In Honor of Pat Tillman | Woy's Arizona Cardinals (ESPN NFL 2K5)

[G-men]

alright i will do. i think i read it before but i cant really remember so ill check it out.

 

[G-men]

Big thanks to dabestlaker for the banner.

Drew Henson - The Franchise
http://www.drewhenson7.com

Blog Update 1

Hey guys! I'm Drew Henson, starting quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals, and welcome to my blog. Right now, we are currently 3-1 and leading the NFC West division. No one expected us to be in this position, and hell, I didn't even expect to be wearing Cardinals red and white this season. I figured I'd hold a clipboard for Quincy Carter at Dallas all season and get an opportunity for the starting job next year. Thanks to Dennis Green for realizing my potential and taking a chance on me. So far it's definitely panning out, I mean, look at my numbers. (1324 passing yards, 11 TD, 5 INT) Those look pretty good for a rookie, huh? Can't hype myself up too much, my teammates have been great too. Emmitt Smith has really taken me under his wing on the ins and outs of being a player in the National Football League. I was awestruck when I first met him and to play with him is a blessing. Boldin and Fitz have been amazing catching my passes; they're the main reason for my success. We play San Francisco this week, so hopefully we can get a win. Josh McCown, the man I replaced, was traded there, but Tim Rattay starts instead of him, so we won't have to worry about him playing the game of his life due to revenge, haha. I'll try to update my blog about every two weeks, so if you viewers/followers have any questions for me, make sure to post them and I'll get to them next update. Talk to you guys later, The Franchise is out.

#7​

colt brennan could hype himself up too much lol. cocky but not too cocky, i like it woy.

 

[Woy]

Drew Henson - The Franchise
http://www.drewhenson7.com

Blog Update 2

About time I post another blog. We're still playing well; up to 9-1 now. I'm still in the league leaders for all the passing statistics, which proves I'm not a fluke. Teammates are helping me out though a lot, and the return of Bryant Johnson will take this team to new heights. Looks like my fans have e-mailed me some questions, I'll get to them now.

Drew, did you ever yourself being this successful in the Cards system?

Well I figured I'd play well, but I'm surprised on how well. Helps that the offense is based around me and my talented receivers.

What was your first thought after being traded to Arizona?

I'm going to get to play! Haha, seriously. We were four-deep with quarterbacks in Dallas, so I knew I needed to get out of there to get a chance to play. I'm thankful for the situation I'm in.

Drew, what is the best thing about living in Arizona?

I love the weather here. People complain it's too hot, but compared to New York, Michigan and the other places I've lived, it's great. Good looking women over here as well.

Drew, what do you think about the rebirth of Emmitt Smith's career in Arizona?

I'm excited about it. I knew he still had some gas left in the tank, and I've always been a big fan of his. Handing the ball off to him is like a dream come true.

Drew, how much easier does it make your job having Fitzgerald and Boldin to throw to?

Sooooooooooo much easier, haha. Sometimes it seems like my grandfather can go out there and put up numbers like me just cause he'd be throwing to Q and Fitzy. They really can bail me out on some of the stupid-ass throws I make during a game.

Okay well that's it for today. You're always welcome to send me more questions and I'll answer them during the next update. Until then, the Franchise is out.

#7​

 

[Woy]

Yeah, it hurt. But it's not like PIT didn't deserve it, so I managed to get over it.

Yeah, I've been through the same hurt with championship games. Titans falling one-yard short in the Super Bowl, Cards getting swept by the Red Sox, etc. The Pens and Wings will be contending for the Cup for the next few years though, so maybe we'll get another matchup.

 

[G-men]

nice blog woy

 

[Herm]

emmitt is balling on fools

 

[Woy]

nice blog woy

Thanks G.

emmitt is balling on fools

Yes he is...well sometimes. Either he blows or rapes.

Pre-game update coming up in a bit.

 

[Woy]

Week 12 Preview

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New York Jets (4-6) at Arizona Cardinals (9-1)

Pre-Game Injury Report

NYJ- Brent Smith, G (hairline arm fracture - questionable) | Dedric Ward, WR (lower leg stress fracture - out) | Jerricho Cotchery, WR (torn calf - out)
ARZ- Adrian Wilson, SS (fractured arm - probable) | Bryant Johnson, WR (torn bicep - out)

Pre-Game Matchups

Jets QB Chad Pennington (179-309, 2169 yards, 15 TD, 10 INT) vs. Cardinals QB Drew Henson (173-287, 2802 yards, 20 TD, 11 INT)

Pennington has had a good year for the Jets, who currently are second in the AFC East behind the Buffalo Bills. However he goes against a tough Cardinals secondary who has totaled 18 interceptions in the last five games. Scary. Henson has been great the last few games and will look to do the same against the "other" New York team.​

Jets HB Curtis Martin (159 carries, 582 yards, 8 TD) vs. Cardinals HB Emmitt Smith (203 carries, 766 yards, 11 TD)

Martin is near the league leaders in rushing touchdowns. He could have a big game against this Cardinals group who left Stephen Davis last week run for over the century mark. Smith had another 100+ yard game last week and is looking like vintage Emmitt all over again.​

Jets WR Justin McCareins (37 catches, 477 yards, 3 TD) vs. Cardinals WR Larry Fitzgerald (71 catches, 973 yards, 6 TD)

Look at the numbers here - total mismatch. McCareins leads the Jets in receiving, but that's because Santana Moss has been hurt for part of the year. He's back now, so he should have an impact. Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin are amazing, they're unbelieveable, blah, blah, blah. You get the picture.​

Prediction: Cardinals 27, Jets 20​

 

[goDawgs1433]

Congrats on the featured franchise, woy. This looks really good.

 

[Woy]

Congrats on the featured franchise, woy. This looks really good.

Thanks Foster, appreciate it.

Game update sometime before noon EST.

 

[Woy]

SANTANA MOSS ENDS THE CARDINALS WIN STREAK AT SEVEN

Nathan Poole outruns a diving Reggie Tongue on this catch. Poole had over 100 yards receiving in the loss to the Jets.

NYJ | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 28 ARZ | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14

FIRST QUARTER
ARZ- Drew Henson 59 yard pass to Nathan Poole (Neil Rackers kick)

SECOND QUARTER
NYJ- Chad Pennington 3 yard pass to Santana Moss (Doug Brien kick)
NYJ- Chad Pennington 4 yard pass to Santana Moss (Doug Brien kick)
ARZ- Drew Henson 1 yard run (Neil Rackers kick)

THIRD QUARTER
NYJ- Chad Pennington 91 yard pass to Santana Moss (Doug Brien kick)

FOURTH QUARTER
NYJ- Chad Pennington 8 yard pass to Santana Moss (Doug Brien kick)

GLENDALE, AZ (AP)- Whatever praise said about the Cardinals secondary can be thrown out the window after yesterday's game. Santana Moss tore up the number one secondary in the league, catching seven passes with four of them being touchdowns in the Jets 28-14 win over the Arizona Cardinals. Things started off horribly for the home team as Larry Fitzgerald got rocked by Jets safety Jon McGraw on their opening drive. The star rookie got up from the hit woozy and went off to the sidelines... the Jets sidelines. Officials directed him to the Cardinals locker room where it was unsurprisingly discovered that Fitzgerald suffered a concussion. A few drives later Drew Henson found Fitzgerald's replacement, Nathan Poole, on a 59 yard touchdown to give Arizona an early lead.

Chad Pennington and the Jets offense struck back with a ten play drive that ended in Pennington's first touchdown pass to Moss, from three yards out. Henson came back and looked deep for Anquan Boldin, but the pass was underthrown and intercepted by McGraw. Pennington then went to work completing two passes before finding Moss again for another touchdown.

The Cardinals came back strong, starting with a 18 yard pass from Henson to Freddie Jones. An incompletion was followed by a Henson pass to Poole, and another throw to Jones. Poole caught a nine-yarder and then Emmitt Smith busted through the middle for 11. Two more Smith runs got Arizona three yards closer and then Henson found Kevin Kasper for three yards, leaving Arizona one yard short on fourth down. Henson called his own number and punched it in, but those were the only highlights of the game for the NFC West leading Cardinals.

Moss caught a slant early in the third quarter and went 91 yards for his third score and followed that up with an eight yard score late to put the game away. The Cardinals fall to 9-2 and will head to Ford Field to face the Detroit Lions next Sunday.

PASSING
NYJ- Chad Pennington (16-30, 243 yards, 4 TD) | ARZ- Drew Henson (22-34, 225 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT)

RUSHING
NYJ- Curtis Martin (15 carries, 55 yards), Jerod Sowell (3 carries, 7 yards) | ARZ- Erik Bickerstaff (5 carries, 25 yards), Emmitt Smith (12 carries, 22 yards), Henson (5 carries, 10 yards, 1 TD)

RECEIVING
NYJ- Justin McCareins (8 catches, 103 yards), Santana Moss (7 catches, 140 yards, 4 TD), Ken-Yon Rambo (1 catch, 0 yards) | ARZ- Nathan Poole (6 catches, 102 yards, 1 TD), Anquan Boldin (5 catches, 42 yards), Freddie Jones (4 catches, 51 yards)

TACKLES
NYJ- Eric Barton (9), Reggie Tongue (5), Donnie Abraham (4) | ARZ- Dexter Jackson (5), Adrian Wilson (4), Mike Rumph (4)

SACKS
NYJ- Shaun Ellis (1.5), Barton, Dewayne Robertson (0.5) | ARZ- Ronald McKinnon

INTERCEPTIONS
NYJ- Jon McGraw, Josh Evans

 

[Woy]

Man you update this so fast. Nice updates Ethan. This is really great. :applause:

Thanks Josh. I lost though and Fitzgerald got hurt.

 

[Mit]

Tough game man. Your winning streak got broken and you lose Fitzgerald.

 

[Woy]

damn tough loss

Yeah it was tough to play. Started off decent and then Pennington ripped my asshole apart.

Tough game man. Your winning streak got broken and you lose Fitzgerald.

Thanks for checking in Vikes. And yeah, I'm not so worried about the loss but the loss of Fitzgerald could hurt. Luckily Nathan Poole stepped up after he got hurt.

More updates sometime today.

 

[Herm]

You lose Fitzgerald but your closing in on 3000 views seems like a push to me.

 

[Woy]

Around the League update coming up soon.

 

[Woy]

Week 12

Game of the Week
Seattle Seahawks (6-4) 31, Buffalo Bills (6-3) 27
SEA- Matt Hasselbeck (16-26, 399 yards, 4 TD) | BUF- Drew Bledsoe (17-30, 307 yards, 3 TD)

Players of the Week
Offense- Priest Holmes, HB, KC (32 carries, 279 yards, 3 TD [1 rec.])
Defense- Jeramiah Trotter, MLB, PHI (7 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 INT)

Injuries
Larry Fitzgerald, WR, ARZ (10 weeks - concussion)
Tonik Fonoti, G, SD (8 weeks - torn hamstring)
Randy Moss, WR, MIN (6 weeks - broken foot)

QB Rating- Peyton Manning, IND (113.9) | Steve McNair, TEN (110.3) | Matt Hasselbeck, SEA (109.9)
Pass Yards- Matt Hasselbeck, SEA (3086) | Peyton Manning, IND (3029) | Drew Henson, ARZ (3027)
Pass TDs- Matt Hasselbeck, SEA (28) | Steve McNair, TEN (26) | Daunte Culpepper, MIN (25)
Pass INT- Tom Brady, NE (16) | Donovan McNabb, PHI (16) | Joey Harrington, DET (16)
Rush Yards- Clinton Portis, WAS (1131) | Priest Holmes, KC (1049) | Jamal Lewis, BAL (975)
Rush TDs- Emmitt Smith, ARZ (11) | Clinton Portis, WAS (9) | Domanick Davis, HOU (9)
Catches- Larry Fitzgerald, ARZ (71) | Chad Johnson, CIN (66) | Anquan Boldin, ARZ (59)
Receiving Yards- Anquan Boldin, ARZ (1222) | Chad Johnson, CIN (1015) | Larry Fitzgerald, ARZ (973)
Receiving TDs- Steve Smith, CAR (12) | Anquan Boldin, ARZ (10) | 3 tied with 9
Tackles- Kendrell Bell, PIT (88) | Barrett Green, NYG (85) | 2 tied with 84
Sacks- Kevin Carter, TEN (11.5) | Gary Walker, HOU (11) | Shaun Ellis, NYJ (11)
Interceptions- Duane Starks, ARZ (7) | 5 tied with 6


AFC EAST
Buffalo Bills (7-4)
New York Jets (5-6)
Miami Dolphins (4-7)
New England Patriots (4-7)

AFC NORTH
Cincinnati Bengals (6-5)
Baltimore Ravens (6-5)
Pittsburgh Steelers (6-5)
Cleveland Browns (4-7)

AFC SOUTH
Indianapolis Colts (8-3)
Tennessee Titans (7-4)
Houston Texans (5-6)
Jacksonville Jaguars (5-6)

AFC WEST
Kansas City Chiefs (10-1)
Oakland Raiders (6-5)
Denver Broncos (6-5)
San Diego Chargers (3-8)

NFC EAST
Washington Redskins (7-4)
Philadelphia Eagles (7-4)
Dallas Cowboys (3-8)
New York Giants (2-9)

NFC NORTH
Green Bay Packers (8-3)
Chicago Bears (7-4)
Minnesota Vikings (5-6)
Detroit Lions (4-7)

NFC SOUTH
Atlanta Falcons (7-4)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-6)
New Orleans Saints (4-7)
Carolina Panthers (2-9)

NFC WEST
Arizona Cardinals (9-2)
Seattle Seahawks (7-4)
San Francisco 49ers (4-7)
St. Louis Rams (2-9)​

 

[G-men]

10 weeks...that hurts. would be even be back for the super bowl if (cough cough when) you make it.

 

[Woy]

10 weeks...that hurts. would be even be back for the super bowl if (cough cough when) you make it.

I might make it or might not. I finally found playable sliders that game cause I could have won it probably but it was close the whole way, which I wanted. Fitzgerald's loss will hurt bad, but I'm going to try to rehab him so I can bring him back in less than 10 weeks. It worked with Adrian Wilson, who was supposed to be out for nine weeks, but with some rehab he came back in like three or four.

Another game will be posted sometime today.

 

[Woy]

Week 13 Preview

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Arizona Cardinals (9-2) at Detroit Lions (4-7)

Pre-Game Injury Report

ARZ- Adrian Wilson, SS (fractured arm - probable) | Bryant Johnson, WR (torn bicep - questionable) | Larry Fitzgerald, WR (concussion - out)
DET- Dominic Raiola (fractured arm - questionable) | Az-Zahir Hakim, WR (dislocated elbow - out) | Damien Woody, G (broken foot - out)

Pre-Game Matchups

Cardinals QB Drew Henson (195-321, 3027 yards, 21 TD, 13 INT) vs. Lions QB Joey Harrington (202-345, 2510 yards, 15 TD, 16 INT)

Henson has been on top of his game until last week, where he threw two mistakes in the Cardinals' second loss of the season. Going against a weak Lions secondary, look for Drew to put up some good numbers. Harrington leads the league in interceptions, so look for that number to rise, unless the Cardinals decide to make him look like Chad Pennington.​

Cardinals HB Emmitt Smith (215 carries, 780 yards, 11 TD) vs. Lions HB Kevin Jones (181 carries, 594 yards, 6 TD)

Smith fell back to life last week with a 22 yard performance. Eric Bickerstaff looked more impressive in limited carries, so look for the second-year back out of Wisconsin to get more reps during the game. Jones is having a decent rookie season, but needs to have a big game if they want to pull the upset.​

Cardinals WR Anquan Boldin (59 catches, 1222 yards, 10 TD) vs. Lions WR Charles Rogers (41 catches, 749 yards, 6 TD)

Boldin doesn't have Fitzgerald to help him out so look for his numbers to drop. Larry's replacement Nathan Poole needs to step up in a big way. Rogers is proving that he isn't a first round bust with a great season so far. He's been a lone bright spot on this dismal Lions squad.​

Prediction: Cardinals 30, Lions 17​