Even John Skelton Can't Save You Now, Arizona!

Which shouldn't come as much of a surprise to anyone. Arizona lost to the Vikings 21-14, which is a lot closer than I was expecting. I figured total annihilation, but the Cardinals held Christian Ponder in check, as he threw 2 picks, completed less than half of his passes, and threw for less than 60 yards. He also ran just once, for two yards.

Then again, when Adrian Peterson rushes for over 150 yards, at almost 7 yards a pop, you don't need to throw much. Still, the Vikings didn't do much more damage on the ground than Buffalo did, which is also better than I expected. Arizona held them to 1 for 10 on third down, and the Vikings only had 2 first downs after halftime. Go defense.

Arizona topped 300 yards of offense for the second week in a row, even won time of possession handily. LaRod Stephens-Howling ran for over 100 yards, at 5 yards a carry, and Skelton threw for 262 and a TD.

Unfortunately, Skelton also threw an INT, which was returned for a TD, and lost a fumble. But come on, he was sacked 7 times! It's a miracle he was still standing by the end of the game. Still, that's Skelton for you. he giveth and he taketh away. Usually the latter before the former. At least he does give, but things could be about to get ugly. San Francisco's coming to town next week, then Arizona has to visit Green Bay and Atlanta.

Yeah, this could be bad.