I complained about the unimpressiveness of this matchup earlier this week, but it turned out to be a great game.

Here are a few things that struck me:

• The Donovan McNabb-Kurt Warner matchup very likely featured two future Hall of Fame quarterbacks.
• The Cardinals were the longest shot to win the SB of any of the 12 playoff teams before the playoffs started clocking in at 40 -1. (Miami was next at 30-1).
• The Eagles might have the best offensive line in the NFL - consider the time McNabb had, and that was without a running game.
• McNabb had 375 yards despite missing several wide open receivers and restricting their yards after the catch with bad throws.
• Warner averaged 10 YPA against the Eagles pass defense. He took just two sacks, threw no picks and failed to complete only seven passes.
• Edgerrin James ran hard and was a factor once again.
• Larry Fitzgerald, it was pointed out on the telecast, broke Jerry Rice's single-season playoff yardage record. It occurred to me that not only did the Raiders pass on Calvin Johnson when they took JaMarcus Russell, but they passed on Fitzgerald for Robert Gallery. In other words, they could have had Fitzgerald and Johnson at WR. (Assuming Fitzgerald didn't get them another win in 2006).
• Steve Breaston, a 1,000-yard receiver, was again a non-factor, even though Anquan Boldin was far less than 100 percent

One thing that makes a playoff game between two far-from-dominant teams more thrilling is when the underdog wins. The Cardinals are the only team that can be compared to last year's New York Giants - (people were reaching with the Eagles who everyone tabbed as a sleeper from the start) because they were dogs in the Wild Card Round, and 10-point dogs last week. If AZ wins the SB, it'll be almost on a par with what NY did last year in terms of shockingness, the only real difference being that there's no 18-0 team awaiting them.