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Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck said he talked to Arizona defensive tackle Darnell Dockett during Sunday's game and the big man apologized, but that wasn't the first time he's been victim of a cheap shot underneath the pile in an NFL game.

Football in the NFC West was fun again Sunday. Two teams with top-tier quarterbacks traded punches, sometimes literally, and the best team won.

The Arizona Cardinals have had a home-field disadvantage, winning only once in four tries.

Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt is brushing aside wide receiver Anquan Boldin's critical comments that followed the Cardinals' 41-21 victory at Chicago.

The press conference was over. Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt had answered every question after Arizona's 41-21 victory over the Chicago Bears Sunday, and the reporters stood up to collect their tape recorders.

When the Cardinals last faced the Chicago Bears , it was 2006 and Arizona blew a 20-point, second-half lead and lost 24-23. The Monday night meltdown prompted then-coach Dennis Green's infamous postgame tirade .

The Cardinals proved Sunday that nothing is more irrelevant in the NFL than what happened last week, much less in January.

If the Cardinals really want to do something for their fans, they should hand out packets of Dramamine before each game.

The Arizona Cardinals and Carolina Panthers are probably about as sick of each other as any non-division foes could be.

Bob McManaman of the Arizona Republic says the Cardinals' defense is gaining in confidence.

Great defense makes football look easy. It can turn mediocre quarterbacks such as Trent Dilfer and Jim McMahon into NFL champions.

The biggest question mark on the Arizona defense entering the season was how new starting defensive end Calais Campbell would do.

Not long ago, Cardinals running back Beanie Wells would have regarded gaining 95 yards on 23 carries as an unproductive afternoon.

With a quarter of the season gone, the Cardinals defensive statistics look like a teeter-totter with a nose tackle on one end and a gymnast on the other.

There are certain things you just knew about the Cardinals this season. Kurt Warner would throw the ball at least 30 times a game.

The Arizona Cardinals defense has a split personality -- terrific against the run, terrible against the pass.

Okay Cardinals fans, now collectively1, 2, 3PHEW! 1-3 puts you in the company of Detroit, Oakland, Buffalo, Miami, Carolina, and Cleveland.A As your parents might say, not company you want to be keeping.A Instead, the Cardinals are hanging with teams like Dallas, Green Bay, New England, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, San Diego, and yes, the San Francisco ...

The only consistent thing about the Cardinals' defense so far this season has been its inconsistency.

The Cardinals aren't scared of Peyton Manning. But he does confuse the heck out of them.

When the San Francisco 49ers meet the Arizona Cardinals , odd things tend to happen.