Arizona Narrowly Survives The Hartline Connection

The Cardinals didn't play a good game yesterday, but they still won, which is notable. Consider everything that went wrong for them:

The offensive line collapsed against the Dolphins, with Kevin Kolb getting sacked 8 times. Massie was completely overwhelmed by Cameron Wake.

The running game was dead (again). 15 carries for 28 yards.

Kolb threw 2 interceptions.

Patrick Peterson fumbled a punt, though Arizona did manage to recover it. In general, the Cards' return game didn't help much.

Previously inept rookie Ryan Tannehill threw for over 430 yards against them. 253 of those to Brian Hartline. For the most part, whatever defensive back Tannehill challenged that wasn't Peterson, they got torched.

Even with all that, Arizona pulled out the victory, 24-21. They're 4-0 now, though they travel to St. Louis for a Thursday night game this week. That could be interesting. Or, given the inconsistent nature of both teams' offenses, it could be really ugly. It's likely to be a close game either way. The Rams are no pushovers this year, and Arizona may already have their blowout victory of the season.