Cardinals get a taste of their own medicine

I am thrilled to say that I was completely wrong with my prediction about this game. I thought the Panthers were going to play poorly against the Arizona Cardinals and lose. Fortunately, the Panthers played their best game of the year. The greatest part of this game that helped redeem our horrible loss against the Cardinals last year was the irony of the stats. In last year's playoff meltdown, Jake Delhomme had 5 interceptions and 1 fumble; in Sunday's game, Arizona's QB Kurt Warner had 5 interceptions and 1 fumble. Jake had ZERO turnovers in this game. But the success, or rather lack of failure, of Jake Delhomme was not the only high point of this magnificent win. Our running game was fantastic. The Cardinals were the number one team in rush defense before this game but DeAngelo Williams put up 158 yards and Jonathon Stewart posted 87 yards and 2 touchdowns. Also, DE Julius Peppers had his best performance in years. He was applying great pressure to Kurt Warner all day, had an amazing interception he returned for a TD, and sacked Warner causing him to fumble the ball. This game is a turn around point for the Panthers. All of our big name players had great games, Delhomme is starting to get back to normal and actually threw a TD to Steve Smith, and the confidence gained from this redemption win will work wonders. I'm sure Jake Delhomme knows exactly how Kurt Warner feels, but what comes around goes around.



-Gray