Forte also ended up in his own end zone a few minutes later, tackled for a safety by Ronde Barber. That capped a quirky sequence of backtoback interceptions. First, Tanard Jackson picked off a ball that went through Marion Barber's hands and returned it 42 yards to the Chicago 21.Few remember Archie comments when Eli was coming out of college, saying that Eli would never play for the Chargers, who owned the first pick. Eli hangdog expression when the Chargers in fact drafted him despite Archie warnings was priceless. But, of course, Archie statements led to the Giants trading for Eli a few minutes later.

By the summer, the Cardinals should look something like the Seahawks did last summer: a team with a strong defense and plenty of promising intrigue around a quarterback competition. Heck, we could be in for another offseason dominated by talk of a laterround draft choice overtaking a highupside backup acquired in an expensive trade, with either NC State's Mike Glennon or A