I’m not sure, but thumping Chicago- in Chicago to the tune of 48-23 can’t hurt. David Johnson added a 13-yard scoring run on Arizona’s next possession that bumped the lead to 22 points, sending Arizona to a lopsided victory after a wild first half. Johnson has slowly regained his legs after missing all offseason workouts and the first few weeks of training camp.

An absolute beast of an athlete coming out of college – he was a top-performer in five out of six Combine events including a superb 4.50 40-yard dash time, 41.5-inch vertical jump, and 127-inch broad jump – Johnson was tabbed by may as someone who could legitimately challenge talented but oft-injured Andre Ellington for lead back duties on this offense. “His style of game too”. Chicago played pretty tough early on. Cutler found his rhythm early on, as he demonstrated functional mobility within the pocket and consistently made accurate throws both down the field and when checking it down to his tight ends or halfbacks. After all, Arizona’s already two games up on the two-time reigning division champs. In one play, Jay Cutler throws an interception to Cardinal’s safety Tony Jefferson and then Cutler injures himself trying to make the tackle. He said the decision will come down to “Bobby’s history to where Earl is at right now”.

Enter Jimmy Clausen- not the best performance (by most standards). Alejandro De Aza and Jarrett Parker also drove in runs for the Giants, who snapped a 35-inning scoreless streak at home against Arizona pitching. In his last 17 starts, Palmer has completed 64.5 percent of his passes with seven 300-yard games and a 34:13 touchdown-to-interception ratio.

Arians is well known for preferring a vertical passing game, and true to form, Palmer’s average pass this season has traveled 11.02 yards in the air, the second farthest in the N.F.L. behind Pittsburgh’s Ben Roethlisberger.

General Manager Steve Keim, during his appearance on the “Doug and Wolf” Show on Arizona Sports 98.7 Monday, said that later today he, coach Bruce Arians and offensive line coach/offensive coordinator Harold Goodwin will discuss the lineup.

He’s just rolling along after tearing an ACL last season. Sure, there are still things to work on, but that’s why the Cardinals hired Bruce Arians (Lord only knows why the Bears didn’t). Let’s just say these two teams do not exchange Christmas cards during the holidays. The Cardinals at 9-1 a year ago owned the NFC’s best record and No. 1 playoff seed, and looked ready to build on the 10-6 record they posted in 2013, Arians’s first season on the job.