Like many of you, I’m a long-time Cardinals fan. My first game was in 1999 at Sun Devil Stadium, a Jake Plummer versus Donavan McNabb duel. It was a sloppy, low-scoring, turnover-ridden affair. But the Cardinals won in a dramatic comeback, winning on a late Jake Plummer QB sneak. I remember cheering wildly with my dad from up in the nosebleeds.
But the team wound up finishing 6-10 that 1999 season. They wouldn’t finish above .500 again until that storied 2008 Super Bowl season.
Those were dire times to be a Cardinals fan.