NFL Fan Free Agency-Arizona Cardinals

ARIZONA CARDINALS

CURRENT RECORD (4-2); 1st PLACE NFC WEST

Our first stop in our quest for finding a new NFL teams takes us to the deserts of Arizona where we find the Cardinals. Arizona has not had very much success in the past, but they have a lot of young talent that make them fun to follow and worth a look. Here is a break down of the pros and cons of the Cardinals.

PROS

• Head coach Ken Whisenhunt coached under Bill Cowher in Pittsburgh. It is clear that he has taken his no nonsense approach to Arizona, and it has made the Cardinals into a tougher team. It is certainly an upgrade over the asylum Marvin Lewis controls in Cincy.
• The Cardinals have an exciting offense made up of Larry Fitzgerald, Anquan Boldin, Steve Breaston, Tim Hightower, and Kurt Warner.
  
• Matt Leinart is waiting in the wings as the quarterback of the future, and in his spare time he throws killer parties.
• Former St. Xavier product Pat Ross is currently the back-up center.
• Arizona also has a young defense that should continue to get better in the near future.
  
• They play in the weak NFC West which means they have a legitimate shot at the playoffs every season.
• If I ever wanted to go to a game there, I would not have to worry about cold weather. It can be very hot at the beginning of the season, but as they say, it is a dry heat.
• Better uniforms than the Bengals.
  

CONS

• The team is owned by Bill Bidwell who is one of the only owners in the league as cheap as Mike Brown.
  
• The Cardinals are another example of a team that masters in futility, with only one playoff appearance in the past couple of decades.
  
• Arizona is far away, and that means that they would be relatively difficult to follow on a regular basis.
  
• Matt Leinart might throw killer parties, but he is also a creep, and not someone I would want to support in the years to come.
• This is the same franchise that thought it would be a good idea to hire Dennis Green as head coach.
• Kurt Warner and Anquan Boldin likely won't be around much longer. This could leave the team in a state of flux.
• It's the Cardinals.

Well, those are the pros and cons of supporting a team like Arizona. While I enjoy watching them play, I do not think I can justify going to a team that has an ownership group as poor as the Bengals. That would essentially defeat the purpose of my fan free agency search. So, I will leave Arizona without signing, but I will pull for them whenever I catch them on the TV.