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Competition at quarterback makes a lot of noise. They generate a lot of heat. They can distract and divide a football team.

All-Pro wideout Larry Fitzgerald travels the world every offseason, and usually comes home needing to drop 10 pounds or so.

We are still mired in the doldrums of the offseason, but the light at the end of the tunnel has appeared: training camp.

Now that Peyton Manning is officially a member of the Denver Broncos and Kevin Kolb and John Skelton are the two in competition to be the starting QB in Arizona, it really makes you think what could have been.

Time for todays links, including something Whiz mentioned about wanting Kolb to be the starter although he will give both guys a chance to win the job.

Taken with the 185th pick of the 2012 draft by the Arizona Cardinals, quarterback Ryan Lindley is doing everything he can to soak in information during OTAs.

The Cardinals hope that Michael Floyd can give the team something it hasn't had since Anquan Boldin left town - a receiver to take attention from Larry Fitzgerald.

As promised by Arizona Cardinals head coach Ken Whisenhunt, the quarterback competition between Kevin Kolb and John Skelton will start out evenly .

Pete Carroll and Ken Whisenhunt aren't into fake quarterback competitions this offseason.

It is officially time to begin the Kevin Kolb and John Skelton debate. They essentially split the season last year, coach Ken Whisenhunt has said that they are both competing for the starting job and now, in OTAs, the competition is really on! Should we read anything into this? Maybe, maybe not.

Rookie Bobby Massie is expected to contend for the starting right tackle job, but he's going to have to work for it.

Forget the discomfort of the triple-digit surroundings. The quarterback is getting his first offseason workouts with the Cardinals, and he and the team hope this means a smoother, less pressurized performance in the coming season.

We've broken down the Niners matchups with the Green Bay Packers and the Seattle Seahawks.

Kevin Kolb will make over $8 million this year ; John Skelton will make less than $500,000. And yet by all indications, Kolb and Skelton will battle it out on a level playing field for the right to start under center for the Arizona Cardinals in 2012.

The New York Jets are already in the middle of an intense quarterback controversy between Mark Sanchez and Tim Tebow as their OTAs begin this summer, though you can't get anyone from the Jets to admit it.

The 2012 NFL season is less than four months away, and all 32 teams are now beginning their OTA's as they begin to prepare for training camp in July.

Dec. 4, 2011; Glendale, AZ, USA; Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kevin Kolb against the Dallas Cowboys at University of Phoenix Stadium.

We here at Mocking the Draft put together a bracket to match up the top 32 rookie quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers and tight ends drafted in April.

South Yes, the start of training camps is two months away, but it's never too early to consider the coming season.

Skelton and Kolb battle on the field, are friends off it - ArizonaSports.com John Skelton knows his competition with Kevin Kolb leads to an interesting dynamic.