Arizona Cardinals: Predicting The Final 53
By Scott Allen
Defense: The defense was solid all the way around in the Houston game. They pitched a shutout and got a safety and a couple of interceptions. In Minnesota they pretty much failed. They couldn’t stop the tight end, an ongoing saga with this unit. Last night against Cincinnati the defense played better than week two but not as good as week one. They did keep the Bengals out of the end zone.
DE: Calais Campbell, Kareem Martin
NT: Dan Williams, Alameda Ta’amu, Issac Sopoaga
DT: Frostee Rucker, Ed Stinson
OLB: Matt Shaughnessy, John Abraham, Sam Acho, Alex Okafor
ILB: Larry Foote, Desmond Bishop, Lorenzo Alexander, *Kenny Demens *Note: If Kevin Minter isn’t placed on IR, then Minter over Demens
CB: Patrick Peterson, Antonio Cromartie, Justin Bethel, Jerraud Powers
S: Tony Jefferson, Deone Bucannon, Tyrann Mathieu, Rashad Johnson, Curtis Taylor
Special Teams: The kicking was ok. There was one missed field goal by Jay Feely. They released Feely on Monday, giving the job to Chandler Catanzaro. All kickoffs did make the end zone or out of the end zone. The punt return game almost saw Ted Ginn break one.
K: Chandler Catanzaro
P: Dave Zastudil
LS: Mike Leach
This was a really tough decision who to decide on for those last couple of spots. A lot will depend on current injuries and players coming back from injury. Here is my list of eligible players from the current Cards roster who should be given a shot the practice squad:
WR Walt Powell, OLB Glenn Carson, RB Zach Bauman, G Anthony Steen