Sweatin' It Out - Arizona Cardinals - Madden 11

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CARDINALS LOOKING FOR SUPERBOWL WIN

Win the retirement of QB Kurt Warner, the Cardinals are now putting all faith and hope into unexperienced QB Matt Leinart. The Cardinals had an amazing year last year and are really hoping to continue it this year. Some analysts from ESPN are saying the Cardinals are going to give the Saints amazing competition this year, RB Chris "Beanie" Wells said he would try his best to get this team in the SuperBowl and we all know that star studded WR Larry Fitzgerald will do his job. Many people are expecting a big year from the Cardinals. Can they do their job? I think so. The big question marks for this year are if Matt Leinart can handle a starting QB job, can Larry Fitzgerald be the best he's ever been, and can the Cards running game step it up and produce over 130 yards a game? This is a team to look out for this season, try your best and always look at the standings to see if the Cardinals are keeping up to par. I predict a 11-5 record from them, but a superbowl win. This should be an amazing football seaosn and the Cardinals hope to produce! Look for them to be pass-first and then running the ball as their back-up plan. Cardinals have gained many fans in the past couple of years and they are hoping those fans wills tick with them in what should be a huge year.In what should be a weak division, including the team with the worst record in the league, the Cardinals are going to have a big year, I think everyone can sense it. Keep following everybody!

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Arizona Cardinals - 2011 Depth Chart - Regular Offense

	Starter	2nd	3rd	4th
WR	Larry Fitzgerald	Onrea Jones	Edward Gant
TE	Ben Patrick	Anthony Becht	Stephen Spach
LT	Levi Brown	Jeremy Bridges
LG	Alan Faneca	Rex Hadnot	Tom Pestock
C	Lyle Sendlein	Lyle Sendlein	David Moosman
RG	Reggie Wells	Deuce Lutui	Jonathan Palmer
RT	Brandon Keith	Herman Johnson	Casey Knips
WR	Steve Breaston	Early Doucet	Andre Roberts
QB	Matt Leinart	Derek Anderson	John Skelton
FB	Nehemiah Broughton
HB	Beanie Wells	Tim Hightower	Jason Wright

Arizona Cardinals - 2011 Depth Chart - Base 4-3 Defense

	Starter	2nd	3rd	4th
LDE	Calais Campbell	Jeremy Clark
LDT	Bryan Robinson	Gabe Watson
RDT	Darnell Dockett	Alan Branch
RDE	Kenny Iwebema	Jeremy Clark
WLB	Joey Porter	Cody Brown
MLB	Paris Lenon	Daryl Washington
SLB	Monty Beisel	Reggie Walker
CB	Trumaine McBride	Greg Toler
SS	Adrian Wilson	Matt Ware
FS	Kerry Rhodes	Rashad Johnson
CB	Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie	Michael Adams

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HEADED INTO PRE-SEASON, RB WELLS IS NERVOUS

RB Chris "Beanie" Wells is nervous for the upcoming season. He was a star RB at his college Ohio State and he hopes he can continue his sucess into the NFL. RB Wells wants to be a workhorse this year, as many people have heard him say he wants 25 plus carries a game and over 100 yards. But before he even gets to think about getting 7 carries a game, he has to outbattle opposing teammate Tim Hightower for the starting position. During this pre-season their should be a promising battle between the two for a starting position, and the winner is going to deserve it. Chris "Beanie" Wells was quoted saying: "Best of luck to Tim. We are great buddies on and off the field, but for now I am going to put him as my enemy, the one I have to beat, the one I have to overcome in order to prepare myself for an amazing season and NFL career. I am going to try my best to win this position, and when I do, I promise a big season out of me. Playoffs, here we come." Pretty bold words for a 2nd year RB.. but he is hoping to keep true to them an win this job out of pre-season. For now, that's it, but keep checking in for more!

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CARDINALS EASE THROUGH PRE-SEASON, GO 3-1

The Arizona Cardinals had a great pre-season, winning three out of their four games. They strung together a nice 3 game winning streak after losing their first game. Sure this is the pre-season, but this looks like to be a promising team.
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Some position battles took place throughout the pre-season, one of them being a major spot for the Cardinals, RB. Chris "Beanie" Wells and Tim Hightower fought this out. Throughout the first two games it seemed like both of the players had equal talent and they might just split the time between the position. But then, in the last two games, "Beanie" broke out and had a total of 467 yards, rushing the ball and then adding on another 86 for recieving. Winning the spot over the now backup, Tim Hightower.

RB Chris Wells had a very impressive pre-season.

Matt Leinart had an alright pre-season throwing for 5 TD's, but also 3 INT's. Which isn't what fans were hoping for. Remember, this is going to be a huge year for Matt. This year could prove whether or not he was a bust or if he still has a chance to be a succes in the league. Leinart told fans before the fourth and final game that he guarenteed a 12 win season for the Cardinals. This came as a shock the whole NFL. This means they have to win at least 75 percent of their games which is not an easy task. Although if the Cardinals and Matt Leinart live up to this guarentee, they very well could be the first seed in the playoffs and recieve a bye.

WR Larry Fitzgerald had a down pre-season, although he didn't play much. The highlight of his pre-season was catching a 27 yard pass from backup QB Derek Anderson in the 3rd quarter of the second game. Backup QB, Derek Anderson also had a down pre-season, throwing for 2 TD's and 7 INT's.. the Cardinals later said they are looking for a backup QB on the trade market for a 4th-5th round pick, or on the free agent market.

Overall this pre-season was a succes, in my mind, the Cardinals showed they aren't here to mess around, and Beanie Wells showed he has the potetnail to be an amazing back in the NFL, and he has long yard capability. Look out for the Cardinals this year, because they are going to be a good, dangerous, team.