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6/10 Arizona Cardinals news: Arians a top playcaller, break out players, getting to know Harold Goodwin

Your Cardinals and NFL news round-up to start the day.

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We have a couple more links about the offensive line today. Do you think the Cardinals should have brought in more players for the offensive line? Competition is always a good thing, but they have a lot of young players in the mix in addition to the veterans. You can also get to know a little more about Harold Goodwin, the Cards new offensive coordinator. End with a possible breakout player and some off-season grades for the team.

Cardinals:

Should the Cardinals Have Acquired More Linemen?
It is not exactly a secret that the Cardinals offensive line was bad last year. In fact, most would go even farther to say the entire group was well, just plain awful.

Who is Harold Goodwin?
Goodwin has never been an offensive coordinator, his main focus has always been the offensive line. In most cases his hire would seem forced and bad decision making. But, with Arians as head coach, the Cardinals do not need a prototypical offensive coordinator.

Top 5 NFL Play-Callers
Rishi Pochiraju of NFL Spin Zone takes a look at the top 5 play-callers in the National Football League.

Potential Breakout Player of 2013: Michael Floyd
The great thing about the NFL is that there are so many positions that every year, there is almost always at least one player who has a breakout year on every team, no matter how good or bad the team is.

Larry Fitzgerald Likes What He Sees So Far in QB Carson Palmer
What will be fun to watch? Carson Palmer as the Arizona Cardinals' new quarterback throwing to All-Pro wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald.

Breaking Down the Defense
The Arizona Cardinals’ defensive line did not do a good job at all stopping the opponent’s running game last season under Ray Horton. In comes Todd Bowles, who is most likely going to run a 3-4 defense that is probably going to play like a 4-3 defense.

ESPN Gives Arizona Cardinals Best Offseason Grade in NFC
A lot of people are happy with the Arizona Cardinals' offseason, and that includes ESPN.

Cardinals grab high praise for offseason moves
The Arizona Cardinals continue to receive praise from ESPN for their strategy and movement in the offseason, in their attempt to reinvent their football team.

NFL:

Mark Sanchez projected to be Jets starting QB - SBNation.com
Early indications at New York Jets minicamp have one beat writer believing that Mark Sanchez will be the starter at quarterback in Week 1.

Lions don't want Matthew Stafford contract extension talk in season, per report - SBNation.com
The Detroit Lions want to extend quarterback Matthew Stafford, but they don't want contract talks to take place during the regular season.

Trent Richardson injury: Browns RB expected to start running in 2 weeks - SBNation.com
Cleveland Browns running back Trent Richardson should be running in two weeks time and if there's no setbacks, will be back from injury in time for training camp in July.