Arizona BAD D?

Arizona BAD D? I kind of like the play on Dallas/Seattle under but I do disagree with the rationale if it is assumed Arizona has a bad D so Seattle must not be able to score. It is that Arizona D that won them a bunch of games at the end of last year. I think for most analysts it is a viewed as a strength and I haven't thought about where it would be in the league overall but off hand it has to be in the top half doesn't it? The D line has pretty respected guys in Campbell and Dockett. I know the LB core gets a lot of respect although not really well known name guys---but have read really positive reviews on Washington and O'Brien. In the secondary, I don't really know how good Petersen is as a CB but Wilson has been a top safety and I think Rhodes is decent. I couldn't really analyze but I've read good things on both Wilson and Rhodes over the years. The results were excellent in the 2nd half of LY. Perhaps you saw something you noted yourself why it is a bad D but I absolutely do not think that is an opinion that is shared among analysts. Furthermore if the Cards get any QB play they are likely to be a better team than Seattle, I don't think the AZ QB situation is really that hopeless at all. Kolb has to have some upside from here and although I would have to say I agree Skelton is a weak QB they have made some big plays with him late in games. Kolb pulled it out yesterday. Certainly their tough schedule makes it that winning 7 games still might not be easy but the team really IMO has special teams and a good WR core as strengths along with a D that I considered pretty good to win 8 games or 9. I absolutely think they could end up at 6 wins with a chunk of the probability but I know I read somewhere you said this may even be a 3 win team did you say in a post? I just don't get where you're seeing that.

I think you are right Skeeter. Arizona D last year gave up 6.4 yards per pass attempt (above average), 4.18 yards per rush (above average), and the D was the toughest to convert 3rd downs against, ranking #1 at 31%. The D is definitely the strongest unit for Arizona. Football outsiders calls Campbell and Dockett "arguably the best pair of defensive ends among the league’s 3-4 defenses". During the Seattle/Arizona game the Ariz D looked really solid.

They closed ly pit, balt, stl, philly (vick injured 2nd half key time), sf, rams dal clev cincy sea THAT is a schedule that is going to favor the D

I think they had some big problems in the 1st half of the year. Without going through numbers it does seem there are some soft offenses in there but they're going to see St. Louis and Seattle twice a year. Have to agree that would make some aggregate stats swayed in Arizona's favour as these teams are currently constructed. Maybe they aren't the best 3rd down team in the league vs. a normalized offense. However, the theory isn't so much that they're a great D as the conversation is initiated because I'm not sure they're a bad D---although I know they had some bad games early last year. I'll stand by comment that they're in the top half of D in the league at the moment. They have a game against NE next weekend probably a good indicator for them. Have to admit allowing 40+ in this one won't look good. Even that would be hard to read into completely as they do play much better at home it seems.