The Cardinals have acquired rookie 6th round pick (RB) Charles Scott from the Eagles for rookie 6th round pick (CB) Jorrick Calvin.  Scott played in 3 pre-season games for the Eagles and he carried the ball 1 time for 2 yards and he also caught 1 pass for 0 yards.  Scott is a power running back at 5′11″, 231 pounds.  He runs a 4.6 40 so he’s not much of a threat to break off many big runs but he is a bully between the tackles.  Scott played in 9 games (all starts) for LSU last season in which he carried the ball 116 times for 542 yards (4.7 ypc) with 4 TD runs and he also caught 8 passes for 54 yards (6.8 avg) with 1 TD grab.  He played in 43 games (23 starts) in his four years at LSU and he carried the ball 424 times for 2,317 yards (5.5 ypc) with 32 TD runs.  Scott also caught 31 passes for 260 yards (8.4 avg) with 3 TD grabs in his career at LSU.  The Cardinals needed a running back to back up Tim Hightower and Beanie Wells so Scott will have a chance to make the team.  Jorrick Calvin played in 3 pre-season games for the Cardinals in which he made 5 tackles.

The Cardinals have placed 27-year old fullback Nehemiah Broughton on the Injured Reserve List with a torn ACL.  Broughton has not played in the NFL since 2007 with the Redskins.  He has played in 6 games (0 starts) in his NFL career and he has 1 carry for 3 yards.  The Cardinals will likely be scouring the waiver wire for a fullback on cut-down day.

The Cardinals played a pretty solid football game last night.  Derek Anderson got the start at QB for the Cardinals last night and he completed 7 of 12 passes for 94 yards with 1 TD pass.  Matt Leinart followed him into the game as he was outstanding completing 9 of 10 passes for 84 yards with 1 TD pass.  Max Hall was solid in a very brief appearance as he completed 2 of 3 passes for 58 yards.  Rookie John Skelton also got in on the action at QB last night completing 3 of 6 passes for 38 yards.  Tim Hightower led the way on the ground for the Cardinals in this game with 62 yards rushing on 8 carries (7.8 ypc).  Beanie Wells didn’t look too good last night with 14 yards rushing on 8 carries (1.8 ypc) and he lost a fumble.  The Cardinals finished up with 87 yards rushing on 25 carries (3.5 ypc) and they also passed for 252 yards last night.

Safety Rashad Johnson led a very solid effort by the Cardinals’ D with 6 tackles.  CB Michael Adams pitched in with 4 tackles, 1 tackle for a loss, 1 sack and 1 QB hit.  The Bears finished up with 82 yards rushing (4.3 ypc) and 210 yards passing last night.  The Cardinals are now 2-1 on the pre-season.

Matt Leinart came into the pre-season as the unquestioned starting QB of the Arizona Cardinals.  But the offense has not looked too good with him operating it.  He has completed 10 of 13 passes (76.9%) for 77 yards with 0 TD passes and 0 INTs (90.9 QB Rating).  Those numbers don’t seem to bad but anyone who has watched him play know that he’s dinking and dunking short passes which pumps up his accuracy.  But his combination of a weak arm and happy feet might have head coach Ken Whisenhunt thinking about playing strong armed Derek Anderson over him.  Anderson has completed 24 of 41 passes (58.5%) for 193 yards with 1 TD pass and 2 INTs (58.3 QB Rating) so far this pre-season.  Anderson is the exact opposite of Leinart as accuracy has been a problem but that’s because he prefers to throw the ball down the field.  It will be interesting to see how the competition for the starting QB job in 2010 shakes out the rest of the pre-season.

The Cardinals got beat up last night on both sides of the ball by the Tennessee Titans.  Matt Leinart did not look too good as he completed 4 of 6 passes for 28 yards.  Derek Anderson was a little bit better completing 11 of 19 passes for 105 yards with 1 INT.  Max Hall finished up the game at QB by completing 7 of 15 passes for 101 yards with 1 TD pass and 1 INT.  LaRod Stephens-Howling led the way on the ground for the Cardinals in this game with 30 yards rushing on 5 carries (6.0 ypc).  Beanie Wells carried the ball 6 times for 19 yards (3.2 ypc) and he also caught 3 passes for 13 yards (4.3 avg) last night.  WRs Stephen Williams (3 rec, 59 yards) and Max Komar (3 rec, 48 yards, TD) both had solid games last night in the passing game for the Cards.  The Cardinals finished up with 65 yards rushing (3.4 ypc) and 230 yards passing last night.

DE Calais Campbell (7 tackles, 1 QB hit) and safety Hamza Abdullah (6 tackles) led the way for the Cardinals’ D last night.  The Titans rushed for 142 yards (4.2 ypc) and passed for 224 yards last night.