Cardinals Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

The Cardinals' struggles on the East Coast again will on public display this week as the club prepares to travel to Carolina a second time this season.

The Cardinals are 0-5 in the Eastern time zone this year, including a 27-23 loss at Carolina in late October.

Since 2003, the Cardinals are 2-19 when playing in the East, with their last victory coming in 2007 against the Bengals.

It's a big reason the Cardinals opened the week as 10-point underdogs to the Panthers, the No. 2 seed.

The Cardinals have had numerous chances this season to prove they can be competitive when traveling across two or three time zones to play. They failed each time, and some of the losses were embarrassing, especially late in the year.

They lost by 40 in New England and 28...

Maligned Arizona defense strong against Falcons (AP)

There are two faces to the Arizona Cardinals' defense. There's the ugly one that surrendered 514 yards at New England. Then there's the handsome one that shut down the Atlanta Falcons in the Cardinals' biggest game of the season. The Falcons managed just 250 yards in their 30-24 wild-card playoff loss to Arizona on Saturday, including a season-low 60 on the ground.

Boldin has strained hamstring, status uncertain (AP)

Arizona wide receiver Anquan Boldin has a strained left hamstring and his status is uncertain for Saturday night's NFC divisional playoff game at Carolina. "We'll see how it goes this week," coach Ken Whisenhunt said at his Monday news conference. Boldin was injured on a 71-yard touchdown pass from Kurt Warner in the second quarter of Arizona's 30-24 wild-card playoff victory over the Atlanta...

Why is the worst divisional playoff match-up on in primetime? (Yahoo! Sports)

Of the four divisional playoff games this weekend, the Arizona Cardinals - Carolina Panthers match-up is easily...

Cardinals WR Boldin has strained hamstring (PA SportsTicker)

Arizona Cardinals head coach Ken Whisenhunt confirmed Monday that Pro Bowl wide receiver Anquan Boldin has a strained left hamstring.

And now, all the home teams are favored (Yahoo! Sports)

After a wild card weekend in which all the home teams were underdogs (and went 2-2), we'll head into divisional...

‘Hot and healthy’ flies out the playoff window (Yahoo! Sports)

The Cardinals and Chargers proved that regular-season marks and what we think we know can be irrelevant.

Cards’ James played with his old ‘edge’ (Yahoo! Sports)

Given the declarations coming from the Arizona Cardinals ' locker room about proving naysayers wrong, it was...

Arizona headed back to unkind East Coast (AP)

The Arizona Cardinals are headed back to the East Coast, a part of the country that has been so unkind to them. The Cardinals were 0-5 there this season, with losses to Washington, the New York Jets, Carolina, Philadelphia and New England. Three were blowouts. The best Arizona showing came against Carolina, the Cardinals' opponent Saturday night in the NFC semifinals.

Wild card weekend’s five most valuable people (Yahoo! Sports)

Honorable Mention: Matt Millen . I don't know that Matt Millen actually deserves an award, but it's got to be a...