As the clock winds down on a remarkable Monday Night Football contest between the Arizona Cardinals and the San Francisco 49ers, two big questions emerge:
1) How did these Cardinals beat the Vikings?
2) How did the Packers beat these 49ers?
Tonight's completely unforeseen result serves to make the current acheivement of the Saints and Colts that much more admirable. After all, the way that the Cardinals dominated Minnesota just last week made you think they could beat anyone in the NFL. Meanwhile, the way that the 49ers lost to the Seahawks (who were just plastered by Houston, 34-7) last week made you think that anyone in the NFL could beat them. But tonight it was the 49ers overwhelming the Cardinals, forcing an embarrassing 7 turnovers from last year's NFC Champs.
The Jekyll-and-Hyde behavior of these two NFC West teams offers some perspective on the undefeated seasons being put together by Indy and New Orleans. How hard is it to play well every single week? How hard is it to do what it takes to win in the NFL for thirteen consecutive games?
While I was loosely pulling for the Cardinals tonight, their loss will also serve our purposes. After all, our primary goal is for them to thrive but merely for them to be locked into a playoff spot -- probably either the third or fourth seed now -- with no room for promotion or demotion when Week 17 dawns and the Packers come to town.
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