Arizona Cardinals Rumors & News

Arizona Republic "Cardinals coach Bruce Arians has four more assistant coaches than did his predecessor, Ken Whisenhunt, and the extra manpower allowed the Cardinals to try something unique, at least by NFL standards, in practice on Tuesday. For 11-on-11 drills, Arians split the 90-man squad in half, with the..." May 18

Arizona Republic "For years, NFL coaches thought most rookies should be neither seen nor heard on game days. Less experience meant more mistakes which meant a greater chance that coaches would be fired. But times are changing. For a variety of factors, rookies are far more likely to start games than they were..." May 18

NFL.com "Larry Fitzgerald's immense talents were wasted last season. The Arizona Cardinals receiver couldn't make up for the team's revolving door at quarterback during a campaign that flew off the rails in a hurry. "It was the most frustrating season, or time, I've ever had," Fitzgerald told Bruce..." May 18

Fox Sports Arizona "Since Carson Palmer entered the NFL in 2003, the three teams for which he has played — the Bengals, the Raiders and now the Cardinals — have combined for six winning seasons out of a possible 30. Only the Cardinals have won a playoff game in that span. Palmer couldn’t help who drafted him, and..." May 15

Fox Sports Arizona "Cardinals second-round pick Kevin Minter got undercard billing at his introductory press conference Thursday at the team’s practice complex. It wasn’t because top pick Jonathan Cooper was in attendance. That event had already come and gone. It’s just that third-round pick and former LSU..." May 11

Fox Sports Arizona "Linebacker Karlos Dansby is returning to the Arizona Cardinals after three seasons with the Miami Dolphins. He agreed Friday to a one-year contract. Dansby (6-4, 250) began his career with the Cardinals as a second-round draft pick in 2004 out of Auburn and played six seasons for Arizona. He..." May 10

Arizona Sports "Late Wednesday, word leaked that Arizona Cardinals linebacker Daryl Washington may have been involved in a domestic dispute. Friday morning, Phoenix police confirmed Washington had been arrested and booked into jail on two counts of aggravated assault. Washington, 26, was suspended by the NFL..." May 03

USA Today "Police are investigating a report that Arizona Cardinals inside linebacker Daryl Washington was involved in a domestic violence incident in Phoenix. A woman called police Wednesday afternoon claiming she was assaulted by Washington earlier that day, according to the Phoenix Police..." May 03

ArizonaSports.com "The Phoenix Police Department is investigating a domestic dispute in which a woman claims she was the victim of an incident involving Arizona Cardinals linebacker Daryl Washington. When police arrived to the home in Ahwatukee on Wednesday Washington had left. Sources say there are clear..." May 02

ESPN.com "Cornerback Javier Arenas is the player Arizona will receive in return from Kansas City for fullback Anthony Sherman, the Arizona Republic's Kent Somers reports. This move makes sense on the surface. Sherman did not fit the Cardinals' new offense, which does not utilize a traditional..." May 01

Arizona Republic "We’re hoping the Cardinals are right about Tyrann Mathieu, and not just because the “Honey Badger” has the best nickname in sports. Arizona’s controversial third-round draft choice, despite being (maybe) 5-foot-9 and 175 pounds, was the most dynamic defensive player in college football when he..." May 01

NFL.com "The Kansas City Chiefs under coach Andy Reid continue to retool on offense. The Sideline View's Adam Caplan reported on Wednesday that the Chiefs are expected to trade with Arizona for Cardinals fullback Anthony Sherman. Terms of the deal have not been announced by either team, but Caplan is..." May 01

NFL.com "The Kansas City Chiefs under coach Andy Reid continue to retool on offense. The Chiefs traded cornerback Javier Arenas to the Arizona Cardinals in exchange for fullback Anthony Sherman, sources told NFL.com's Ian Rapoport on Wednesday. Javy's agent Hadley Engelhard told Rapoport that he's..." May 01

Arizona Republic "Cardinals have announced the release of guard Adam Snyder, who started 14 games for Arizona last season. Snyder spent one year in Arizona after being signed as a free-agent. He spent his first 7 years in the league with San Francisco. The Cardinals also released guard Jeremiah Warren." April 29

CBSSports.com "Last year's No. 69 overall pick, Bills wideout T.J. Graham, received a $671,000 signing bonus with his four-year deal. This year's 69th pick? Zero guaranteed money, according to Sports Illustrated's Peter King. Arizona used that early third-round selection on Tyrann Mathieu, the big-play..." April 29

Arizona Republic "When quarterbacks finally started flying off draft boards in the fourth round of the NFL draft on Saturday, the Cardinals simply looked the other way with no interest. Despite saying it makes sense to draft a quarterback every year, they didn’t take one with any of their nine picks in the..." April 28

Arizona Republic "A day after drafting one of the higher-rated guards to come along in decades, the Cardinals landed two more players Friday that at least once were viewed as potential first-round picks. “Oh, I don’t think there’s any doubt about that, talent-wise,” head coach Bruce Arians said. Kevin Minter,..." April 28

Arizona Republic "The Cardinals avoided turbulence in the second round of the NFL draft on Friday by flying around it. But they went directly into the storm in the third round. They passed on a chance to draft Notre Dame linebacker Manti, who had a notorious romance with a fake dead girlfriend, and traded down..." April 27

SB Nation "The Arizona Cardinals selected UNC offensive guard Jonathan Cooper with the No. 7 overall pick in the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft. Cooper is rated as the No. 12 overall prospect and No. 2 offensive guard in this year's draft class by SB Nation's Dan Kadar. Cooper is an excellent athlete..." April 26

Arizona Republic "At his introductory news conference in January, General Manager Steve Keim said two experiences in his Cardinals career would drive him in his new job. One was confetti “sticking to my sweaty head,” after the Cardinals won the NFC title game in the 2008 season. The other came while watching the..." April 25

Arizona Republic "There were plenty of new things displayed on Tuesday at the Cardinals’ first full speed practice of the off-season. From the head coach (Bruce Arians), to the General Manager (Steve Keim), to the starting quarterback (Carson Palmer) to the single-man blocking sleds (World Sporting..." April 24

CBSSports.com "Because they do the on-location television coverage for the draft, the analysts who work for ESPN and NFL Network will know in advance who's being taken in the 2013 NFL Draft. But this year, those folks aren't going to spoil the picks on Twitter. Instead, they will "speculate" on who might be..." April 22

Yahoo! Sports "On the heels of regulators red-flagging a potential $18 million scam last week, multiple federal agencies are probing investments sold to NFL and NBA players, Yahoo! Sports has learned. According to multiple sources that spoke to Yahoo! Sports on the condition of anonymity, several professional..." April 17

NFL.com "Pat Summerall spent 10 years in the NFL as a player. He spent another 40 years describing the game he loved as one of the sport's iconic broadcasters. On Tuesday, Summerall passed away at the age of 82, Fox Sports spokesman Dan Bell confirmed to NFL.com and NFL Network. According to..." April 16

NFL.com "Fear not, friends, the NFL schedule will become public knowledge this week. League spokesman Greg Aiello announced Tuesday that the NFL's 2013 regular-season slate of games will be announced on Thursday at 8 p.m. ET. This comes one day after the league told NFL.com's Around The League that..." April 16

Yahoo! Sports "There's a curious and somewhat disgusting case of whodunit being investigated by approximately a dozen NFL teams. National Football Scouting president Jeff Foster, who runs the NFL scouting combine, confirmed that a hotel room was left trashed during the February 2013 event in Indianapolis...." April 16

Arizona Republic "Time is like a freight train. It’s unstoppable. And it only gets louder when passing you by. Cardinals quarterback Drew Stanton is trying hard not to listen. “I came to Arizona with the mind-set of being the starter,” he said. “But the important thing is the approach and the professionalism..." April 14

NFL.com "JaMarcus Russell, making an improbable comeback attempt, said this week that he ideally will find a team that wants to groom him as a backup quarterback behind an established starter. One of Russell's mentors, former NFL quarterback Jeff Garcia, targeted the Arizona Cardinals and Chicago Bears as..." April 11

Arizona Republic "Former Cardinals quarterback Kevin Kolb met with members of the Buffalo area media on Monday and in addition to saying all the right things, he had some interesting words about his two years in Arizona. The Cardinals released Kolb last month, deciding not to pay him a $2 million roster bonus,..." April 09

NFLEvolution.com "The preliminary hearing in a lawsuit brought by former players against the NFL alleging misinformation over head injuries has ended for Tuesday in Philadelphia. Both sides presented their arguments, according to The Associated Press, with the players side saying the league profited from..." April 09

Arizona Republic "Steve Keim has been a general manager for 90 days. He’s made 33 maneuvers. The math is working well for the Cardinals. He has signed 13 new players, re-signed 10 existing players and released nine others. His first trade was a steal, delivering more quarterback than we’ve had in years. With..." April 08

Fox Sports Arizona "In Carson Palmer — whom coach Bruce Arians described as "our starter" earlier this week at Palmer's introductory press conference — the Cardinals have their quarterback. Their quarterback for now, anyway. Palmer, 33, is on a reworked two-year deal that includes a club option for 2015, and the..." April 06

Arizona Republic "Cardinals inside linebacker Daryl Washington, one of the team’s brighter young stars, has been suspended for the first four games of the 2013 season for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy. It’s unknown what Washington did to warrant the suspension. “I was always taught that when you..." April 04

New York Times "In its quest to keep fans in the stands, and give them a reason not to view games in high definition in their livings rooms, the N.F.L. will put cameras into all home team locker rooms next season. Then they will encourage the teams to use the video on their stadium scoreboards, to give fans who..." April 04

ESPN.com "The NFL has suspended Arizona Cardinals inside linebacker Daryl Washington for the first four games of next season for violating the league's substance abuse policy. The league announced the suspension Wednesday. Washington made the Pro Bowl as an alternate last season, when he led the..." April 03

NFL.com "The Pittsburgh Steelers continue to look for help in their backfield. Free-agent running back LaRod Stephens-Howling will visit the team on Wednesday, according to Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Linebacker Tavares Gooden and Antoine Caldwell are also in town. The Steelers met with..." April 03

ESPN.com "The proposed trade sending quarterback Carson Palmer from the Oakland Raiders to the Arizona Cardinals is expected to be completed within the next 24 hours, sources directly involved in the negotiations told ESPN NFL Insider Ed Werder. Palmer is in the Phoenix area, where he dined with..." April 02

ESPN.com "Quarterback Carson Palmer has been traded from the Oakland Raiders to the Arizona Cardinals for a conditional seventh-round pick in the 2014 draft, a league source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter. The Raiders will receive the draft pick if Palmer starts 13 games for the Cardinals in the..." April 02