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Arizona Cardinals 2012 Season Preview

A great quarterback can inspire a team to incredible heights in the NFL. Conversely, instability at the sport's most important position can trigger unintended and very undesirable consequences.No one knows that better than Ken Whisenhunt.The crowing achievement of the Arizona Cardinals head coach's career -- and the franchise he represents -- took place four years ago, when a resurgent Kurt Warner carried one of the league's perennial also-rans to the brink of its first-ever Super Bowl victory and nearly ended an epic championship drought that's lingered since 1947. With Warner still on top of his game the following season, Whisenhunt's Cardinals won 10 regular-season contests and claimed a second straight NFC West title.Warner retired following that 2009 campaign, and Arizona's title hopes departed along with him. The Cardinals have gone a substandard 13-19 in the two years since the affable signal-caller called it a career, while auditioning a merry-go-around of mediocre passers alon...

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