Cardinals notebook: Despite stay, Cards suffer Jet lag

East RUTHERFORD, N.J. - The travel plan failed.

The Cardinals will - and did - say that their idea of staying in the East for more than a week had nothing to do with their struggles here Sunday.

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But the bottom line can be read on the scoreboard:

The Cardinals lost at Washington, then - after spending the week in suburban Virginia to avoid a cross-country trip and get used to the three-hour time difference - lost again here Sunday to the New York Jets.

"I'm ready to get home," cornerback Eric Green said. "It hasn't been a good two weeks. We came out here and got two losses. ... We got to go home and get our heads together."

Green, though, blamed himself, not the Cardinals' first prolonged stay in the East.

"It was probably one of the worst games I've played since I've been in the league.

"It was the worst game, actually. A few other guys probably feel the same way."

Quarterback Kurt Warner, who had six turnovers, said, "It has nothing do with traveling or not traveling. ... It's about execution."

Coach Ken Whisenhunt, asked about the time and investment the Cardinals put into the experiment, said, "There's no two ways about it. If we don't win, it's going to be questioned. That's fine.

"But I think we felt better as a team when we stepped on the field. We started faster."

He pointed out that the Cardinals forced the Jets into a three-and-out to start the game, then drove inside the Jets 10-yard line before failing to score.

Then, they fell apart.

Whisenhunt acknowledged, "It's disappointing, because we have put a lot of work into it."

Darnell Dockett, who is from Maryland, not far from where the Cardinals stayed for the week, indicated that getting back to Arizona never looked so good.

"I'm glad we're playing at home (Sunday). I want to fly out of here so fast."

NO CHANGE AT QUARTERBACK

Kurt Warner remains the starting quarterback, Whisenhunt said.

"We didn't protect him," the coach said.

Whisenhunt faulted Warner for a poor decision on an interception run back for a touchdown by the Jets' Darrelle Revis, but said, "Other than that, we got to do a better job in protecting him.

"When a guy comes clean off the edge, I don't know many quarterbacks who don't fumble.

"That was the reason we stayed with Kurt."

"He did a nice job in the second half. I don't see a reason to change."

WILSON OUT, GREEN HURT

Adrian Wilson, struggling with a sore hamstring, sat out the game.

Eric Green suffered what appeared to be a serious knee injury on a play that ended with a touchdown pass from Brett Favre to Laveranues Coles.

But Green, who fell down on the play and watched helplessly, returned to the game.

It turned out that Green and Coles banged knees, and "It felt like somebody got a hammer and just nailed me," Green said.

Anquan Boldin and Leonard Pope, who were battling injuries late in the week, both played.

BREASTON'S BIG GAME

Steve Breaston had the biggest game of his two-year career.

He caught nine passes for 122 yards, with a long of 37 yards.

FAVRE TIES NAMATH

Brett Favre completed 24 of 34 passes for 289 yards and six touchdowns.

That last eye-popping stat tied Joe Namath's club record.

"I knew the offense could score a lot of points," Favre said. "This shows the potential of what this team has."