Arizona Cardinals’ Rushing Attack and What It Means For Their Success

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Published: October 18, 2009

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... have to have one of the best ground games in the business. They need to be able to rush the ball just enough to pose a threat in order to keep defenses honest, and let their top notch passing game do the rest.

When you have what former Ravens' coach Brian Billick calls the best receiving trio in the NFL in Larry Fitzgerald, Anquan Boldin, and Steve Breaston, and future Hall of Famer Kurt Warner playing arguably the best football of his career throwing them the ball, the team's yards per carry average running the ball is not all that important.

What is important is that they try.

Today against the Seattle Seahawks, that is exactly what the Cardinals did. Tim Hightower and Beanie Wells combined for a season-high 25 carries for 61 yards and a TD.

While the total yardage is low even by Cardinals standards—in fact they only eclipsed their 31st ranked yards per game average by 4.5 yards—the 25 attempts is what stands out.

I had said, if they can ma...

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