The Cardinals were one of many NFL teams that failed to live up to expectations in 2010. Coming off winning the NFC West two years in a row, many expected the Cardinals to run away with the weak division once again. Few people anticipated what would happen to the offense without Kurt Warner at the helm. The NFL's 14th ranked passing offense last year fell 31st this year and their already bad rushing attack fell to last in the league.
Last year, Kurt Warner and Matt Leinhart combined to throw for over 4000 yards and completed over 66% of their passes. This year, Derek Anderson, Max Hall, John Skelton and Richard Bartel all played quarterback for the Card and failed to break 3000 yards passing combined. None of them managed to break the 58% mark for completion percentage.
Needless to say, the quarterback play downed this team in 2010. The Cardinals will have to acknowledge that as they evaluate their own personnel this off-season. They have a handful of players who's contracts are up that appear to have talent. The difficulty is determining who looked good because the talent level around them was so bad, and who was actually better than they looked, but was being held back by their teammates poor play.
