Cards could be tough to beat @home this year (1 Viewer)

[DonnyT33]

--The turf -- Tifway 419 -- has been installed at Cardinals Stadium, which opens in August in Glendale, Ariz. The natural-grass field is in a huge tray that weighs 17 million pounds. It will be rolled into the stadium for game days on a massive track system of 542 steel wheels. That process takes about an hour. It then will be rolled back outside for watering and exposure to sunlight when not in use in the $455 million retractable-roof facility, making it available with a hard floor for convention, trade shows and other activities.

The movable field is the first of its kind in North America.

--The greatest benefit of having the new stadium sold out for the season?

"I can finally TiVo my home games now," said WR Larry Fitzgerald.

The Cardinals haven't had a home-game TV blackout lifted since a visit from the Green Bay Packers early in 2000.

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Sold out for the season huh? Wow what a huge change for that organization and just goes to prove that a great coach is worth every penny he makes.

Something tells me this Cards team is going to be very tough to beat at home this year and a definite playoff contender..with the offense alone because I have not yet noticed much of any upgrades to the Defense as of yet which is needed if they would want to advance much in any playoffs they might get into.

 

[Ozymandias]

Interesting.

I have always thought that if I became the coach of a bottom dwelling team, I would first concentrate on building an offense. Because even though my team would lose more games than it won, they would be entertaining to watch, and the fans would flock to the stadium. Once I had a good offense, I would then build the D.

 

[DonnyT33]

Interesting.

I have always thought that if I became the coach of a bottom dwelling team, I would first concentrate on building an offense. Because even though my team would lose more games than it won, they would be entertaining to watch, and the fans would flock to the stadium. Once I had a good offense, I would then build the D.

But it would seem that Green could have upgraded the defense more thna he has so far, don't ya think? I do understand your comment here and I am sure it's what Green must be doing. But at least to try harder to improve the all important Defensive side of the ball has to become much more of a priority sooner than later now IMO. That D is poor...laterD