Bruce Arians may have been a little salty about how the offense played in the Cardinals' win Sunday, but he has left no doubt how he feels about the team's turnover margin. "That's probably the best thing we're doing right now," Arians said. Then again, how could he not see it that way?

Yes, there have been a couple of near-picks for quarterback Carson Palmer, but they have not been picks. So after two games, the Cardinals have yet to turn it over, and have amassed seven turnovers themselves -- four interceptions, and three fumble recoveries. Math and the law of averages says the fumbles won't always bounce the Cards way, but they aren't putting the ball on the ground themselves.

Right now, they lead the league in takeaways (Carolina, Minnesota and San Francisco each have six) and lead in turnover differential (two ahead of the Vikings' plus-5.) Oakland and Philadelphia are the other two teams without a turnover yet.

The Cardinals were second in the league in takeaways last season with 33, and they are doing it right now without one of their dynamic back-end players playing at full Honey Badger. That's a good sign. Another good sign? The only other time the Cards went the first two games without turning the ball in the first two games of the season since 1940 was 2008 -- the year the franchise reached the Super Bowl.

(OK, as coincidences go, it's a stretch. But we'll see.)