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• CFM Settings
• Cardinals Hire Kliff Kingsbury As Head Coach
• Kliff Kingsbury Is the Cardinals’ Great Offensive Hope. But Can He Fix Josh Rosen?
• Patriots, Rams Advance to Super Bowl

Page 2

• Arizona Cardinals announce coaching staff under Kliff Kingsbury
• LA Rams knock off Patriots, win Super Bowl
• Fitzgerald, Wake among the list of player retirements
• Thank you, Larry
• 2019 NFL Honors
• Around the NFL news

Page 3

• Cardinals re-sign 5 players, release 4
• 2019 Re-sign period recap
• Good morning football (3/11/19) - Where will Le'Veon Bell land in 2019?
• Cardinals fill holes, sign 6 players
• Matthews, Simon complete free agency

Page 4

• 2019 Free agency recap
• 2019 NFL Combine results: Winners and losers
• First Take (4/12/19) - Should the Cardinals trade Rosen and take Murray?
• Around the NFL news

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Tuesday, Jan 08, 2019 02:53 PM

Cardinals Hire Kliff Kingsbury As Head Coach

A little more than a week ago, Michael Bidwill and Steve Keim didn’t want to talk much about what kind of head coach they were looking to hire.

It’s crystal clear now.

The Cardinals picked former Texas Tech head coach Kliff Kingsbury, who doesn’t turn 40 until August, on Tuesday. He flew in for an interview in the morning and by the afternoon, had signed a four-year contract with a team option for a fifth, bringing his creative offensive ideas and background coaching quarterbacks like Patrick Mahomes, Davis Webb and Baker Mayfield.

A press conference will be held Wednesday.

"I've been around football my entire life," Kingsbury told azcardinals.com. "I've played in this league, coached on the college level, and have always been fascinated by the NFL. With the offensive trends these days, it felt like a perfect time to be here."

Bidwill, the team president, and Keim, the general manager, wanted to keep their search “close to the vest,” Bidwill had said. But the work with those quarterbacks and the offensive production he managed – albeit at the college level in the Big 12 – was a key factor for a team wanting to develop second-year quarterback Josh Rosen.

“I’m fired up for coach Kingsbury and his family," said Mahomes, now the quarterback of the Chiefs. "The Cardinals are getting an outstanding, football coach and an even better person. He’s smart, creative, passionate, and really understands how to develop and relate to players. I feel like he played a huge role in preparing me for the next step, and I’m grateful for that. This is a tremendous opportunity for him and I know he’s going to make the most of it.”

The Cardinals were last in the NFL in almost every offensive category in 2018. Texas Tech was 12th in the nation in total offense this past season, averaging 485.2 yards and 37.3 points per game.

"I think you see where it's been, where it's going, you have a young quarterback, lots of salary cap space and a team that will continue to fight through the season," Kingsbury said. "I'm really honored to be here and excited to be here."

Kingsbury only had a 35-40 record as head coach at Texas Tech before being fired in November. But he was quickly scooped up in early December by USC to be their offensive coordinator, and the record didn’t deter NFL interest. Before Kingsbury interviewed with the Cardinals, he also interviewed with the New York Jets for their vacant head coaching job, and the Patriots were reportedly interested in him taking over as offensive coordinator had current OC Josh McDaniels gotten a head coaching gig.

Kingsbury has only coached on the college level, but he did play in the NFL as a quarterback, beginning as a sixth-round pick of the Patriots in 2003. He spent his rookie year on injured reserve with the Patriots, and then was with the Saints in 2004 on their practice squad. He also spent time with the Broncos, Jets and Bills, making his only regular-season NFL appearance with the Jets in 2005.

“Kliff has done a great job at Texas Tech, and I know he’s at USC, but it doesn’t surprise me that a lot of (NFL) teams are interested,” Patriots quarterback Tom Brady said Monday on WEEI. “He’s just a great football mind, and he’ll be successful wherever he’s at.”

His coaching career began at the University of Houston as quarterbacks coach and co-offensive coordinator from 2008-11, at one point working with Case Keenum. He was the offensive coordinator and QB coach for Texas A&M in 2012 working with Johnny Manziel before being hired by Texas Tech.

Rams coach Sean McVay – the 32-year-old offensive genius who has become the blueprint of many of the new coaching hires around the NFL – reached out to Kingsbury after Texas Tech let him go to see if Kingsbury wanted to join the Rams’ staff for the stretch run and postseason as an offensive consultant. Kingsbury considered it but ultimately joined USC.

“I think he’s been a very good head coach,” McVay said last week when asked about Kingsbury’s NFL prospects. “I think he’s demonstrated the ability to do a lot of different things at a high level, and he’s got a great offensive mind."

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Kliff Kingsbury Is the Cardinals’ Great Offensive Hope. But Can He Fix Josh Rosen?

Seemingly overnight, Kingsbury went from mediocre Texas Tech coach to NFL head coach. Now the question will be whether he can give his young QB a Jared Goff–like bounce-back in his second season.

By Riley McAtee | Jan 8, 2019, 5:04pm EST

It wasn’t long ago that NFL teams hesitated to hire college coaches, as conventional wisdom stated that pro football was “different” and “faster” than the sport’s amateur version. Now, in the opening days of 2019, it’s clear that era is long over. Teams are so desperate for young, forward-thinking offensive minds that going 35-40 in six seasons as the Texas Tech coach (and notching a one-month stint as the USC offensive coordinator) apparently qualifies you for an NFL job. Everyone, welcome the new head coach of the Arizona Cardinals: Kliff Kingsbury.

We’re in an era when every team is searching for the next Sean McVay, but while McVay served as the offensive coordinator in Washington for three seasons before being hired to helm the Rams, young offensive minds are being scooped up like cryptocurrency was in November 2017. On Monday, the Packers hired Matt LaFleur as their head coach after he spent just one season calling plays in Tennessee; in that season, the Titans offense ranked in the bottom half of the league by virtually every metric. Freddie Kitchens or Kevin Stefanski could be the new head coach of the Browns by the time I’m done writing this blog, and neither has called plays for more than half an NFL season. Chiefs OC Eric Bieniemy has had interviews with the Bengals, Dolphins, Jets, and Buccaneers despite Andy Reid being Kansas City’s play caller.

But if any team has a reason to desperately grasp for the next McVay, it’s the Cardinals. Arizona’s situation is comically similar to the one McVay inherited from Jeff Fisher in 2017: Both had highly drafted QBs who looked like busts in their first seasons and supremely talented running backs who were withering away in archaic offenses. Josh Rosen had an abysmal season in 2018, completing just 55.2 percent of his passes for 11 touchdowns and 14 interceptions, while all-everything running back David Johnson averaged just 3.6 yards per carry. The Arizona offense, which was by far the worst in the league in yards, points, and DVOA this season, seemed largely set up to make its players unsuccessful. Rosen was frequently faced with difficult throws:

And Johnson often ran directly into a brick wall:

Make no mistake though: Kingsbury isn’t a carbon copy of McVay. In fact, their systems are nothing alike. McVay’s offense is heavy on under-center formations, play-action, and 11-personnel, whereas Kingsbury ran a true Air Raid scheme at Texas Tech, often rolling with four wide receivers and his quarterback in shotgun. But even though his approach may be different than what the Rams have found success with, Kingsbury’s offense will be decidedly more modern than what Steve Wilks ran this year. Texas Tech averaged more than 30 points per game in all six of Kingsbury’s seasons and topped 40 points per game in two of those years. And that’s why the Cardinals are making this hire: It’s not about the overall success (or lack thereof) that Kingsbury had with the Red Raiders, it’s about getting someone—anyone—who can put their moribund offense back on track.

Kingsbury will have to adjust his offense to fit in the NFL, as every college coach who moves up has to, and the team will need to upgrade its offensive line and receiving corps this offseason before a new scheme will even be effective. But if Kingsbury can clear those hurdles and save Rosen, the Cardinals will have gotten exactly what they wanted.

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Nice graphics. Good luck sir.

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Patriots, Rams Advance to Super Bowl

The New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams have advanced to the National Football League's Super Bowl after winning their respective conference championship games Sunday.

In the American Football Conference championship, Kansas City led for much of the game, including holding a 21-17 advantage with four minutes left to play.

But New England quarterback Tom Brady responded with a game-winning touchdown pass for Julian Edelman to bring the Patriots back for the 24-21 win.

There was far less drama in the National Football Conference championship with the Rams soundly defeating the New Orleans Saints 35-24 after being up 27-7 at the end of the first half.

The Saints scored a touchdown on the first drive of the game, but were outmatched from there as Rams running back Todd Gurley II scores three touchdowns (2 running, 1 receiving) to deny New Orleans the chance of playing in their first Super Bowl since 2010.

The game will be played February 3 in Atlanta.

This will be the ninth Super Bowl of the Brady-Belichick era, while the Rams will appear in the third Super Bowl of their history.

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Tuesday, Jan 22, 2019 04:55 PM

Arizona Cardinals announce coaching staff under Kliff Kingsbury

Two weeks after announcing the official hire of Kliff Kingsbury as the team's new head coach, the Cardinals have unveiled the coaching staff under Kingsbury.

Jim Bob Cooter will be the team's offensive coordinator after spending four years with the Detroit Lions while Vance Joseph will cover the defensive side of the team after a season with the Denver Broncos.

The Cardinals on Sunday announced the hirings of four more assistant coaches to new head coach Kliff Kingsbury’s staff. They are Sean Kugler as offensive line coach, Brian Natkin as assistant offensive line coach, David Raih as wide receivers coach and Steve Heiden, who will return as tight ends coach.

The Arizona Cardinals are also signing former Pittsburgh Steelers running back coach James Saxon and former Denver Broncos defensive backs coach Greg Williams.

Chris Beake will be the defensive line coach and Dan Orlovsky, the lastest coach hire, will work with Rosen and the quarterbacks.

Jeff Rodgers will continue his work as the special teams coordinator and Bill Davis has also been confirmed as the team linebackers coach.

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Awesome dude! Can’t wait


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RAMS 28, PATRIOTS 21 | RAMS WIN SUPER BOWL LIII

LA Rams knock off Patriots, win Super Bowl

It was an amazing night for the Los Angeles Rams as they won the Super Bowl for the second time ever.

They beat five-time winners New England Patriots 28-21 in one of the biggest sporting events in the world. The Pats, with their star player Tom Brady, had hoped they'd win a record-equalling sixth time.

The tone was set early, as McVay and his offense did not back down the entire first half. Jared Goff was 12-of-18 in the first half for 180 yards and two touchdowns and he finished the game with 313 yards and four touchdowns and was named Super Bowl MVP. With less than three minutes to go in the game, the Rams went into a seven-point lead and then there was no stopping them.

Coach McVay praised his QB right after the game "He's special. He's very speical. There’s not many guys that are just better pure passers/throwers. He creates great timing and rhythm in the passing game. And obviously he had a phenomenal season last year, but he’s had an even better one this year. The future is really bright for him. He deserves everything he got tonight”.

"It hurts," Brady said of the 28-21 loss. "But I expect to be back, so we'll see," Brady said. "I mean, it's 15 minutes after the game, so I want to process it a bit. But I don't see why I wouldn't be back."

LA got his revenge against Boston after the World Series.

Sean McVay has fulfilled all the expectations.

The Rams are world champs.

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Fitzgerald, Wake among the list of player retirements

After years of serious physical exertion—and countless injuries for some—there are quite a few NFL players who retired in 2019. Whether they felt they made the most out of their careers or those scary football injuries had sidelined them one too many times, these recently retired football players may be gone from the league, but many of them won't be forgotten. Simply put, not many sports take such a physical toll on players like football does, but these guys took it like champs nonetheless.

Larry Fitzgerald, Terrell Suggs, Jason Peters and Cameron Wake have all left a hole in the heart of their fans after the announcements of their respective retirements.

Of all the football players retiring in 2019, including those who've already hung up their helmets, who will go down at the top of their class?

Here's the complete list of the players that have announced that they won't come back in 2019 (no notable QB retirements this year!):

HB Darren Sproles
HB Frank Gore
WR Larry Fitzgerald
TE Benjamin Watson
TE Delanie Walker
OL Jason Peters
OL Andrew Whitworth
OL Donald Penn
DL Cameron Wake
DL Haloti Ngata
DL Julius Peppers
DL Kyle Williams
LB Terrell Suggs
LB Lorenzo Alexander
LB Thomas Davis Sr.
CB Brent Grimes
CB Jonathan Joseph
CB Corey Graham
S Mike Adams
S Tramon Williams
S Reggie Nelson
K Phil Dawson

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Monday, Feb 4, 2019 05:25 PM

Thank you, Larry!

The entire Arizona Cardinals organization wants to thank Larry Fitzgerald for his amazing 15-years run with the team. Larry represented a great model on and off the field and he'll be always remembered for his passion for the game and for his strong relationship with the Arizona community.

Fitzgerald was originally selected by the Cardinals in the first round (3rd overall) of the 2004 NFL Draft and has started 232 of the 234 games in which he has appeared.

Selected to his franchise-record 11th Pro Bowl in 2017, Fitzgerald (11) joins Hall of Famer Jerry Rice (13) as the only wide receivers in NFL history to be selected to the Pro Bowl at least 11 times. Among active players only Patriots QB Tom Brady (13) has earned more Pro Bowl selections than Fitzgerald. Earned MVP honors in the 2008 Pro Bowl and his eight career TDs are a Pro Bowl record.

He posses the franchise career leader in receptions (1,303), receiving yards (16,279), receiving TDs (116), total TDs (116), 100-yard receiving games (47) and consecutive games with a reception (211). His nine 1,000-yard receiving seasons are the most in team history.

He was one of just five players in NFL history with 15,000+ receiving yards and 100+ TD receptions in their career and one of just six players in NFL history to score 100+ receiving TDs with a single team.

Fitzgerald had one of the best postseasons of any player in NFL history during the Cardinals run to Super Bowl XLIII in 2008, shattering the NFL single postseason record for receptions (30), receiving yards (546) and receiving TDs (seven). His 30 receptions surpassed the previous record of 27, shared by Carolina’s Steve Smith (2005) and New England’s Wes Welker (2007). His 546 receiving yards surpassed Jerry Rice’s 1988 total of 409 yards and his seven TD receptions topped Rice’s 1988 total of six.

Fitzgerald's number 11 will be retired in the first regular season home game of the 2019 season.

Career highlights and awards
11× Pro Bowl (2005, 2007–2013, 2015–2017)
First-team All-Pro (2008)
2× Second-team All-Pro (2009, 2011)
2× NFL receptions leader (2005, 2016)
2× NFL receiving touchdowns leader (2008, 2009)
Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year (2016)
Fred Biletnikoff Award (2003)
Walter Camp Award (2003)
Big East Offensive Player of the Year (2003)
Unanimous All-American (2003)
First-team All-Big East (2003)

Career NFL statistics
Receptions: 1,303
Receiving yards: 16,279
Yards per reception: 12.5
Receiving touchdowns: 116

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2019 NFL Honors

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Mahomes might have clinched this awards in Week 1, when he threw four touchdown passes against the Chargers. Or perhaps it was Week 2, when he threw six TD passes against the Steelers, or the following week, when he had three scoring throws against the 49ers.

The Chiefs faltered some down the stretch, but Mahomes didn't. He had at least two touchdown passes in 14 of the 16 games and finished with 50, which tied him for second with New England's Tom Brady on the NFL's single-season list.

Mahomes completed passes in several unconventional ways, including no-look, across his body while on the move to the left or right, and left-handed. The Chiefs needed just about all of his magic to win 12 games and earned their third consecutive AFC West title.

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Back-to-back DPOY for Aaron Donald. He held out of training camp for two consecutive seasons, refusing to settle for less than his worth. With 10 days until the opener, Donald signed a six-year, $135 million extension -- including $87 million guaranteed -- to become the highest paid defensive player in NFL history (Khalil Mack signed a deal worth more the following day).

Then Donald overcame a sluggish start to go on a tear. He was held without a sack through the first three games, but finished the season with record-breaking numbers.

Despite dealing with double-teams on an overwhelming majority of snaps, Donald recorded 20.5 sacks to set a new NFL single-season record for a defensive tackle, since sacks became an official individual stat in 1982. His 20.5 sacks also set a new Rams franchise record.

Against the 49ers in Week 7, Donald set a new career best with four sacks and at the end of the season he earned his fifth Pro Bowl honor in five years.

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Sean Payton has overseen a pretty remarkable rebuild of the Saints' roster and coaching staff. (They have only six players and three assistant coaches who have been with the team for more than four years.) And this is actually the first time in his 13 years in New Orleans that the Saints have won back-to-back NFC South titles.

Payton has been as innovative as ever as a game planner and playcaller -- including his use of quarterback Taysom Hill in a new read-option role and his creative use of running backs Alvin Kamara and Mark Ingram II on the field at the same time. The Saints finished the season with a league best 13-3 record, clinching home field advantage during all the playoff games.

"Absolutely," Brees said of Payton having been as creative as ever. "I feel like we're always trying to stay at the forefront of innovation and creativity. We certainly steal our fair share of ideas, but I like to think that there's people out there stealing our stuff too. I know they are, because I see it on Sundays when I turn on the film."

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Forget rookies. Barkley led the entire NFL with 2,028 yards from scrimmage. He finished second in the NFL with 1,307 yards rushing and set a rookie record for a running back with 91 receptions. That is the same number of receptions Odell Beckham Jr. had when he was named Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2014. And he’s a wide receiver.

Barkley actually exceeded expectations during an impressive rookie season after being the No. 2 overall pick in the 2018 draft. It reached a point where the Giants centered their offense around the running back, not Beckham, as the season progressed.

Teams were concentrating their attention on stopping Barkley first and foremost, and they were still having trouble most weeks. "He's going to be great, probably one of the greatest ever,” tight end Evan Engram said.

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How Leonard didn't make the Pro Bowl is still baffling considering the rookie led the NFL in tackles all season and easily finished first in that category by 19 tackles despite missing a game.

He had 163 tackles, 7 sacks, 4 forced fumbles and 2 recovered fumbles while showing the athleticism to be matched up against the likes of Houston receiver DeAndre Hopkins at times in the two meetings with the Texans.

Some questioned the Colts for taking guard Quenton Nelson over linebacker Roquan Smith with the No. 6 pick in last year's draft. The reason became more and more obvious as the season went on, Ballard had his eyes set on Leonard in the second round. The hope was that the South Carolina State University product would anchor the defense for the foreseeable future, and all signs point in that direction.

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