Welcome to the Super Bowl, Adrian Wilson (& Steve Keim)

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After an epic back-and-forth NFC title game (with a controversial finish – fairly blatant PI not called on Eagles’ 4th down attempt), Adrian Wilson‘s Arizona Cardinals are headed to the Super Bowl. Wilson is the first man interviewed after the game, and hopefully one of our technically proficient bloggers can embed video of the touching scene soon.

We do a pretty decent job of following the career of Wilson, so you can view some of our previous Adrian Wilson entries by clicking here.

In addition to Wilson, former Wolfpack offensive lineman Steve Keim is the Director of Player Personnel for the Arizona Cardinals. Considering where the Cardinals were compared to where they have come under Keim, it is pretty obvious that Keim is turning some heads in the league.

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93 Responses to Welcome to the Super Bowl, Adrian Wilson (& Steve Keim)

  1. Alpha Wolf 01/20/2009 at 11:51 AM #

    ^ Mr. Bojangles has always been a Jeckyl and Hyde QB — one week he is awesome and has a 130 QB rating and the next he’s down in the 60s.

    I would have loved to seen him pulled in the late portions of the Cardinals game and Matt Baker given some kind of shot to try to bring the team back.

  2. Noah 01/20/2009 at 12:12 PM #

    The Browns pick third, right? If you were the GM in Cleveland, would you trade your #1, your 4th and 5th round picks for Peppers?

    You don’t need a QB if you’re Cleveland, you’ve already got two of them. You’re not going to pay first round money to a third-string QB. Peppers is better next year than whoever you get with the #1 pick.

    If the cap space works out and the Panthers put that deal in front of you, would you take it?

  3. packalum44 01/20/2009 at 12:16 PM #

    During the Cardinals game he was thinking about what kind of fixin he was going to choose to compliment his cajun filet biscuit, hence 6 turnovers.

    60s…try around 10 during the Oakland game. Steve Smith single handedly accounted for 10-20 points of Jake’s ratings during his good games. Delhomme constantly made poor deep passes in which SS caught anyway and SS had more yards after the catch than any receiver of his time.

  4. Alpha Wolf 01/20/2009 at 12:17 PM #

    Maybe Dallas will trade a first rounder AND Romo.

    Nahhh, even they are not that dumb.

  5. choppack1 01/20/2009 at 12:20 PM #

    I actually like Delhomme a lot. While I don’t think he’s one of the top tiered QBs…a list that to me includes that includes Brady, P. Manning, Rivers, Brees, Hasselback, McNabb, and w/ hesitation Roethelisberger. These guys have been doing it for a while, and they are proven commodities – but Only the first 2 – are guys who haven’t looked awful and aren’t borderline in the second group.

    Then you have the category of guys like Romo, Warner, Cutler, Favre (now), E. Manning – and Delhomme. These guys are pretty good QBs – and you can have a winning season w/ them. But they are flawed – many of them are close or for a season or two have been in the upper-echelon, and they are capable of joining that group for a season. In other words, they are solid-NFL QBs. But they won’t always be at the top and are somewhat inconsistent – you can’t necessarily count on them to show up week in/week out.

    Unless you are getting someone in the top group – it’s probably not worth trading for a QB – unless there is something physically wrong w/ them. I really don’t know where Jake’s arm is at this point. However, unless you are talking about Peyton, Tom Brady, Philip Rivers or Drew Brees, good luck finding someone who can deliver for more than one season and who commands respect in the huddle and locker room.

  6. highstick 01/20/2009 at 12:27 PM #

    You guys are very correct on Jake, at least from my perspective. If he didn’t have such great receivers, I think he would have been gone a long time ago. Constantly throws off his back foot into coverage and if Steve Smith couldn’t jump so high, he’d get a lot more intercepted.

    I’m not so hot on Fox either. Granted, he’s been fairly successful, but I think he gets too conservative at the wrong times and lets the other team back in the game.

  7. Noah 01/20/2009 at 12:47 PM #

    Maybe Dallas will trade a first rounder AND Romo.

    Dallas has already traded their first, third and fifth for Roy Williams. They are also in cap-hell thanks to TO and the need to figure out a long-term deal with Demarcus Ware.

  8. ktoh 01/20/2009 at 1:36 PM #

    Maybe we can just talk football all year long,please.

  9. choppack1 01/20/2009 at 1:46 PM #

    Jerry Jones is the new Al Davis. The rest of the NFL should thank their lucky stars he was unable to get along w/ Jimmy Johnston.

  10. Gene 01/20/2009 at 2:34 PM #

    The rest of the NFL should also thank free agency coming along in 1994, to break-up those Cowboy teams. Imagine if they were able to stay intact, like the Steelers or Dolphins of the 1970’s?

    I could see them getting more than three Super Bowl wins.

  11. TheCOWDOG 01/20/2009 at 4:00 PM #

    Ktoh…how can we talk football 24/7 when we have a pivotal, keynote BB game tonite? An opportunity to knock off #2

    Whoa, fun in the snow has gone to my head.

  12. Wulfpack 01/20/2009 at 4:23 PM #

    “I’ve known since 2003 that Delhomme is not very good.”

    Jake’s been a very good quarterback for the Panthers. He has been money in the clutch and hasn’t lost too many games himself. Of course, that all changed against Arizona. It may be time to move on.

    “I would have loved to seen him pulled in the late portions of the Cardinals game and Matt Baker given some kind of shot to try to bring the team back.”

    Matt Moore has been on IR the whole season. Backup is Josh McCown. Regardless, yes he needed to be pulled before the Panther’s great season went down the drain in a matter of minutes.

    In regards to the top NFL QB debate, I thinks it’s getting a whole lot muddier. First tier (based on current play) has to be Manning, Brady, Brees, Rivers, Warner and Cutler. Favre had a bad year and I think he’s done.

    2nd Tier I go with McNabb, Delhomme, Romo, E. Manning, Roethlisberger and Carson Palmer.

    Hard to know what you’re going to get from Matt Ryan, Joe Flacco and Aaron Rodgers long-term. Kerry Collins had one of those years but I just don’t see it happening with consistency. Same goes for Pennington.

    “I’m not so hot on Fox either.”

    You are certainly entitled to your opinion and have reasons for it, but the second the Panthers let Fox go there will be a few teams bending over backwards trying to lure him to town. I know he’s a bit too conservative at times, but he is one hell of a football coach that has done wonders for this organization. I love his style and hope we hold on to him.

  13. choppack1 01/20/2009 at 5:08 PM #

    “The rest of the NFL should also thank free agency coming along in 1994, to break-up those Cowboy teams. Imagine if they were able to stay intact, like the Steelers or Dolphins of the 1970’s?”

    Gene – it wasn’t the salary cap that broke up the Cowboys.

    They held together much of the team for a key 6 year period – where they won 3 Super Bowls. After that 3rd Super Bowl, they needed to do some wholesale changes to start rebuilding. The climb up the mountain and staying near it’s summit was tough on the Cowboys – it’s big offensive stars – Emmit Smith, Michael Irvin, Troy Aikman, Jay Novacek, Erik Williams, Nate Newton, Alvin Harper, Mark Tunei and Larry Allen – either retired w/ the team or didn’t do squat elsewhere.

    Their D – which had some old parts from the start- had guys like Russell Maryland, Leon Lett, Haley, Godfrey, Ken Norton Jr (who really came back to haunt them) … was raided to some extent, but I think Jimmy Johnston would have had no trouble finding athletic guys who could execute his scheme.

    Like I said, this collapse can be layed square on the feet of Jerry Jones. His ego destroyed what could have been the most impressive dynasty in modern professional sports. (And don’t give me that Michael Jordan – Bulls stuff, there was one other “star” in the NBA at the time – the Houston Rockets, and they were, uh, forgettable. Plus, the NBA has different salary cap rules which allowed them to keep their stars w/out giving up anything.)

  14. TheCOWDOG 01/20/2009 at 5:53 PM #

    Chop, thank god there are people like Jones in the world.

  15. Gene 01/20/2009 at 6:14 PM #

    “Gene – it wasn’t the salary cap that broke up the Cowboys.”

    choppack1, the Cowboys won the 1993 and 1994 Superbowls, under Jimmy Johnson, which is right before free agency hit. Money isn’t an issue with the Cowboys. Jerry Jones spends freely.

    The problem is they lost some key players, like Alvin Harper, to free agency. He may have had a lousy career in Tampa, but he was a nice compliment to Irving and they weren’t able to find another receiver of his caliber.

    If they could’ve retained all their parts after the second Superbowl win and Jones didn’t drive off Johnson, I think they could’ve done what the Steelers did and won four Superbowls in five years.

    On the flip side, they did land Deion Sanders, as a free agent which helped them win their third Superbowl in the 1990’s.

  16. Sw0rdf1sh 01/20/2009 at 7:09 PM #

    John Fox is the man, and him keeping the Panthers in the mix is evident. Last year proves, that even like the Wolfpack this year, without your starting QB and nothing in the stable to contribute, it will be a long one.

    I’ve thought Jake D has been a fine QB, his performance in the SB really brought me through to the “Believers”. Last year his injury and performance scared me, and yet came back this year and proved to be pretty effective except for one or two games where he stunk it up.

    His last game was a nightmare, and almost made me want to cry “Point Shaver!” I just think he had one of his worst games at a time he is about to see the end of his career. This was his year and it’s gone.

    Not sure what the Panther’s will do this year about the QB spot, and not positive without looking what the draft situation is anyway.

    Go PACK beat dook!

  17. highstick 01/20/2009 at 7:46 PM #

    Point Shaver? I’m glad I wasn’t the only one! Don’t believe it, but it was so awful, the thought did cross my mind.

    My thought on Fox has been that maybe he got conservative because of being afraid of turning Jake loose at times due to his tendancies. Like the Swordfish says, it’s been hard not to believe in Jake, but when he was bad this year, he was very, very bad. I went to the Panther/Denver game and he picked them apart. They need to bring someone along cause I do think Jake’s time is limited. God bless Steve Smith for standing behind him though!

  18. TheCOWDOG 01/20/2009 at 8:57 PM #

    Come on Hamlet…you’re better than that. Point shaving is for the amateurs.

    Jake picked a bad day to have a bad day against a team destined to win it all.

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