# NFL - Week 9 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 2, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/470746 "2008-11-02T18:31:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 41
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/470746/41 "2008-11-03T16:33:16Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > Let’s get used to a few new phrases. > > 1. First place Arizona Cardinals. > 2. Playoff bound Arizona Cardinals. First things first – from the [Week 3 thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10230034&postcount=21): > [@NFL Week 3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/464679/19): > > You can schedule one of those three [Cowboys] losses to the Cardinals. You’re coming to our house and leaving with a LOSS. See the 2007 Steelers for an example. > [@NFL Week 3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/464679/21): > > I’ll eat my hat. Hope you [took my advice](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10231712&postcount=25), **Bearflag**. 🙂 Now then, to **dalej42** , an apology: In the above-linked post, I noted “I find **dalej** ’s overconfidence in the Cardinals as amusing as anyone…” I’m no longer amused, and I no longer look at you as overconfident. You’re straight-up confident, and you have every right to be. The Cardinals are finally, _finally_ looking like the team they’re always _supposed_ to look like in August. You know they’re not perfect, but they’re definitely playing well enough to hang around with anybody in the league right now. With the rest of the division being utter laughingstocks (how can _three teams_ be 2-6?!?), the Cardinals will probably be one of the first two or three teams to lock in a postseason berth. It’s almost a shame they’re stuck where they are. In Week 2, I [weakly predicted](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10198986&highlight=Cardinals#post10198986) the Cardinals would win the division. However, there are two major factors there – 1) I though it would be more of a matter of the other NFC West teams failing then Arizona succeeding, and 2) I didn’t really think they’d pull it off. Well, pull it off they did, but now they’ll likely have to hear a lot of “Well, of course they made the playoffs…look at their division”. Bullshit. The Cards, right now, can play against anyone. So, to you **dalej42** , I offer up an apology. The Cards are the real deal, and I wish you all the best in enjoying their run up to the playoffs (no love to you come week 12, of course, but I’m sure you understand). 🙂 --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/470746)._