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.

The Cardinals looked like crap the first three quarters last night before scoring 19 points in the 4th quarter to pull out a win.  Matt Leinart started and he completed 6 of 7 passes for 49 yards.  Derek Anderson followed Leinart in the game and he completed 13 of 22 passes for 88 yards with 1 TD pass and 2 INTs.  Rookie Jamie Skelton looked outstanding late in this game completing 5 of 6 passes for 84 yards with 1 TD pass.  Beanie Wells got his work in last night carrying the ball 11 times for 36 yards (3.3 ypc) and catching 2 passes for 8 yards (4.0 avg) with 1 TD reception.  Tim Hightower (4 carries, 16 yards) and Alfonso Smith (3 carries, 9 yards) pitched in for the Cards in the running game.  Jason Wright was also busy carrying the ball 2 times for 7 yards (3.5 ypc) and catching 3 passes for 22 yards (7.3 avg) with 1 TD grab.  The Cardinals rushed for 68 yards (3.2 ypc) last night and they passed for 204 yards.

The defense was not good against the passing game but solid against the run last night.  Rookie linebacker Daryl Washington dominated in his first taste of the NFL as he had 13 tackles, 1 pass defense and 1 QB hit.  LB Pago Togafau also had a solid game with 6 tackles.  The Texans rushed for 98 yards (3.6 ypc) and they also passed for 258 yards last night.

The Cardinals didn’t come to play last night in Denver.  Kurt Warner didn’t look good completing 2 of 7 passes for 48 yards with 1 interception.  Matt Leinart also was sloppy completing just 1 of 4 passes for 4 yards with 1 interception.  Tyler Palko finished the game and he was awful too completing 13 of 30 passes for 141 yards with 1 interception.  He also carried the ball 3 times for 27 yards to lead the Cards in rushing.  Larry Fitzgerald only caught 1 pass but he led the Cards in receiving yards with 36.  The Cardinals completed passes to 11 different receivers none of which caught more than two passes or had more than 36 yards.  The Cardinals finished up with 244 total yards in this game (68 rushing, 176 passing).

CBs Greg Toler (7 tackles) and Michael Adams (6 tackles, interception) led the way for the Cards on D.  The Broncos finished up with 314 total yards on offense (115 rushing, 199 passing).  The Cardinals finished up the pre-season with a 0-4 record.