Arizona Cardinals Training Camp Updates

First off, I'd like to thank Andrew for promoting me so I could help out here. Now, as for this article, since we haven't posted one of these in a while I'll go over what is going on this week, and I'll also include some stuff from the last week and a half for everyone who doesn't go around looking up all the updates from Camp.

- Updates from this week.

After his injury in the first Preseason game against the Texans, Larry Fitzgerald has been sidelined and he is wearing a brace on his knee. He should be fine, this is just a precaution. He was able to play Basketball with Kurt Warner a couple of days ago, so I'm not too worried.

Safety's Aaron Rouse and Rashad Johnson were both injured in a car accident on the way to Flagstaff. One of the cars in front of them blew a tire causing the accident. Johnson is fine, but Rouse sat out from the accident.

The rehab of Gerald Hayes is going well, there is a chance that he could be back in time for the first Regular Season game.

Coach Whiz said that Alan Faneca is improving in pass protection in response to people who are saying that he has lost a step.

Matt Leinart has been throwing some nice deep passes in camp. During the last two days he threw a beautiful 45 yard pass to Steve Breaston for a Touchdown, he also had a 42 yard pass to our favorite UDFA Steve Williams that was caught in the endzone but Trumaine McBride said he had a foot out of bounds. He did get picked off a couple of times, and there have also been some nice pass breakups by people like Greg Toler and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie.

According to Urban, there have been some fumbles in practice. Gotta get that fixed.

Leinart apologized for not showing up to the press conference. I don't think this is such a big deal, and now he knows that he has to be there. I believe Leinart when he said that he thought someone was going to tell him to come if he had to be there, and now he knows he does need to be there. Its been a while since he has done that, I don't see a problem with it.

Injury List: Ed Gant [foot], Early Doucet [abdominal], Ben Patrick [knee], Reggie Walker [hamstring, although Urban said Walker looked good jogging around on the sideline], Gerald Hayes [back, PUP], O'Brien Schofield [knee, PUP], Aaron Rouse [neck].

- August 9th - 13th, August 7th [Red White Scrimmage]. August 6th..

Beanie Wells had a rib injury after being hit by Safety Hamza Abdullah, but as we all know he is fine now. He practiced a couple days after it happened.

Trumanine McBride has been impressing the coaches.

Joey Porter tried out the garbage can drill with Leinart, and he got one of his 20 passes into the can.

Cody Brown has been stepping up in practice.

Gabe Watson has been the biggest surprise in camp according to Coach Whiz, he has gotten into better shape and he has been playing well. 1st round draft pick Dan Williams has also been having a hard time dealing with the altitude but Whiz likes his work ethic a lot.

Leinart described Stephen Williams as a "Playmaker". He also described backup QB Derek Anderson's personality as "ADD".

Ben Patrick's knee is healing up well.

Paris Lenon has played well, and he has shown some veteran leadership skills.

John Skelton threw two consecutive picks in Practice. There was some sarcastic cheering when he completed a pass after that. Most people also believe that Max Hall has outplayed Skelton in camp, and if he can play as well as Skelton did last Saturday the Cardinals might be keeping 4 Quarterbacks.

The offense struggled in the scrimmage, and Anderson was the only QB to lead the offense to a Touchdown. Leinart did run the ball for a Touchdown but a holding penalty took the score away. There were also several interceptions, and the backs were stuffed on the goal line.

One of the ball boys Dustin Stover was hit in the crotch by a pass from Skelton where he was trying to hit the crossbars. Stover was okay, everything is good between him and Skelton.

Coach Whiz is happy with how physical practice has been. Everyone is getting a little chippy, and as long as the little fights between players don't result in injuries he is okay with it.