Apparently Matt Leinart isn’t doing enough to allay fears that he won’t be able to lead the Cardinals to a third straight division title. Brad Wilbricht of Fox Sports Arizona isn’t happy with what he sees from the former Heisman Trophy winner. “Leinart has been struggling to avoid linebackers dropping in coverage and was picked off by [...]
Darren Urban reports that Deuce Lutui has switched agents. Lutui has until June 15th to sign his one-year, $1.76 million tender before the Cardinals are allowed to lower the tender to 110% of his 2009 salary ($588,500). Whether the switch will prompt Lutui’s signing remains to be seen, but if Deuce doesn’t hurry up, it’s [...]
Posted by Will Brodsky on June 1st, 2010 in News
The Cardinals finished the second week of OTAs this past Saturday (5/28) with mostly passing situations in 7-on-7 and 11-on-11 drills. Darren Urban reports that Matt Leinart was a mix of both good and bad.
The Bad: Leinart reportedly missed deep to a wide open Steve Breaston by throwing over the receiver’s wrong shoulder, which prompted Leinart [...]
Posted by Will Brodsky on April 10th, 2010 in Features
The Cardinals’ strength and conditioning coach, John Lott, is certainly changing things up. Although there’s sand involved, these workouts are no day at the beach. Players work in teams of two, with one running through the sand pits while the other provides resistance with a bungee cord.
Tim Hightower, among others, appreciates the change in the [...]
Posted by Stephen Rhodes on January 16th, 2010 in Game Stories
The New Orleans Saints, especially after the past few weeks, needed the rest to recharge their batteries and learn some lessons from the last couple regular-season games as they were flat, so to speak.
I think it is safe to say that during Saturday’s game against the Arizona Cardinals, they were able to revert to their [...]
Posted by Stephen Rhodes on January 3rd, 2010 in Game Stories
Two playoff teams. Both with their playoff fates determined. Interestingly enough, the Green Bay Packers, in their game Sunday agaisnt the Arizona Cardinals, opted to use most of their regulars while the Cards used their reserve players for the most part. The strategy on the Packers’ behalf worked very well as Aaron Rodgers played three [...]
Posted by Stephen Rhodes on November 1st, 2009 in Game Stories
It is usually a general rule that if your team plays mistake-free football, then your team normally wins. In Sunday’s game pitting the visiting Carolina Panthers and Arizona Cardinals, the Panthers did what they have not done all season – play turnover-free football. And Jake Delhomme wasn’t a major factor, either.
Actually, the running attack, along [...]
Posted by Stephen Rhodes on September 20th, 2009 in Game Stories
I think there was this premonition that Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner would do something special as his team ventured to face the Jacksonville Jaguars. What the definition of “special” will obviously be water-cooler discussion, but nonetheless, Warner rebounded from his last start as he broke a NFL record for pass completion percentage (92.3%), leading [...]
Posted by Stephen Rhodes on September 13th, 2009 in Game Stories
The Arizona Cardinals, before their Sunday tilt against the visiting San Francisco 49ers, unfurled their NFC championship banner; unfortunately for them, it was the only thing they could show with pride as 49ers quarterback Shaun Hill guided his team on an 80-yard drive midway through the fourth quarter, enough for San Francisco to squeak past [...]
Posted by Matt Loede on January 25th, 2009 in News
It’s been quite a season of ups and downs for Cardinals running back Edgerrin James, who was the teams starting running back on opening day, only to then be benched earlier this season for rookie Tim Hightower.
James even went through a stretch where he carried the ball for just 7 times for 15 yards in [...]
