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On the same day that the Philadelphia Eagle’s signed CB Asante Samuel, speculation has erupted that the Eagles could be sending their first round pick in this year’s draft and CB Lito Sheppard to the Arizona Cardinals for WR Larry Fitzgerald. If the rumor has legs, than both side could be [...]

With free agency hours away, the Cardinals earlier today tendered one-year qualifying offers to defensive end Antonio Smith, cornerback Eric Green and offensive lineman Elton Brown. All three are restricted free agents, which means they have until April 18 to sign the offer. In the meantime, they can negotiate with another team but the [...]

Knowing that its more than likely that wide out Bryant Johnson will bolt come free agency at the end of the week, the Cards are looking at who is going to take his place as the 3rd wide receiver on the roster. Today’s Arizona Republic states that coach Ken Whisenhunt, when asked, named three possible [...]

Despite them being far apart on a contract, Cards GM Rod Graves said on Saturday that there was no way that Larry Fitzgerald would not be on the Cards roster in 2008. When he was asked if the wide out would be a Card in 08, he responded “no question, no question.” The [...]

The Cards today purged their roster with the release of FS Terrence Holt, DL Chris Cooper, and OT Oliver Ross. Holt played just one season with the team, and was pretty bad as he tried to make the move from strong safety to play free safety. He had 69 tackles with no picks in 16 [...]

 
The Cards and defensive end Bertrand Berry today agreed to restructure the final year of his contract.  The DE was set to make $4 mil this season, which was the last of his five-year deal he signed with the Cards as a free agent in 2004.  He has been hurt quite a bit the last [...]

                      
The Arizona Cardinals, not surprisingly, on Thursday placed the non-exclusive franchise tag on linebacker Karlos Dansby; Dansby, who was scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of this month, was offered a one-year tender in the amount of the average of the 5 highest-paid linebackers ($8,065,000) in the NFL in 2007.
Dansby, in the [...]

In this day and age of salary cap issues the Arizona Cardinals are no different than any other NFL franchise. That is why it is being reported that the team has offered top WR Larry Fitzgerald an extension.
The four year pro who is playing in the Pro Bowl tomorrow is scheduled to make a whopping [...]

Despite a previous report that they may make a move with running back Edgerrin James, today’s East Valley Tribune is reporting that the Cards will not be getting rid of James anytime soon.  “As right now, we’re factoring him in as being here,” GM Rod Graves said.  James started the 07 season red-hot, as did [...]

               
It appears very likely that the Arizona Cardinals will apply the “franchise” tag on linebacker Karlos Dansby within the next 2 weeks, then attempt to sign him to a long-term deal by July 15, according to Mike Tulumello of the East Valley Tribune; both team general manager Rod Graves and Dansby’s agent, Kirk Wood, indicated [...]