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After what I saw two nights ago, play 'em the entire game, potential injuries be d*mned. We clearly need as much practice as we can get, and there IS something to be said for confidence and momentum, even if it does come from crushing a lesser team.

Yup. Everyone should be playing (and coaching) as if their jobs are on the line. Which they should be...

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After Cardinals got beat down by Patriots 47-7 in week 16 of 2008...

Of all the bad losses in Cardinals history, that one may have been the spark that turned them into a Super Bowl team and according to many players on the NFC champions, that's exactly what it did. When they returned home to their cozy desert confines, Whisenhunt, the Cardinals' coach, put the team through a brutal week of practice - full pads, hard-hitting and longer than usual hours. Most of it in the rain.

"A lot of guys were mad that we had to practice like that," said former Giants and current Cardinals cornerback Ralph Brown. "But at the same time, I think we came together. Guys were hitting each other harder. It became a physical game out there. And when we walked off the field we felt like we had been through something. Guys were tired. We felt like we left a lot of energy on the practice field. Practicing out in the rain just turned everything around."

The results obviously speak for themselves, since the Cards responded with a 34-21 victory over Seattle in their regular-season finale and haven't looked back since. Three playoff wins later - including a rare win on the East Coast in Carolina in the divisional round - and they're in their first Super Bowl, trying to win the franchise's first championship since the Chicago Cardinals won the NFL title in 1947.

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After Cardinals got beat down by Patriots 47-7 in week 16 of 2008...

Of all the bad losses in Cardinals history, that one may have been the spark that turned them into a Super Bowl team and according to many players on the NFC champions, that's exactly what it did. When they returned home to their cozy desert confines, Whisenhunt, the Cardinals' coach, put the team through a brutal week of practice - full pads, hard-hitting and longer than usual hours. Most of it in the rain.

"A lot of guys were mad that we had to practice like that," said former Giants and current Cardinals cornerback Ralph Brown. "But at the same time, I think we came together. Guys were hitting each other harder. It became a physical game out there. And when we walked off the field we felt like we had been through something. Guys were tired. We felt like we left a lot of energy on the practice field. Practicing out in the rain just turned everything around."

The results obviously speak for themselves, since the Cards responded with a 34-21 victory over Seattle in their regular-season finale and haven't looked back since. Three playoff wins later - including a rare win on the East Coast in Carolina in the divisional round - and they're in their first Super Bowl, trying to win the franchise's first championship since the Chicago Cardinals won the NFL title in 1947.

Unfortunately we don't have the type of coaching staff that would impose this on the team

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After what I saw two nights ago, play 'em the entire game, potential injuries be d*mned. We clearly need as much practice as we can get, and there IS something to be said for confidence and momentum, even if it does come from crushing a lesser team.

I completely agree about playing the starters the whole game. That being said, we didn't gain much of anything, except a whole bunch of overconfidence, from crushing the Jaguars.

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I completely agree about playing the starters the whole game. That being said, we didn't gain much of anything, except a whole bunch of overconfidence, from crushing the Jaguars.

Valid point. Hopefully the combination of the embarrassing loss to a strong team and a decisive win over a lesser team would combine to create a different type of confidence/motivation than we had after the Carolina and Jags wins. (I'm grasping at straws, I know. I just can't give up hope for the play-offs yet. unsure.png)

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After what I saw two nights ago, play 'em the entire game, potential injuries be d*mned. We clearly need as much practice as we can get, and there IS something to be said for confidence and momentum, even if it does come from crushing a lesser team.

My friend smells blood in the water! laugh.png

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