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After landing one of the best defensive players in the draft last year in Patrick Peterson and trading for what looked to be a potential franchise quarterback, many fans had high hopes for the Arizona Cardinals going into 2011.

For the second season in a row injuries are taking a toll on the Arizona Cardinals backfield before the season even starts, and a team that was hoping it would have both its top two backs ready for the 2012 season opener now isn't sure if it will have either.

The Arizona Cardinals front office has spent the offseason doing what all NFL teams do: tweaking the team to build on the things that worked and to change the things that didn't. Although the team got off to a slow start in 2011, they managed to turn things around with an exciting 6-2 finish to the year, ending things on a somewhat unexpected high ... (more)

It's a day after the 'Rookie' Minicamps and the Cardinals have signed 4 players to their 90 man offseason roster, bringing the total number of players on this team to 89.

Despite missing the playoffs for the second straight year, the Arizona Cardinals certainly made it interesting in the second half of the season.

After reading a blog post from the Arizona Republic's Kent Somers , it inspired me to write a critique of my own.

Some NFL teams pick up players solely due to potential and the athlete that they present themselves as.