Five thoughts on the Arizona Cardinals after watching the first quarter-plus of their exhibition game at Chicago on Saturday night:

• The first-team offense looked better for Arizona and that counts as a positive for quarterback Derek Anderson. Anderson made some good throws and got results. He also appeared to be off-target a few times. Anderson missed Early Doucet with a high pass over the middle. His pass to Tim Hightower in the right flat appeared wider than Hightower was expecting. Another pass was behind Stephen Williams, although Williams made the grab anyway. Beanie Wells dropped a short pass over the middle; the ball appeared to surprise him. Overall, though, Anderson has put up good numbers to this point: 7-of-12 passing for 94 yards, one touchdown and a 111.1 rating.
• Williams is going to make this team and he could see regular-season playing time as an undrafted free agent. There’s no question the 6-foot-5 Williams has outplayed third-round choice Andre Roberts. Williams has four catches for 70 yards and a touchdown to this point. He has gained yards after the catch. He has caught imperfect passes. If coach Ken Whisenhunt believes in rewarding performance -- and he does -- Williams deserves a spot on the team.
• Cornerbacks Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and Greg Toler each picked off passes for Arizona. I'll give credit to the Arizona defensive line for roughing up Bears quarterback Jay Cutler repeatedly. Calais Campbell was particularly destructive from a Bears perspective. Cutler struggled to get much going. Chicago took advantage of the Cardinals' aggressiveness with screen-type plays on occasion. Overall, though, the defense did its job. Toler was the favorite to start coming into camp and it's looking like he's making a push for that job.
• Beanie Wells needs to step it up. He dropped that short pass from Anderson and fumbled in the red zone during two-minute offense work right before halftime. Wells appeared down, but officials didn't see enough on replay to overturn the call. Either way, Wells must protect the ball, particularly in the red zone. Tim Hightower looks like the safest choice at running back for Arizona to this point.
• Wells' fumble proved costly for Matt Leinart, who was leading the team down the field. A touchdown drive right before the half would have looked good on Leinart's résumé. Instead, the Cardinals suffered a turnover and went into the locker room for halftime. Leinart will get a longer look in the second half, but he won't have any momentum carrying over. Tough break for him.

I've got three games playing at once here, but it's been tough watching more than two at a time. Will need to replay the San Francisco 49ers' game at Oakland from the beginning. I've been focusing more on the Cardinals and Seattle Seahawks because they have the most questions to answer going into these games.