--The game wasn't so easy for quarterback Kurt Warner to get over. He can't forget his first interception of the year, a ball that was slightly underthrown to open receiver Steve Breaston. The ball bounced off a defender's helmet. Carlos Rogers made a diving catch and returned it to the Arizona 15, setting up a touchdown. "It was frustrating for me because I've really been trying to make good decisions. The insult to injury is what happens as a result of that. For it to happen when it did and to turn into seven points that gave them the lead, that was the most difficult part of it."

--The Cardinals have a handful of older veterans who are going to work to keep the young guys grounded. "Nobody said we're at the top," said fullback Terrelle Smith, one of those older guys. "All that hype about being 2-0, you can't listen to it. Keep your head down and your elbows up and keep going. It's only one game. It's not the end of the world. The bad part is we lost; the best part is that we can fix it."

--The Cardinals were 2-6 on the road last year and 1-3 in the Eastern Time Zone. With the loss to the Redskins, they still haven't proven they travel a great distance and beat a good team on the road. "I'm not confident until we do it," Warner said. "I think that's the bottom line. I think we're growing in a lot of areas. I think we're getting better. But bottom line in this business, to be a playoff team you've got to go on the road against good football teams and win. And find a way, even when things don't go your direction and even when you don't play your best football."

BY THE NUMBERS: 23 -- Number of years since the team last went 3-1 in the first four games of the season. The Cardinals did it in 1985. They have never been better than 2-2 since moving to Arizona in 1988.

QUOTE TO NOTE: "But when you've been in the league for a long time it's kind of like a badge of courage to say, I'm still playing, I'm still being able to accomplish things, even at this stage." -- QB Kurt Warner on playing well at age 37.