that a whole lot more.

Week one obviously showed that the Cardinals are the better team between Arizona and San Francisco. The 49ers have a very tough schedule over the next 5 weeks and could easily start the season 1-5 or maybe even 0-6. So I don't look to San Francisco to contend in the division this season. 

The St.Louis Rams after one game appeared to digress from a 3-13 season last year with a 38-3 blow out in Philadelphia. (Click here for Jim Mora's for the commentary on the Rams). I expect the Rams to get it together a little bit but it would be hard to consider them contenders in the NFC West this year. 

The Seattle Seahawks didn't look much better than the 49ers or Rams getting beat by the Buffalo Bills 34-10. Not only did Seattle look bad, they lost two key players. RB Maurice Morris is going to be out a couple weeks with a knee sprain, and the number one and only recognizable WR on Seattle Nate Burleson is done for the year with an ACL tear. 

So overall things couldn't be more custom made for the Cardinals to make it their year to win this division. The offense started out a little slow but they'll come around and the defense looked good even without Gabe Watson and Alan Branch suiting up. I like the way things look, I'm excited that after 20 years of saying this is our year that this actually could be our year. O and yes I know there's only been one game but still things are looking up for the Cardinals and there's plenty to be excited about.