TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Sure, the Cardinals miss Kurt Warner. Everybody knows that.
Yet quarterback is only the most obvious of the plentiful problems — running back Tim Hightower prefers to call them “football issues” — in Arizona. Remember, Anquan Boldin, Karlos Dansby and Antrel Rolle are gone, too, from the team that won the last two NFC West titles.
These rebuilt Cardinals are struggling on offense and worse on defense. Of the three teams that have scored more than 40 points in a game this season, two of them did it against Arizona.
Against that backdrop, with rookie quarterback Max Hall thrust into his first NFL start, the Cardinals play the Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints on Sunday.
