Pete Prisco of CBSSportsline.com has come out with his annual list of the Top 50 NFL players, and the Cards have four players on the list, including the number six overall – Larry Fitzgerald. Here’s the Cards on the list:
6. Larry Fitzgerald, WR, Cardinals: His playoff run stamped him as one of the top [...]
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Cardinals second-year WR Lance Long was impressive this offseason, catching nearly everything thrown his way, but he did that last year as an undrafted rookie. It was good enough to earn him a spot on the practice squad. The club is deep at receiver so it’s going to be difficult for Long to [...]
It’s good to be back in a football mindset after the offseason. It felt really good to see all my teammates again. I’m still so proud of how we responded to everything to get to the Super Bowl.
I think I handled the situation leading up to the Super Bowl pretty well. I tried not to [...]
ProFootballWeekly reports that the Cards are excited about TE Ben Patrick and what he could bring to the team in 2009:
Our Cardinals sources believe third-year pro Ben Patrick was shaping up as the leading contender for the team’s starting TE job before getting hit with a four-game suspension to start the 2009 season for violating [...]
Mike Florio of SportingNews.com wrote the top 10 moves of the offseason, and has the Cards keeping QB Kurt Warner comes in at number nine. Read below:
9. Warner stays with the Arizona Cardinals
Quarterback Kurt Warner arguably needs two more solid seasons of passing production in order to justify entry into the Hall of Fame.
And [...]
There’s plenty of chatter about who is going to run the ball full-time for the Cardinals, rookie Chris Wells or Tim Hightower? The team also has Jason Wright, a free agent pickup from the Cleveland Browns this past offseason.
Last season the team ranked 29th in the run game, so if they want to get [...]
Scout.com reports that the Cards have signed 4th round pick CB Greg Toler:
The Arizona Cardinals have signed fourth-round pick CB Greg Toler to a three-year, $1.5 million deal which includes a signing bonus of $316,000, a league source told Scout.com. Toler (6-0, 193) earned All-CIAA and Little All-American first-team honors as well as being named [...]
It looks as if new Cards D-coordinator Bill Davis may employ more blitzing in his new defense. Today’s Arizona Republic reports on Davis and what he is doing so far in practices:
Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt would prefer an attacking, blitzing defense on the order of the Steelers, his old team. Whisenhunt, however, isn’t ready [...]
Cards TE Ben Patrick says that he knew a four-game suspension for violating the NFL policy on banned substances was coming, and that he’s ready to deal with it. The suspension was first reported by Adam Caplan of Scout.com, and was going to be handed down eventually by the league office. Patrick was suspended [...]
PFT.com reports that Cards WR Anquan Boldin sat down and chatted with another agent last year before he eventually decided to go with Tom Condon:
Here’s an interesting “rest of the story” regarding the recent decision of Cards receiver Anquan Boldin to change agents from Drew Rosenhaus to Tom Condon.
Per a league source, Boldin conducted interviews [...]
