Friday Fun With The Arizona Cardinals

It seems as if the Cardinals are dominating the NFL headlines this Friday, even though the Super Bowl is over. I was initially going to post these as two separate items, but seeing as they are closely related, I'll condense them to one post. First off, we've got Kurt Warner talking trash to the Steelers, 5 days after the Super Bowl. From Yahoo.com.

""I think dynasty is such a hard word in this day and age because when you think of dynasty, you think of dominance over everybody else," Warner said. "Maybe dynasty in games won or titles won, but I think there's just great parity around this league."

As an example of the balance in the NFL today, Warner pointed to the start of the playoffs where he said no one had any idea who would be in the Super Bowl.

And many, if not everyone outside of Arizona, counted the Cardinals out.

"Yeah, they separated themselves and won the games and won the championship, but I look at dynasty different now," Warner said. "I don't know if there are any dynasties, or I think it's hard to come by.

"I think if they're going to be one, they're going to have to dominate a little bit more over the next couple years. But you can't take anything away from what they've done over the course of the last few and how well they played."

Sounds a bit like sour grapes for me. While they don't always win, the Steelers are almost always perennial contenders in the AFC and they are always in that playoff and AFC Championship picture. Do remember, this is a team that once made the playoffs with Tommy Maddox at quarterback. And while they don't have the most overall championships of any NFL team dating back to the pre-Super Bowl era (Green Bay Packers - 9), they still have had three coaches since 1969, and all three of them have won a Super Bowl.

And now for the more impactful news out of Arizona. It appears that offensive coordinator Tood Haley will not be returning to the desert next year. Instead, he has found a new home and a new job. May I introduce to you the new head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs! According to the sources at FoxSports.com

The Kansas City Chiefs' long road to finding a head coach has just about come to a close.

The Chiefs offered the position to Cardinals offensive coordinator Todd Haley and he has accepted, FOXSports.com has learned. They are now trying to work out terms of a contract agreement.

Haley interviewed for the position earlier this week and a Cardinals player at the Pro Bowl told FOXSports.com Haley was scheduled to arrive in Honolulu for the Pro Bowl Thursday as a guest of Cardinals wideout Larry Fitzgerald, but canceled at the last moment because of the Kansas City job.

That's definitley a huge blow to the Cardinals. He seemed like he was loved (in a non-creepy way, of course) by everyone in the locker room and the Cardinal offense will definitley miss his leadership. Best of luck to him in his new home, Kansas City, and he may need that luck as well. Todd Haley, meet your starting quarterback, Tyler Thigpen!

Unless AA has something up, I'll be live-blogging the Pro Bowl on Sunday. And yes, I know it's the Pro Bowl and few people care, but whenever Andy Reid is coaching a Pro Bowl, it's always guaranteed to be entertaining and worth the watch, even for non-Eagle fans. Reid is 1-2 in the Pro Bowl, with the one win coming in his latest attempt in 2004, where the NFC was down 25 and came back to win by a score of 55-52.

Warner hesitates to call Steelers a dynasty (Yahoo!)
Sources: Cards assistant tabbed to coach Chiefs (Fox Sports)