Arizona Cardinals: Reviewing the Cards’ Offseason Actions so Far

May 19, 2012   ·   Elyssa Gutbrod   ·   Jump to comments

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 note. In fact, as the season wound down it seemed that the Cards were just one or two key wins away from making an improbable playoff run.
Without a true starting quarterback under center and down several key players due to injury, that position is encouraging even if the team did miss out on a wild-card berth last year.
When it comes to looking towards the future, there are several important components to the offseason. The team must retain key free agents while letting extraneous pieces go. They must bring in free agents from around the league to fill holes and take this opportunity to extend contracts to keep their maj...

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