Kevin Kolb: Is Cardinals QB or Coach to Blame for Arizona's Struggles?

On Sunday, the Arizona Cardinals had the dubious distinction of removing the Minnesota Vikings from the sewer of winless NFL teams, leaving only Miami and Indianapolis to wallow in the stench of life without victory.

Ken Wisenhunt will no doubt receive a fruit cake from Vikings owner Ziggy Wilf when the holidays roll around.

Nothing says thanks like a fruit cake.

Which brings us to the Cardinals, who can throw out the good news that one win is better than none. Sure it is. Nothing says despair like 0-4 or 0-5.

When things begin to fall apart this early in the season, there's always someone with the answers, and in the Cardinals locker room, it's Kevin Kolb.

"That's the problem," is what Kolb as to say about this current mess. "It's not one person making a lot of mistakes, it's all of us making one or two mistakes."

Pay close attention now. You'll notice that what Kolb is telling us, and this where it gets interesting, is that "all of us" are making "one or two mistakes." The problem is that Kolb went over his quota on Sunday. He threw two interceptions and fumbled the football, which gets him to three and that's not including passes he had deflected.

What Kolb led the team to on Sunday was a 10th straight road loss. And if you're not buying his spreading of the mistakes theory, then he's got another for you:

"It starts with meetings. It starts with showing up to work on time, getting in early, getting your work done, all of the stuff that a professional is supposed to do."

So there's the second Kolb theory—a lack of professionalism on the football team.

If that's the case, then the finger needs to be pointed at Ken Wisenhunt. Coaches have to demand that, no ifs, ands or buts. You think there's any trouble with that, let's say, in New England?

Bill Belichick's mantra is that all non-professionals will have to go act non-professionally somewhere else.

So is Kolb a whistle-blower, or is this a figment of his transplanted imagination?

What isn't imagined is the big dollar contract the Cardinals gave Kolb this summer.

When you throw that sort of money at a quarterback, he's the one expected to take the lead and perhaps demand a little professionalism in the process UNLESS this team isn't buying his leadership.

And therein could lie yet another problem within the 1-4 quagmire.

Regardless of what's wrong within the Cardinals, the culture needs to change or they'll continue to be solid contenders in the "Suck For Luck" race among the league's woeful non-winners.

And if the Cardinals do indeed suck enough to draft Luck, where would that leave Kevin Kolb?