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Arizona Cardinals Defensive Player of the Year: Karlos Dansby
Karlos Dansby had a successful 2008, helped the defense throughout the playoffs, played in the Super Bowl, was named a Pro Bowl alternate, won a CotW in 2008, and now he has won RotB's Defensive Player of the Year Award (Enjoy the cheesy RotB Award I created to the left). This was one of the...
Arizona Cardinals Off Season Awards: Rookie of the Year
Its about that time for another RotB off season award. This week will be for the Arizona Cardinal rookie of the year. Since there aren't that many rookies on the team, it will be a combination of offense and defense. The rookie of the year can be the most valuable to the team, or whoever put up...
Power Rankings in Early May -- Ughh
In general, I love rankings and regularly get sucked into any top 5 QBs or RBs conversation, but power rankings are one of my many kryptonite. To make things even worse, power rankings in May really make my head hurt. So why you ask am I passing along useless yet equally painful information?...
Cardinals Rookie Pool
With the escalating rookie salaries, everyone seems to be keeping a closer eye on the rookie pool this year. The rookie pool is basically a cap within the overall salary cap, meaning that the combined first-year cap numbers of the drafted rookies cannot exceed $3.919 million, according to ESPN....
Why was the Cardinals Draft Filled with Defensive Players?
The Cardinals defense took much of the blame for faltering down the stretch in 2007 and while it was deserved, they had a decent excuse. Injuries ravaged the entire defense including Adrian Wilson (final 7 games), Bertrand Berry (final 7 games), Eric Green (final 5 games), and Chike Okeafor (entire...
Mini-Camp Notes Including New Starters
It's hard to tell much if anything at all from practices without pads or hits but there are still a couple of interesting notes to pass along. First everyone from the coaching staff to players are raving about how crisp and fresh the team looked in practice. Several sources noted that there wasn't...
Cardinals Target 'Football Character' in 2008 Draft
The Cardinals found themselves in a rare position in 2008, drafting outside the top 15 for the first time since 1995. Sitting at 16 there were no glaring holes that had to be addressed in order for the draft to be considered successful. By no means is an 8-8 team without needs but for once the...
2008 Draft Recap for the Cardinals
Here's a quick look at the Cardinals' 2008 draft class. 16(16) Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie CB Tennessee State (6’2 182) Rodgers-Cromartie has the size and speed to match up with any receiver and he can cut on a dime. He quieted concerns about facing small-school competition with an excellent...
Breaking down the Draft
In the next few days I'll be posting about how the new members of each franchise fit in with the scheme and current roster. This will be a scouting perspective of the Draft, unlike the C+, C-, B you get from Mel Kiper. Today we'll start with the Arizona Cardinals. The Cardinals 2008 draft was one...
Dallas looking for DBs in Big D
The ‘Boys are looking for DBs with a flashlight in the daylight.The ‘Boys are a little light on cornerbacks at the moment with Jacques Reeves going to the Texans and Nate Jones going to the ‘Fins. So the team is inviting some potential picks to Irving for interviews and physicals. The star...
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