Dead last in the league in yards.
263 yards per game on offense, Sam Diego was the 2nd worst and averaged 297.2
2nd to last in the league in points.
15.6 points per game. The New England Patriots averaged more than double the Cards output.
Dead last in the league in 3rd down conversions
25.2% was pathetic. The Jaguars were #31 and converted 29.6%. Middle of the pack teams were around 40%.
Tied for 4th most turnovers
They were a step behind Vick's Eagles, Sanchez's Jets, and Cassell's Chiefs for most turnovers.
God Awful QB play.
Their leading passer had under 1200 passing yards. After Kolb got hurt his backups combined for 3 TD and 18 INT. I would argue that every 2nd string QB is better than what they had and that almost every team's 3rd stringer is better than what they had. The guys that Arizona was starting wouldn't even make 90% of teams in the league.
Terrible rushing
The Cardinals leading runner ran for under 400 yards. That is pathetic.
Terrible offensive line play
A lot of times when a quarterback plays crappy or an offense plays crappy the line gets blamed. Offensive lines get too much blame in my opinion for poor results. With that said the Cardinals line was terrible. When you mix a bad line, with a practice squad QB you are going to get awful play.
Terrible coaching
Mike Miller had never been an OC before and his offense was awful. After he got fired he didn't get another NFL job, he's coaching in Canada.
Larry Fitzerald is one of the best receivers in the game, want to guess how many catches, TDs and yards he had?
He had under 800 yards, 71 catches and only 4 TD. That is pathetic for a player of his caliber.
It's amazing this team won 5 games last year with the worst offense in the league.
263 yards per game on offense, Sam Diego was the 2nd worst and averaged 297.2
2nd to last in the league in points.
15.6 points per game. The New England Patriots averaged more than double the Cards output.
Dead last in the league in 3rd down conversions
25.2% was pathetic. The Jaguars were #31 and converted 29.6%. Middle of the pack teams were around 40%.
Tied for 4th most turnovers
They were a step behind Vick's Eagles, Sanchez's Jets, and Cassell's Chiefs for most turnovers.
God Awful QB play.
Their leading passer had under 1200 passing yards. After Kolb got hurt his backups combined for 3 TD and 18 INT. I would argue that every 2nd string QB is better than what they had and that almost every team's 3rd stringer is better than what they had. The guys that Arizona was starting wouldn't even make 90% of teams in the league.
| PASSING | ||||||||||||||
| NAME | ATT | COMP | PCT | YDS | AVG | YDS/G | LONG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | SACK | YDSL | RATE |
| Kevin Kolb | 183 | 109 | 59.6 | 1169 | 6.4 | 168.3 | 46 | 8 | 4.4 | 3 | 1.6 | 27 | 159 | 86.1 |
| John Skelton | 201 | 109 | 54.2 | 1132 | 5.6 | 147.7 | 40 | 2 | 1.0 | 9 | 4.5 | 15 | 98 | 55.4 |
| Ryan Lindley | 171 | 89 | 52.0 | 752 | 4.4 | 110.2 | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 4.1 | 12 | 91 | 46.7 |
| Brian Hoyer | 53 | 30 | 56.6 | 330 | 6.2 | 150.0 | 53 | 1 | 1.9 | 2 | 3.8 | 4 | 30 | 65.8 |
Terrible rushing
The Cardinals leading runner ran for under 400 yards. That is pathetic.
| RUSHING | ||||||||||||||
| NAME | ATT | YDS | AVG | LONG | 20+ | TD | YDS/G | FUM | FUML | 1DN | ||||
| LaRod Stephens-Howling | 110 | 356 | 3.2 | 52 | 3 | 4 | 25.4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Beanie Wells | 88 | 234 | 2.7 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 29.3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| William Powell | 60 | 217 | 3.6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Ryan Williams | 58 | 164 | 2.8 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 32.8 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| Kevin Kolb | 16 | 100 | 6.3 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Rashad Johnson | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Andre Roberts | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Patrick Peterson | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Early Doucet | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ryan Lindley | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Brian Hoyer | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| John Skelton | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Jay Feely | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Terrible offensive line play
A lot of times when a quarterback plays crappy or an offense plays crappy the line gets blamed. Offensive lines get too much blame in my opinion for poor results. With that said the Cardinals line was terrible. When you mix a bad line, with a practice squad QB you are going to get awful play.
Terrible coaching
Mike Miller had never been an OC before and his offense was awful. After he got fired he didn't get another NFL job, he's coaching in Canada.
Larry Fitzerald is one of the best receivers in the game, want to guess how many catches, TDs and yards he had?
He had under 800 yards, 71 catches and only 4 TD. That is pathetic for a player of his caliber.
It's amazing this team won 5 games last year with the worst offense in the league.