Arizona Cardinals Love Carson Palmer, Darnell Dockett Mock Raider fans and more…..

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The Arizona Cardinals improved their record to 5-1 with a big win over the Oakland Raiders this weekend.  The NFC West leading Birdgang looks to be the runaway winner of the division at this point after stumbles by the Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers.

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But that’s not all the Cardinals have to be happy about.  The offense is rolling thanks to a couple of players that have developed into consistent producers. Carson Palmer and Andre Ellington have powered a Cardinals offense once thought to be a weakness but now considered a strength.

Meanwhile, when the offense was humming on Sunday, Darnell Dockett was funning.  Docket got even with foul mouth Raiders fans by calling scoreboard and pointing out the obvious.

There are links to those stories and everything you need to read from Heatwaved and around the web on The Meltdown;:Arizona Cardinals Edition

From AZ Cardinals.com:  Andre Ellington runs Arizona Cardinals Past Raiders

"It was the kind of performance needed by the Cardinals, who moved to 5-1 for the first time since 1976 and grabbed a two-game lead in the NFC West over Seattle (3-3), which suffered a stunning loss in St. Louis earlier. With San Francisco (4-3) losing in Denver as well, the day became huge in the Cards drive to win the division."

From Sports Illustrated: Darnell Docket Make Fun Of Raiders Fans

"During the Arizona Cardinals’ 24-13 victory over the Oakland Raiders, Cardinals DE Darnell Dockett made fun of the Raiders’ now-0-6 record."

From AZcentral.com: Arizona Cardinals Happy To Have Stability With Carson Palmer with video

"There was a time in the not-so-distant past that a player seeking order and normalcy would not expect to find it in Arizona. But Palmer has, and as someone who largely failed to find those elements with previous employers, Palmer knows their value."