7-9 seems a bit of a strecth, this seems like a team that will make some errors at bad times that will cost them some games, next year with lienert they will be better, two years from now they could be a force, but the team and the fans have to be patient and also the owner has to sure up those receivers with long term contracts.
The Cards hardly ever got blown out of the water last year. The were in almost every game and a play or 2 from winning alot of them. They were also the only NFL team in the top 10 in both offense and defense. With the addition of Edge, and a good draft I think this team will be really damn good. I'll be bold and say 10-6.