Nov 2nd 2008 10:20PM by Matt Snyder (author feed)
Filed under: AZ Cardinals, Rams, NFC West How did you enjoy the Edgerrin James era? That’s past tense for a reason, because in one week the torch was emphatically passed. We figured it might happen this week, but not like this. Not only did rookie Tim Hightower steal Edge’s job, he was handed 22 carries to Edge’s zero. That’s right, not even in trash time of a blowout victory did Edge see the field. J.J. Arrington even had 11 touches.

The other main story-line was the Cardinals seizing a major lockdown of the NFC West. Had the Rams won this game, they’d have only trailed the Cards by a game … sporting the head-to-head win and facing the Jets and Niners the next two games. This really would have been a divisional battle had the Rams held serve at home. They even stormed out of the gate with a 7-0 lead after one quarter, courtesy of an 80 yard bomb from Marc Bulger to Derek Stanley — much to the chagrin of Torry Holt and Donnie Avery fantasy football owners.Continue Reading