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The Cardinals’ Larry Fitzgerald joined azcentral sports’ Kent Somers to discuss the team and the upcoming season.
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azcentral sports’ Kent Somers and the Cardinals’ Larry Fitzgerald discuss Fitzgerald’s charity softball tournament on Saturday.
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Arizona Cardinals running back David Johnson talks about being critiqued by his wife and offensive lineman D.J. Humphries talks about the team’s trip to London, his first out of the USA. Tom Tingle/azcentral sports
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Scott Bordow sizes up the first day of strength and conditioning for the Arizona Cardinals at their training facility in Tempe. Tom Tingle/azcentral sports
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Jay Dieffenbach and Kent Somers go over Arizona Cardinals First round pick.
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The Cardinals keep bringing in QBs. What does it mean? Mark Faller and Bob McManaman discuss the team and the NFL draft.
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Jay Dieffenbach and Dan Bickley discuss the University of Phoenix getting out of its sponsorship deal with the Cardinals’ stadium and the tanking Suns.
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USA TODAY Sports’ Tom Pelissero recaps the NFL owners meeting and the proposed league rule changes.
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Bob McManaman and Kent Somers at the NFL owners meetings on Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Bruce Arianas likes full-time officials, centralized replay and says there’s 1 QB in upcoming draft who’s plug-and-play. Video: Tom Tingle/azcentral sports
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azcentral sports’ Dan Bickley discusses the NFL’s commercial breaks, kickers and touchdowns celebrations, as well as Tom Brady and the Cardinals drafting a QB.
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Coaches of the National Football Conference take questions from the media in Phoenix on March 29, 2017. Tom Tingle/azcentral sports
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Cardinals insider Kent Somers and other reporters talk with Cardinals head coach Bruce Arians at the NFC coaches breakfast on Wednesday at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix. Video by Tom Tingle/azcentral sports
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azcentral sports’ Dan Bickley talks about the NFL moving the Raiders from Oakland to Las Vegas.
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Bob McManaman of azcentral sports talks to AFC coaches at the annual NFL owners meeting at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix, Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Tom Tingle/azcentral sports
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Bob McManaman and Kent Somers at the NFL owner’s meetings: Coaches of AFC teams meet the media at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix on Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Video: Tom Tingle/azcentral sports
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Cardinals coach Bruce Arians discusses free agency, quarterbacks and cornerbacks in the draft on Wednesday night. Kent Somers/azcentral sports
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Cardinals GM Steve Keim discusses this year’s rookie quarterback class ahead of the NFL draft on Wednesday night. Kent Somers/azcentral sports
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USA TODAY Sports’ Tom Pelissero examines the big issues expected to be on the docket next week at NFL owners meetings in Phoenix.
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azcentral sports’ Jay Dieffenbach and Bob McManaman tackle the Cardinals and the draft and the latest with Roger Goodell and the NFL.
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Shot Clock: Why isn’t Paul Goldschmidt playing? Will Cardinals draft QB Mitchell Trubisky? Kurt Warner also had a Super Bowl jersey stolen? The Shot Clock tackles the burning topics in Arizona sports.
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Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins says he did not demand a trade away from the team, but instead asked about the franchise’s plans after having the franchise tag placed on him.
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The MMQB’s Andy Benoit takes a look at the on-field problem facing free agent QB Colin Kaepernick.
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Free agent kicker Phil Dawson signed a 2-year deal with the Arizona Cardinals on March 10, 2017 at the Cardinals training facility in Tempe.
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Larry FItzgerald 1-on-1 with Kent Somers
Larry Fitzgerald holding 7th annual charity softball tournament
David Johnson on critiques from wife and DJ Humphries on overseas trip
Cardinals begin strength and conditioning program
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Shot Clock: QB for Cardinals at No. 13 in NFL draft?
Shot Clock: University of Phoenix Stadium? Not anymore
Goodell says he’ll be in New England for opener
NFL meetings in Phoenix: On Bruce Arians, new rules, the draft
Shot Clock: Good, bad, ugly of NFL meetings
NFC coaches take questions at NFL owners meeting
Kent Somers talks with Bruce Arians at NFC coaches breakfast
Shot Clock: NFL’s curious, but intriguing Vegas move
Bob McManaman talks to AFC coaches
At the NFL owner’s meetings: AFC head coaches meet the media
Cardinals’ Arians talks free agency and draft
Cardinals GM Keim on draft’s QBs
NFL votes on Raiders move, rule changes coming soon
Shot Clock: Which QB do Cardinals draft?
USA Baseball, Trubisky to Cards, Kurt Warner’s stolen jersey
Kirk Cousins says he did not demand trade from Redskins
The issue with Colin Kaepernick
Phil Dawson talks about joining Cardinals
Most NFL teams began their offseason training programs this week, so there were the obligatory quotes from players about how excited they were to return to work.
Not all of them are thrilled, however. Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald admitted as much in an interview with azcentralsports.com on Tuesday morning
“I’m just excited for the season,” Fitzgerald said when asked about the beginning of voluntary workouts. “It’s going to be a great bounce-back year for us. This (workouts) is the thing you have to do to get ready for the season. I understand that. I’m a professional.”
Fitzgerald made several local media appearances this week to promote his celebrity softball game on Saturday to benefit his foundation. Purchase tickets at saltriverfields.com.
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azcentral sports’ Kent Somers and the Cardinals’ Larry Fitzgerald discuss Fitzgerald’s charity softball tournament on Saturday.
Fitzgerald is entering his 14th, and possibly last, season. Part of the reason he returned for 2017 is he believes the Cardinals can contend for a championship.
The Cardinals went 7-8-1 a year ago, their first losing record in four seasons under coach Bruce Arians.
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“Coach always harps on respecting the process,” Fitzgerald said, “and guys have to understand his formula, what he’s done has won championships, the offense he’s had has produced thousands and thousands of yards and success.
“Not everybody in the league has our personnel, but personnel only takes you so far, as we saw last year.”
The Cardinals have the 13th overall pick in the draft later this month. It’s possible they could draft a quarterback who ideally wouldn’t play as a rookie, but would learn behind Carson Palmer.
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A player at another position, however, could contribute this season, which would be important to those players at the end of their careers, like Fitzgerald. But he is not getting involved in the draft process.
“Realistically, we’re not naïve, we have some players who are a little older,” Fitzgerald said. “We don’t know how much longer Carson’s going to play. We don’t know how much longer I’m going to play. You have to draft for your future.
“We want to win right now, that’s what our goal is. But we need to probably get a quarterback, moving forward, getting some other players in key positions who are young and play for a long time. Those types of decision on the future are Steve Keim’s and Coach Arians’.”
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