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One of the biggest challenges that come with bringing in a new quarterback is getting them up to speed in the offense. Fortunately, wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald does not think it will be a problem for quarterback Kyler Murray. The Cardinals have not had much time to get an understanding of the new playbook. According […]

This is a pivotal year for Arizona Cardinals running back David Johnson. Johnson broke out in 2016, establishing him as one of the league’s top backs. A wrist injury halted his momentum, causing him to miss all but one game in 2017. Despite the injury, the team bet big on him, handing him a large […]

Larry Fitzgerald has been one of the best wide receivers in football since he joined the NFL in 2004. Things are starting to wind down now though and the Arizona Cardinals probably won’t be counting on his services for much longer. That is, unless head coach Kliff Kingsbury has anything to say about it. According […]

The Arizona Cardinals will have a new member in their ring of honor on September 29. They’ll be inducting quarterback Carson Palmer into the group, according to Charean Williams of ProFootballTalk.com. Palmer spent five seasons with the Cardinals. In that time, he led the Cardinals to a 38-21-1 record (64.2 winning percentage). That’s the best […]

Patrick Peterson made his first appearance at Arizona Cardinals offseason team activities on Monday. After practice, the eight-time Pro Bowler explained what it was like to be back on the field with his teammates after missing the first two weeks of OTAs. “It feels good to be back around my teammates, the supporting cast here […]

The Arizona Cardinals have been trying to figure out ways to utilize Haason Reddick in their defense. Reddick will be making the move to inside linebacker in 2019—after playing on the outside in his first two seasons. The Cardinals linebacker is “feeling confident” about the ability to move to inside linebacker in Vance Joseph’s new […]

Arizona Cardinals running back David Johnson had a decent season in 2018. After missing virtually all of 2017 with a wrist injury, Johnson had 1,386 total yards and 10 total touchdowns in 16 games and was one of the bright spots in what was a disappointing season for the Cardinals. However, Johnson was still a […]

Arizona Cardinals rookie quarterback Kyler Murray has a lot of pressure and that was before he started getting compared to Patrick Mahomes. Much like Mahomes, Murray has a very strong arm and his teammates on the Cardinals are taking notice. “You could compare it to that,” receiver Christian Kirk said via Bob McManaman of the […]

David Johnson had a disappointing 2018 season. After missing virtually the entire 2017 campaign due to injury, he was hoping to bounce back in a big way. Instead, the Arizona Cardinals ended up having a miserable season, and the whole offense suffered under Steve Wilks. But with Kliff Kingsbury now at the helm and Kyler […]

Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald’s numbers haven’t jumped off the page the last few years, but he has been solid, and that’s what ESPN is projecting to happen again in 2019. Last season, Fitzgerald finished catching 69 passes for 734 yards and six touchdowns There was some speculation that Fitzgerald might hang up the […]

The Arizona Cardinals have officially ushered in the Kyler Murray era after taking the quarterback with the first overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft. Now comes the challenge of making the transition to the pro level. Arizona is doing what they can to get Murray up to speed in organized team activities. According to […]

The Arizona Cardinals got their guy. After an offseason filled with drama and speculation about what they’d do with the first overall pick, the Cardinals drafted Kyler Murray. They traded away Josh Rosen, cementing Murray as the team’s franchise quarterback. It was a monumental decision that will have massive implications for the organization. General manager […]

Most of the criticism last year of the Arizona Cardinals was about the offense but the defense wasn’t strong either and new defensive coordinator Vance Joseph wants to change that. The Cardinals defense was ranked 2oth in the league last year giving up 358.8 yards and 26.6 points per game. Joseph is changing the defense […]

Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray and head coach Kliff Kingsbury are both most comfortable using the shotgun formation, so it shouldn’t be much of a surprise that they are looking at not being under center for the 2019 season. Bob McManaman of the Arizona Republic predicts that Murray will be under center very little this […]

All eyes are on Kyler Murray heading into his rookie campaign. The Arizona Cardinals selected Murray with the first overall pick of the 2019 NFL Draft last month. In order to clear room for Murray as the starter, the Cardinals traded Josh Rosen, whom they chose in the first round a year ago. Obviously, Arizona […]

The Arizona Cardinals were the worst team in the NFL in 2018. They were awarded the first pick in the 2019 NFL Draft. With that pick, they selected quarterback Kyler Murray — and so the rebuild begins. Through the rest of the draft, the Cardinals continued to take players that can help immediately and can […]

Arizona Cardinals fourth-round selection Hakeem Butler has been knocked for his all-around receiver abilities, but there is one area where he is elite, on the deep ball. According to Pro Football Focus, Butler had 19 explosive plays on deep targets during his time with the Cyclones, which was the most in the 2019 wide receiver […]

At this time last year, Kyler Murray was committed to playing baseball—being drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the first round of the MLB Draft. Just a year later, Murray finds himself as the starting quarterback of the Arizona Cardinals. The Cardinals selected Murray with the first-overall pick in this year’s NFL Draft. Murray became […]

The Arizona Cardinals are making a move in the late stages of free agency. The team is signing veteran defensive tackle Terrell McClain to a one-year deal, per Vaughn McClure of ESPN.com. Terms of the deal weren’t immediately disclosed, but it’s safe to say he didn’t land anything too lucrative. The South Florida product has […]

Patrick Peterson won’t be playing for the Arizona Cardinals during the first six games of the 2019 season. Beyond the middle of October, though, the superstar cornerback is apparently poised to be on the field in a Cardinals uniform for the foreseeable future. Amid widespread speculation that the Kansas City Chiefs might try and poach […]

The New York Jets recently traded Darron Lee after Adam Gase was named interim GM. It may not happen very soon, but there’s a possibility that the Jets trade Leonard Williams as well. According to multiple reports, Williams could be moved via trade due to the money that is owed along the defensive line. This […]

Arizona Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson has been suspended for the first six games of the 2019 NFL season for violating the league’s performance-enhancing drug policy. Head coach Kliff Kingsbury is now left with the question of how to replace him during that time. There is no doubt that Peterson’s absence will leave quite a void […]

The Kansas City Chiefs may soon have two guys in their secondary who played together with the Arizona Cardinals. That is if they do in fact trade for Patrick Peterson at some point. According to Nate Taylor of The Athletic, the Chiefs could approach the Cardinals about a Peterson trade in August. Apparently, the Chiefs […]

Arizona Cardinals running back David Johnson had a rough season this past year, rushing for 940 yards and seven touchdowns while averaging a meager 3.6 yards per carry. Of course, the Cardinals’ offense as a whole was disaster in 2018, so Johnson deserves a bit of a pass. But how will he respond in 2019? […]

Marcus Gilbert publicly pushed back on a recent ESPN article about his trade from the Pittsburgh Steelers, insisting he’s thrilled to be playing for the Arizona Cardinals and denying that he ever sought therapy amid the most tumultuous time of his standout NFL career. In a series of twitter posts on Friday, the veteran right […]

The Arizona Cardinals completely revamped their team and built a new future in just one offseason. The main piece of that puzzle was a quarterback and first overall pick Kyler Murray. He wasn’t the only elite talent the Cardinals got in that draft though. Wide receiver Hakeem Butler was heavily considered one of the best […]

Back in March, the Pittsburgh Steelers traded offensive lineman Marcus Gilbert to the Arizona Cardinals for a sixth-round draft pick in a move that completely devastated Gilbert. It hurt Gilbert so much, as a matter of fact, that he has actually sought therapy since the trade. “I felt like I disappointed a lot of people […]

Arizona Cardinals star cornerback Patrick Peterson apologized on Thursday just a few hours after it was announced he would miss the first six games of the season for PED use. The PED suspension was announced on Thursday, the same day of his celebrity golf tournament. “Definitely, definitely sorry [for] what broke out today, but for […]

Less than two years ago, Kyler Murray and Baker Mayfield were teammates at the University of Oklahoma, hoping to help lead the Sooners – one as a backup, the other as a starter – to college football glory. Now, the former teammates are entrenched as franchise quarterbacks for two of the NFL’s most downtrodden franchises. […]

Arizona Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson is aiming to restructure his contract after his suspension. Patrick Peterson was reportedly unhappy the Cardinals refused to restructure his contract to lessen the financial hit from his PED suspension https://t.co/Rzo8orBYp4 — ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) May 16, 2019 It turns out Peterson is upset with the Cardinals after he learned about […]

The Arizona Cardinals released a statement on Thursday addressing Patrick Peterson’s six-game suspension for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing drugs. “Patrick recognizes how disappointing this is for everyone in the organization as well as our fans,” the team said in a statement posted on twitter.  “As we all do, he understands that regardless of […]

While Patrick Peterson had been violating the NFL’s performance-enhancing drug policy will net him a six-game suspension, it will also end one of the most impressive streaks that the NFL has seen. As noted by Pro Football Talk, the suspension that Peterson will serve will make him ineligible to be voted to the Pro Bowl […]

Terrible news for the Arizona Cardinals, as star cornerback Patrick Peterson has been suspended for the first six games of the upcoming season, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN.com. Peterson violated the league’s performance-enhancing drug policy, leading to the ban. Schefter writes that it was originally going to be eight games, but Peterson dropped his […]

Despite the Arizona Cardinals continuing to say they won’t be trading Patrick Peterson, the rumors have continued to swirl. Former NFL player Antonio Bryant tweeted a picture of Peterson in a Chiefs jersey with the caption “soon” while tagging Peterson in the post. https://twitter.com/ab89/status/1128050790491275264 Bryant was the same player who tweeted that the Cardinals wouldn’t […]

Apart from the Antonio Brown saga, the drama surrounding the Arizona Cardinals and the first pick in the 2019 draft was the biggest story of the NFL offseason. Things were especially hectic for Josh Rosen, the Cardinals’ first round pick last year. Rosen was helpless as rumors swirled that the team was planning on taking […]

Quarterback Derek Anderson has retired from the NFL. Anderson made the announcement on his official Twitter account on May 13. Well here we are. I was just a guy. But still it took a village to help me thru this journey. The teammates, coaches, staff, trainers, eq, friends and most importantly my wife and family. […]

Kyler Murray is the Arizona Cardinals newest toy but Kliff Kingsbury is also new to the NFL game and both are probably equally important in how this teams going forward. It isn’t individually what these two do that’s most important, it’s how these two learn to work together and trust each other that will be […]

The Arizona Cardinals didn’t surprise anyone when they made the No. 1 overall selection in the 2019 NFL Draft, taking University of Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray in a decision that was expected for a couple of months. On Friday, Murray hit the field for the first time as a member of the Cardinals, participating in […]

The Arizona Cardinals were able to get their first look at quarterback Kyler Murray at rookie minicamp. Unfortunately, minicamp appears to have taken a toll on the No. 1 pick in the 2019 NFL Draft. According to ESPN’s Josh Weinfuss, Kyler Murray was seen walking with a notable limp following practice: Kyler Murray said his […]