Category: CARDINALS

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Arizona Cardinals are a rebuilding team. And as a rebuilding team, adding new pieces via free agency is essential to the growth and development of the players. While the Cardinals already have loaded up on defense this offseason, acquiring eight players (four in free agency, four in the draft), I believe that there are three defensive targets the Cardinals should still consider heading into the back half of the offseason. The cardinals currently possess just over $9 million in cap space. Shane Ray – DE This signing is a no brainer to me. While Ray...

Reading Time: 2 minutesGoing into the 2019 NFL Draft, many analysts expected CB Byron Murphy to be a first-round pick. The prospect out of Washington University had recorded four interceptions and thirteen pass deflections in his final year. Many experts had mocked Murphy going around 20 to the Raiders or Steelers, as the first cornerback taken in the draft. While the experts got the latter part of that true, Murphy ended up falling to the second round, and was taken with the first pick by the Arizona Cardinals. Murphy was expected to learn under veteran cornerbacks Patrick Peterson, Robert...

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe offseason is a time for teams to replenish and reload their rosters, to acquire and cut players and coaches, and to overall make themselves better for the upcoming season. I believe the Arizona Cardinals have done that the best of any NFL team, in terms of all 3 stages of the offseason that exist pre-draft: trading for players, signing new players, and retaining old ones. The Cardinals have done especially well in all three categories, so let’s take a look: As far as trades go, you would have to be under a rock to have...