Bad news for the Cardinals, Anquan Boldin’s hamstring injury might be enough to keep him out of the playoff game against the Carolina Panthers.
This injury could be devasting to the Cardinals as Boldin gives that balance to the Arizona offense that opponents find so challenging to defend. With weapons like Edgerrin James and Tim Hightower in the backfield and Larry Fitzgerald keeping the defense from double teaming both Boldin and Fitzgerald, Kurt Warner has a lot of options to play with, but if Boldin sits the Panthers could force the Cardinals to run the football by locking down Fitzgerald with two defenders at all times.
If the Cardinals are forced to create a running game they will be in trouble. Not saying that Hightower and James aren’t great backs, but they haven’t really a force out of the backfield except for Hightower in goal line situations.
Boldin missed practice on Wednesday because tightness in the hamstring and says he doesn’t plan on putting it to the test until game time against the Panthers.
Although not having Boldin doesn’t exactly mean that the Panthers will have their way with the Arizona offense with Boldin in the lineup the Cardinals are a huge threat to make big plays at any given moment.
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January 17, 2009 at 10:47 am
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