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Arizona Cardinals update: Offensive tackle Nate Potter, the team's seventh-round pick, signed a four-year contract, the team announced, becoming the fifth draft choice to come to terms this week. Potter started 42 games in four seasons at Boise State and appeared in 51 of 53 games. As a seventh-round pick, Potter isn't expected to make an immediate contribution. The team's top two picks,...
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Arizona Cardinals update: The Cardinals reached the roster maximum of 90 players today when the team signed free agent defensive end Landon Cohen. Cohen, 6-feet-3, 300 pounds, has played in 25 NFL games, starting five of them. He played in one game with New England last season. The Lions drafted him in the seventh round out of Ohio in 2008. He spent two seasons with the...
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Arizona Cardinals update: Four of the team's seven draft picks agreed to terms on four-year contracts, the team announced on Tuesday: Tackle Bobby Massie (4th round), guard Senio Kelemete (5th), safety Justin Bethel (6th) and quarterback Ryan Lindley (6th). I don't think it will be long before the other three draft picks come to terms. Under the new CBA, rookie deals are much simpler to do....
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Arizona Cardinals update: Earlier today, I noted the salaries defensive end Calais Campbell is due to receive over the five years of his new contract ($2 million, $3 million, $5.5 million, $9 million, $9.5 million). Here are the bonuses Campbell will earn: $15 million signing bonus and a $10 million option bonus that's due to be paid in 2013. Campbell's base salaries in his first two years are...
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Arizona Cardinals update: I'm not sure if right tackle Bobby Massie is the first Cardinals draft pick to sign. But he was the first one to tweet (MrBig434) that he had. My guess is the rest of the class will sign pretty quickly, if they haven't already. These rookies deals are pretty much slotted so there's not a lot of negotiating to be done. Veterans and rookies are working out together at...
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Arizona Cardinals update: Coach Ken Whisenhunt had some personal and professional advice for rookies after the final practice Sunday of a three-day minicamp: make sure to call your mothers and continue to work hard. Whisenhunt wasn't keen on providing any specific evaluations of players, saying most of them had their good and bad moments. Here are some things that struck me: -- Right tackle...
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Arizona Cardinals update: Coaches are using the rookie minicamp for various purposes. They are trying to teach the rookies enough so they can contribute during OTAs. They are evaluating talent, intelligence and toughness. Coach Ken Whisenhunt is intrigued to see how players react when they are tired. "Today, there were a lot more mistakes in the morning practice because we're throwing a...
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Arizona Cardinals update: For years, Cardinals coaches have held their post-practice meetings with reporters under the shade of two trees just outside the locker room. Now, there is only one tree. And the franchise has removed the light poles around the three practice fields. This is not a calculated move to provide less shade to the pastier reporters who cover the team. The removal of the...
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Arizona Cardinals update: Some impressions from the first two practices of minicamp: -- I'm not going to draw any final conclusions. There were two practices in shorts and helmets. Players were operating in the system for the first time. Mistakes were expected and they were made. -- At first, second and third glance, right tackle Bobby Massie looks like the part. With no pads, it's hard to...
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Arizona Cardinals update: Calais Campbell's five-year contract has a maximum worth of about $55 million, according to NFL sources. About $31 million of that could be classified as guaranteed, although the definition of guaranteed money in NFL contracts is open to interpretation. Often, salaries in the early years are considered by some as guaranteed since the club is unlikely to release the...
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Arizona Cardinals update: "Well, it was interesting." That's how coach Ken Whisenhunt described the first of five rookie minicamp practices. It's hard to draw many conclusions besides that. Coaches were happy when everyone lined up correctly. "The enthusiasm was great. The effort was great. Didn't quite know what they were doing all the time. It really makes you appreciate being...
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Arizona Cardinals update: The Cardinals have reached an agreement on a five-year contract with defensive end Calais Campbell, the fourth significant "core" player they have re-signed over the last three years. The others are Adrian Wilson, Darnell Dockett and Larry Fitzgerald. Financial terms for Campbell's new contract aren't available yet, but I expect them to be huge. I...
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Arizona Cardinals update: No, as the title of the blog suggest, I didn't work out with John Lott. I did interview the Cardinals strength and conditioning coach the other day, a process that pretty much is comprised of me turning on tape record, Lott putting his feet up on the counter and talking. Here's a portion of what he said: As a starter, I mentioned that I heard that...
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Arizona Cardinals update: The Cardinals could use depth at outside linebacker and defensive end, and General Manager Rod Graves has acknowledged the club is interested in re-signing linebacker Clark Haggans and defensive end Vonnie Holliday. But the Cardinals aren't in any hurry to do so. The agents for those players said this week that nothing is happening and that their clients are both...
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Arizona Cardinals update: As soon as the draft ends every year, some people immediately want to assess how each team did, assigning letter grades. I understand that. It's only a sport, after all. It's entertainment so it's not like we're being asked to evaluate the first 100 days of a presidency or something. I just don't think it means anything. There's an NFL axiom that says it takes at...