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FOR THE CARDS, WEATHER BECOMES A FACTOR NEXT WEEK
Posted by Mike Florio on January 3, 2009, 7:57 p.m.

Sure, the Arizona Cardinals won for the second time in the postseason since 1947, in their first home playoff game since that same year.

But, now, they’ve got to go on the road.

“Hopefully we can parlay this into some more confidence, where we believe we can go wherever we have to go and win,” quarterback Kurt Warner told NBC’s Tiki Barber after the 30-24 victory.

The only problem? The Cardinals are 0-5 on the road this year against teams that don’t reside in the worst division in football, the NFC West.

On September 21, they lost to the Redskins in D.C., 24-17. A week later came the 56-35 debacle in the Meadowlands, against the Jets.

On October 26, the Cardinals lost 27-23 to the Panthers in Charlotte. On Thanksgiving night, they fell by the score of 48-20 to the Eagles in Philly.

On December 21, they were blown out by 40 points during a snowstorm in Foxborough.

Those last two games came in the cold and/or the snow; thus, a key factor when the Cardinals return to New Jersey or North Carolina next weekend will be the weather.

For Charlotte on Saturday, January 10, Weather.com forecasts a high temperature of 51, a low of 30, and a 30-percent chance of precipitation.

For East Rutherford, New Jersey on Sunday, January 11, Weather.com predicts a high of 29, a low of 22, and a 60-percent chance of snow.

So, basically, the Cardinals are hoping that the Eagles beat the Vikings, so that Philly would go to New York and Arizona would head to Carolina.