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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 […]

The Arizona Cardinals’ new era under wunderkind first-year coach Kliff Kingsbury and electric rookie quarterback Kyler Murray has officially begun. The team’s best player, though, remains absent from Arizona’s current offseason activities, and there’s no telling when he will join them. When asked by team beat reporter Darren Urban if he expects superstar cornerback Patrick […]

Was there anything more obvious, more predictable than the Arizona Cardinals selecting Kyler Murray first overall in the NFL Draft? Thank goodness the Cardinals are not in charge of any serious information because they are terrible at keeping secrets.  It was obvious to everyone how fond head coach Kliff Kingsbury was of Murray. It’s just […]

Larry Fitzgerald is perhaps the best players to ever suit up for the Arizona Cardinals. And, despite a historic career, some still are not impressed. In a First Take segment about free-agent receiver Dez Bryant, ESPN’s Max Kellerman turned the subject matter to veteran NBA guard Vince Carter. He compared Carter to Fitzgerald saying, he […]

Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner led the Arizona Cardinals to the Super Bowl once upon a time. However, Warner was unable to deliver a title to the desert, thanks in part to Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison and his 99-yard pick six to end the first half of Super Bowl XLIII in 2009. One […]

Before taking N’Keal Harry with the 32nd and final pick of the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft, the New England Patriots hadn’t used a first-round selection on a wide receiver since 1996. Given the team’s sterling track record of player evaluation, then, it should come as no surprise that one prominent NFL analyst […]

David Johnson needs to bounce back in 2019. After his 2017 season was cut short by injury, his 2018 season was a big disappointment as well. He never thrived in Mike McCoy’s offense, but he has a golden opportunity now with Kliff Kingsbury. The Arizona Cardinals signed him to a big extension last September, and […]

With the 2019 NFL Draft ending a week ago, we now know that there are four straight weeks that have two top-five picks facing each other. In addition, the Arizona Cardinals will play in three of those games. If you take a look at the Cardinals schedule, you’ll see that they face the San Francisco […]

Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray is also a gifted baseball player drafted in the first round by the Oakland Athletics and according to General Manager Steve Keim, the contract he will sign with the team has protections for the Cardinals if he ever decides he wants to play baseball again. Keim was interviewing with NFL […]

Maxx Williams may not be a household name, but he is the newest member of the Arizona Cardinals. At one point a second round pick by the Baltimore Ravens, Williams has had a rough start to his NFL career. Whether it be injuries or other talented tight ends holding him back, Williams is ready for […]