Cornerbacks around the NFL are getting fat contracts. Seattle’s Richard Sherman got a new four-year, $57 million contract that will give him $40 million guaranteed. The Cleveland Browns followed that by rewarding cornerback Joe Haden with a five-year, $68 million deal that brings $45 million in guaranteed money. Arizona Cardinals, you’re up. Patrick Peterson, who […]
Every day, ArizonaSports.com asks readers a question. It’s the Sanderson Ford Poll Question of the Day, and it can be found midway down the right side of our home page. Recently, we asked what you thought of the Arizona Cardinals’ late-round picks in the 2014 NFL Draft. Specifically, we wanted to know which of the […]
TEMPE, Ariz. — By most estimations, the Arizona Cardinals entered the 2014 NFL Draft looking to add a pass rusher. They didn’t do it in the first round, instead choosing safety Deone Bucannon. They didn’t do it in the second round, either, as the team decided to take tight end Troy Niklas. But in the […]
Thirty-plus years ago, when newly-hired Arizona Cardinals strength and conditioning coach Buddy Morris was at the University of Pittsburgh, he had some future legends under his tutelage — Dan Marino and Roger Kingdom. The former, of course, went on to play in 17 seasons with the Miami Dolphins, going to nine Pro Bowls and, eventually, […]
The Arizona Cardinals added to their defensive depth Wednesday with the additions of linebacker Keenan Clayton and safety Anthony Walters on one-year contracts. The team announced the moves Wednesday, though terms of the deals were not disclosed. A former fourth-round pick of the Philadelphia Eagles in 2010 out of Oklahoma, Clayton, who has also spent […]
With top-flight cornerbacks like Joe Haden and Richard Sherman getting big-money contracts this offseason from their respective teams, the question becomes when will Arizona Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson get his? Because Arizona picked up his fifth-year option, Peterson is still playing under his rookie contract for another two years. At an event Monday, though, Peterson […]
In the last couple of weeks, two elite-level NFL cornerbacks have been rewarded with fat new contracts. Last week, Seattle corner Richard Sherman received a four-year, $57 million deal that will give him $40 million guaranteed. Tuesday, Cleveland’s Joe Haden got paid as well, getting a five-year, $68 million pact that brings $45 million in […]
The majority of the offseason has seen the Arizona Cardinals look to improve what was very good defense last season. They signed cornerback Antonio Cromartie and re-signed defensive lineman Matt Shaughnessy while also drafting safety Deone Bucannon, defensive end Kareem Martin and defensive tackle Ed Stinson. While that’s all nice, the elephant in the room, […]
TEMPE, Ariz. — Back in 2006, the Arizona Cardinals attempted to turn a defensive-turned-offensive lineman into a tight end. Fred Wakefield’s career ended with him catching just two passes for 24 yards. Like Wakefield eight years ago, the Cardinals’ newest tight end, Troy Niklas, is also still learning the tight end position. However, unlike Wakefield, […]
Functional. That’s the word I keep coming back to when thinking about the Cardinals’ 2014 draft. Not splashy. Not overly sexy. Nothing that dazzles. Just…functional. Practical. A hard-hitting safety in Deone Bucannon. A blocking tight end in Troy Niklas. A quick wide receiver from a school (Pittsburg St.) with a mascot (the Gorillas) in a […]
W.W.Y.D.? If you were running the Arizona Cardinals draft, what would you have done? I have always thought it was silly to offer up draft grades. It’s always a wasted exercise because in order to give a grade, you must know more than the person you’re grading. Rarely do students teach teachers so why should […]
PHOENIX — Patrick Peterson feels obligated to give back to the community, especially its children. “I am in a powerful position to give back to these kids that may look up to me, that may want to be like but don’t have the proper resources to be like me,” he said Monday at Donovan’s Steak […]
PHOENIX — To read or hear about Patrick Peterson and his contract status, it would sound like he’s kind of concerned about a deal getting done. Talk to him, though, and you’ll get a different story. “That’s your guys’ job, to overblow stuff,” he told the assembled media Monday at Donovan’s Steak and Chop House […]
The 2014 NFL Draft has come and gone, and overall the Arizona Cardinals did well. Here are a few of my thoughts: The first pick was Deone Bucannon, a safety out of Washington State. I didn’t know much about this kid other than he was big, played for Wazzu and had a reputation for separating […]
The NFL Draft is over. The Arizona Cardinals selected seven players over the course of the three-day event, but none of them generated a wider variety of opinion than Virginia Tech quarterback Logan Thomas, the team’s fourth-round pick. Thomas is considered an intriguing prospect by many, a unique blend of size (6-foot-6, 248 pounds) and […]
Anthony Steen’s name was not among the 256 called throughout the three-day long NFL Draft. But that doesn’t mean his football career has come to an end. Steen was one of many players to sign with a team as an undrafted free agent, doing so with the Arizona Cardinals. And according to Bryan Fischer of […]
Ryan Williams’ career with the Arizona Cardinals is officially finished. Unfortunately, it never really started. The team announced Monday it had released the running back, marking the end of the former second-round pick’s rocky three-year run with the team. Largely because of injury, Williams was never really able to get on track with the Cardinals. […]
The Arizona Cardinals selected a total of seven players in the 2014 NFL Draft. Four of the players come from the offensive side of the ball, though the team’s first pick was a defender. Here’s a look at each of the team’s draft picks. Follow @AZSports
There are only a couple reasons why a team would trade down in the NFL Draft. Sometimes, the organization just feels a need to acquire more picks, believing it has plenty of holes to fill and the best way to do it is with more players. Other times it’s because the player a team was […]
There is nothing that pops out of the Cardinals’ draft that wows me, and that’s perfectly fine as long as they ended up with quality football players that can help this team take the next step. Arizona addressed some needs — defensive back, tight end and wide receiver — and they passed on some such […]
Welcome to the worst part of the NFL Draft process, more commonly known as grading each team’s haul. While fans and pundits use grades to establish whether or not a team did well in a draft, the truth is we can’t know for sure for at least three seasons. With the Arizona Cardinals’ 2014 NFL […]
Like him or loathe him, ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. knows all things NFL Draft. The 53-year-old Baltimore native has been analyzing the draft for ESPN since 1984. So when all franchises have finished selecting their future prospects at the summer gala, many fans turn to Kiper to see what he thinks about their favorite team’s […]
The Arizona Cardinals didn’t make any blockbuster moves during the 2014 NFL Draft. They didn’t draft any flashy players or make any big trades. And if any of the Cardinals’ seven picks are able to make an impact as a rookie, it will likely come in a role that isn’t glamorous or easy to see. […]
It’s all over. Over three days, 256 players ranging from South Carolina’s Jadeveon Clowney to Memphis’ Lonnie Ballentine, became professional football players via the 2014 NFL Draft. The Arizona Cardinals fortified their roster by selecting seven players over the course of the draft. Here are my quick thoughts on each: 1st round, 27th overall – […]
The first NFL Draft grades are starting to trickle out after its conclusion on Saturday, and one publication rated the Arizona Cardinals’ draft as the third-best in the NFC West. Sports Illustrated released team-by-team grades on Sunday, and while the Cardinals earned a ‘B,’ they still didn’t place in the top-half of their vaunted division. […]
This weekend, they were separated by a round in the NFL Draft. But growing up, Arizona Cardinals third-round pick John Brown and fifth-round pick Ed Stinson were just a few houses from one another. Local media learned of the connection between the two picks on Saturday, when Stinson joined a conference call after he was […]
In the wake of the NFL Draft, general manager Steve Keim and the Arizona Cardinals didn’t shut down personnel additions. Instead, they’ve made a barrage of undrafted free agent signings. The Cardinals officially announced their 15 free agent signees Monday. • Albany State offensive tackle Kadeem Williams • Newberry wide receiver Corey Washington • UCLA […]
TEMPE, Ariz. – Their names may not jump off the page, but then name value has never been a really good reason to draft a player, at least it shouldn’t be. The Arizona Cardinals made seven selections over the three-day 2014 NFL Draft, taking four offensive and three defensive players: Player Pos Rnd Overall School […]
More often than not over the course of an NFL draft, a team will pick a player that most of its fan base has never heard of. For the Arizona Cardinals, there were two such players in this year’s draft: third-round speedster John Brown out of Pittsburg State and Murray State’s Walt Powell — the […]
TEMPE, Ariz. — For maybe the first time all weekend, Arizona Cardinals coach Bruce Arians was honest with the media. Asked about his comments Friday, when he said he liked the three quarterbacks on his roster when explaining why the team decided to pass on taking one in the draft’s first two rounds, he was […]