As we sift through the rubble of last night's physical manifestation of life as a fan of The Buzzsaw That Is The Arizona Cardinals, we would like to point out three things.

1. The game set all kinds of records, most of which are documented here. Our favorite is the Buzzsaw becoming the first team to lose two games in a row after leading by 14 points after the first quarter.

2. Dennis Green is obviously meat after this debacle, not that he wasn't in serious trouble anyway. After his postgame tirade, we'd like to suggest Joe Mikulik, who can at least draw out his screaming longer.

3. Poor Neil Rackers. It only makes sense that the Buzzsaw's one strength last season would be what would spring a leak this year. It's possible that last year was the aberration for Rackers; after all, he was terrible with the Bengals, was average at best before last season and has been lousy this year. Can kickers take steroids? They can, right? Because if they can, get back on 'em, Neil.

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(UPDATE: We missed this at the end of the game, because we were busy hammering our ankles to the wall, but Kissing Suzy Kolber reports of an intriguing post game midfield meeting:

"After the game was over, there was a shot of Matt Leinart meeting up with Kyle Orton at midfield and shaking hands. If you haven't seen Orton lately, you're in for a surprise. He's still got the neckbeard, but he's also growing his hair long, baby. Long and greasy as shit. Stellar fucking work. Make this man a roadie NOW, God. He and Leinart shared a laugh, at which point Tony Kornheiser burst into laughter on the air, never explaining why. Take a bow, Deadspin. The world is your inside joke.")

All right, so we know this isn't real, and we know it's just an NFL promotional video (for a product we don't use; we prefer Yahoo for our all fantasy games, to be honest with you), but we still could not resist.

You see, we've been diehards of the Buzzsaw That Is The Arizona Cardinals so long that they've actually had two other names. And never, ever have we seen the abilities of a Buzzsaw player perceived as so overwhelming that a slight exaggeration of them turns them into otherwordly. But now, we have Neil Rackers, a Buzzsaw kicker who is also a University of Illinois graduate. He's the perfect Deadspin machine.

So go, Neil, go: It's the first time we can remember that our best player hasn't been the punter.