TEMPE, ARIZ. There's no storybook ending for struggling Cards

Safety-turned-soldier Pat Tillman visited the team for Sunday's game.
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -- There don't seem to be any storybook endings for the Arizona Cardinals. Not even a visit from safety-turned-soldier Pat Tillman could shake the Cardinals out of another monumental slump.
Coach Dave McGinnis said Monday that Tillman's surprise visit with his former team before and after its 28-10 loss in Seattle helped put things in perspective, though.
"For all the respect and love that all of us have for Pat Tillman and his brother and Marie, for what they did and the sacrifices they made ... Believe me, if you have a chance to sit down and talk with them, that respect and that love and admiration increase tenfold," McGinnis said. "It was a really, really enriching evening."
Tillman returned from his honeymoon with Marie in May 2002 having made the decision to give up his seven-figure NFL salary and join the elite Army Rangers with his brother, Kevin.
The brothers served in the Middle East during the campaign in Iraq and now are stationed in Fort Lewis, Wash., south of Seattle.
They and Marie Tillman visited with McGinnis for almost three hours Saturday night and met with owner Bill Bidwill and coaches Sunday before the game. Afterward, Pat Tillman talked to players in the locker room before leaving without comment to reporters.
Poor performance
However uplifting the reunion, it had little effect on Arizona's on-field fortunes.
The Cardinals trailed 21-3 in the second quarter, and only Anquan Boldin's 60-yard catch in the fourth kept them from being shut out of the end zone.
In contrast to previous games when they lost the ball more often than they took it away from opponents, they forced four turnovers -- and came away with no points. Neil Rackers missed two field goals after two of the takeaways, Arizona had to punt after another, and Josh McCown fumbled after one of Seattle's seven sacks on the other.
"We have to get in the end zone," said McCown, a second-year player who made his second straight start. "That's what got us last weekend."
The Cardinals' seventh consecutive loss was their 13th straight away from home -- the longest stretch of road futility since they dropped a franchise-record 17 in a row from 1942-44.
They finished 0-8 on the road for the second time in four years. The other time was 2000, when McGinnis was promoted from defensive coordinator to replace fired coach Vince Tobin midway through the schedule.