Arizona Cardinals: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Against The 49ers

The Arizona Cardinals got off to a slow start, and continued to get nothing going as they lost to the San Francisco 49ers to open the season last night. On a night of reward and recognition, it looked like the Cardinals were caught up in their own headlines. It looked like they expected to win, like they had deserved it. Despite their run last season, many critics were skeptical of the Cards coming into last nights game, and they did nothing to silence these critics. No doubt missing Steve Breaston hurt the Cards, but this is no excuse for their lack of intensity on the offensive end.  There was no sense of urgency as the Cards failed to get  any big plays,  coming up with nothing over the 25 yard mark the entire game. Larry Fitzgerald didn't get going until the second half, and at that still only ended up with 71 yards. The coverage on him was excellent all night. Anquan Boldin only recorded two catches for 19 yards. Not exactly stunning numbers. With this prefac...