Palmer Debuts for Arizona

Rewind back to the Kurt Warner days and this was a time when the Arizona Cardinals fans felt extremely confident about the product that was placed in between the sidelines. Following Warner's departure, the quarterback position became a never ending clown car. You could have thrown a grenade into a crowd and probably hit someone that has played as a quarterback for the Cardinals. Here is the list of players that have taken snaps for the Cardinals since the beginning of the 2010 season:

Derek Anderson - John Skelton - Max Hall - Rich Bartel - Kevin Kolb - Ryan Lindley - Bryan Hoyer

Certainly not an elite list of passers by any means, but you'd think one of the would have stuck by default.

Palmer is now "The Guy" in Arizona (Arizona Cardinals - Associated Press)

Enter Carson Palmer. Are the Cardinals looking for Warner V2? Need we mention the last USC Quarterback that the team employed? Given the dismal performances that we have seen over the past three seasons, it can get much worse, so why not.

Today's game in St. Louis ended up as a 27-24 loss for the Red Sea, but in a way to find a "moral" victory, we saw Palmer go 26/40 with 327 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception. When was the last time an Arizona QB threw for more than 300 yards? Well, it was actually last season when Ryan Lindley threw for 312 against STL, but also threw 4 interceptions in that game as well.

Although today's performance seemed much different. Palmer seemed to have confidence. Something that the fans aren't used to see from their QB. Sure a couple miscues and a few missed routes would lead to their demise, but there was a sense of relief amongst the fan base. They finally have a quarterback.

The Good:

1.) Andre Roberts - Was all over the place today and showed why he will make this receiving corp a deadly threat.

2.) Dan Williams - A tipped pass and a stroke of "right place, right time" lead to his first career interception and first career touchdown.

3.) Tyrann Mathieu - Honey Badger made his presence felt in the defense, including an epic forced fumble.

The Bad:

1.) Levi Brown - I'm surprised Brown wasn't dizzy after being turned around by Robert Quinn numerous times.

2.) Cortland Finnegan -  Wouldn't be surprised to see him get a fine for a couple unnecessary roughness penalties.

Throwback Thursday: "Greatest show on turf"

Whats in a nickname? Does it really capture that person or the essence in what it is they are talking about or describing? In football very few nicknames capture essence of a team like “The Greatest show on turf” the described the Late 90s early 00’s offense of the St. Louis Rams. This offense had future Hall of famers everywhere you looked. Kurt Warner, Issac Bruce, Torry Holt and Marshall Faulk where the nucleus of the the offense. Every time they took the field they had a chance to embarrass you and put on a show in the process. It all starts with Kurt Warner who is a Cinderella story going from bagging Groceries to Super Bowl Mvp and Champion. He lead this high powered offense too become the only team in NFL history to score 500 plus points in 3 straight seasons. What a feat!! There have been so many great offense in the leagues history and to put up points at that kind of rate is astounding to me. The high powerd Rams captured the 1st only franchise Super bowl by defeating the Tennessee Titans 23-16. They would go to the super bowl again the following year and fall to the New England Patriots but the Rams still remain the NFL’s highest scoring offense ever. The greatest Show On Turf put up videogame like numbers and sometimes football look to easy. From  199-2001  the Rams had MVP’S Kurt Warner in 1999 and 2001 and Marshall Faulk in 1999. Mike Martz orchestrated what I would call art in football that offense was amazing too watch and how can you not be happy for a guy like Kurt Warner? Going from minimum wage bagger at a super market then through the Arena Football league goes undrafted gets a chance because of Trent Green’s injury in a preseason game. That’s what football or life in general is about making the most of your chances and Warner did that. The 1999 St. Louis Rams is still the greatest team in that franchises history and odds are they may never see one as skilled or entertaining as The Greatest Show on Turf.