The Cardinals are starting to feel the impact of having a bye in the fourth week of this season, with several key players trying to work through various injuries.

Sunday's game in St. Louis will be the team's seventh straight since their off week, and the nagging injuries are starting to mount, especially on defense.

Outside linebacker Chike Okeafor could miss his second consecutive game with a bad back. Inside linebacker Gerald Hayes has missed the last two with a back condition. Strong safety Adrian Wilson is nursing a sore groin, and cornerback Bryant McFadden has been playing with a troublesome ankle.

All except Okeafor are likely to play Sunday against the Rams, but the team's depth is being tested.

Ali Highsmith started the past two games in place of...

Kurt Warner knows how to come back from adversity. That's the recurring theme in his remarkable career. This time the 38-year-old quarterback has followed an awful game with two magnificent ones. As Warner put it, "Sometimes you have to have a short memory in this business." In the last two games -- victories over Chicago and Seattle -- Warner has completed 51 of 70 passes (73 percent)...

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The dynamic young player and the old master were catalysts in the Arizona Cardinals' come-from-behind 31-20 victory over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday. Rookie Beanie Wells had second-half touchdown runs of 10 and 13 yards and the Cardinals rallied from an early two-touchdown deficit for Arizona's second home win in five tries.