Cardinals...34 Rams...10
The Arizona Cardinals have gone from chumps to champs in the NFC West.
Kurt Warner threw for 279 yards, the defense scored twice and the Cardinals clinched their first division title in 33 years by beating the woeful St. Louis Rams, 34-10.
The Cardinals, long the league’s doormat franchise with just one winning season in the last 24 years, earned their first playoff berth since 1998 and first divisional title since they won the NFC East in 1975. Arizona (8-5) beat St. Louis (2-11) for the fifth straight time. After losses to the New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles, the Cardinals improved to 5-0 against NFC West foes.
Quoteworthy: “If he’s not the MVP in the league, I’m sure he’s in the top two or three.” -- Jim Haslett, Rams coach, on Kurt Warner
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