By Zack Cimini

Dennis Green continues to play hot potato when he named John Navarre as the Cardinals new starter. Green is taking a lot of heat for his decisions, but the fact is they aren?t getting enough production from their quarterbacks. They have three talented receivers, that he wants utilized in a proper way. Green already knows that he can?t count on McCown or King, so why not give Navarre a shot?

At 4-7 the Cardinals are still alive for their division title, let alone a playoff spot. In fact every team in their division is on a losing streak, and it just happens the Cardinals play all three of their division mates after this week against Detroit.

For now though the Cardinals have to focus on defeating Detroit. Detroit was a hot team at the beginning of the season when Joey Harrington was showing progress. Since then though, Harrington has struggled to do anything and they?ve faded off the map. With Navarre getting his first start this game will be the worst of the weekend. Which brings up the fact even more that maybe McCown should still be the starter. Sure he didn?t make any big plays, but he only threw four interceptions. Two of them came last week in the fourth quarter against the Jets, when he was trying to make a big play.

One thing that?s for sure is that Green needs to settle on one of his three to finish out the year. After this week, all of them will have displayed their abilities as starters. It would have been better for Green to do this tryout during the preseason, instead of banking on McCown as soon as he was hired.

If the Cardinals win this week, they?ll be 5-7 and actually control their destiny of winning their division. They?ve already defeated St. Louis and Seattle this season, so if they beat them again they?ll own the tie breakers over both of them. It is sad to say but the division winner will more than likely finish at 8-8.