Greatness not in the Cards?  Undefeated prior to playing the
Rams, the Cardinals' first loss exposed flaws  Originally
Published: October 5, 2012 By Jeffri Chadiha |  ST. LOUIS -- One
loss in the NFL isn't normally a cause for major concern. The
Arizona Cardinals might be thinking differently after their 17-3
loss to the St. Louis Rams on Thursday night.  The Cardinals
came into that game as the league's hottest feel-good story, an
undefeated team riding a wave of unforeseeable momentum. They
left with all sorts of questions, the most pressing being how
they'll protect their quarterback going forward.  The Rams
didn't just beat up Kevin Kolb on Thursday. They swarmed him
every chance they got. They pounced on him nearly every time he
dropped back. The final statistics said St. Louis defenders
sacked the Cardinals quarterback nine times in this Arizona
defeat. If not for some nifty footwork by Kolb, that number
easily would've stretched deep into the double-digits.  This
wasn't the same Arizona team that surpr