Predictions: Starters on Offense and Defense

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Here are mine---let's see yours:

Offense:

QB: John Skelton---his fearlessness in the pocket is the difference.

RB: Ryan Williams---fits the system better than Wells.

FB: Anthony Sherman---will be used in an expanded role in pass pro and safety valve receiver.

LT: Levi Brown---will carry strong momentum over to this season and is a lot better than you think.

LG: Daryn Colledge---solid---good fit.

C: Lyle Sendelin---could have his best year as a pro.

RG: Adam Snyder---commendable FA acquisition as he bolsters the interior.

RT: D'Anthony Batiste---best kept secret this off-season. Had a very good pre-season last year and will turn heads with his performance this year.

TE: Jeff King---best all-around TE on the roster. Heap and Housler will be receiving options.

WR: Larry Fitzgerald---the man on and off the field.

WR: Michael Floyd
---gives the team a strong presence opposite Fitzgerald.

Slot WRs: Andre Roberts and Early Doucet---plenty of snaps to go a round for them.

3rd Down RB: Hyphen---expanded role and new contract for him this year.

Defense:

LDE: Darnell Dockett---playmaker poised to reclaim NFC West title.

NT: David Carter---a better athlete than Dan Williams, and has more stamina, but Williams will thrive as the rotation guy.

RDE: Calais Campbell---is his best football yet to come?

SOLB: Stewart Bradley---this is why he was kept and is the right spot for him, with Schofield coming in on passing downs.

SILB: Paris Lenon---continues to lead and deliver.

WILB: Daryl Washington---on his way to the Pro Bowl, if they have one.

WOLB: Sam Acho---picks up right where he left off last year.

LCB: Patrick Peterson---with a year under his belt now he starts making plays on the ball like you wouldn't believe.

SS: Adrian Wilson---will be used in a hybrid role to play strong in the box and rush the QB.

FS: Rashad Johnson---most improved player right here---has the discipline and reliability Horton wants at that pivotal position.

RCB: A.J. Jefferson---second most improved---has the physical presence and attributes Horton wants in his short corner---if he falters look for Jamell Fleming, cocky and savvy even as a rookie, to step in

Nickel CB/S: William Gay---assumes Marshall's role.

Nickel S: James Sanders---we should see a good deal of him in Horton's hybrid 3 safety schemes.

Give us your starters with your own comments---let's keep things interesting around here!:newcards:
 
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QB: Kolb - Running back: Wells - R-tackle: Massie - Cornerback 2: Toler - Free Safety: Rhodes - N-tackle: Williams
 
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QB: Kolb

RB: Wells

Rtackle: Massie

TE: Heap if stays healthy

SOLB: Schofield

FS: Rhodes

CB 2: Flemming(wins it in camp and pre season)
 
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QB: Kolb - Running back: Wells - R-tackle: Massie - Cornerback 2: Toler - Free Safety: Rhodes

Kolb may get in there early---but he won't stick.

Wells may be a token starter, but Williams will be the main RB.

They won't start a rookie at RT.

Rhodes has to prove he can be physical and disciplined. If he responds to the challenge and the coaching, you are right.
 

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rashard johnson didnt show anything to deserve a starter role..i think he will be cut
bradley played well just 1 year..i can see him playing back up role..mitch i like when u propose an hipothetical trade about berman..i think that guy is solid to play olb
i hope binns could suprise and becoming the new james harrison
 

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rashard johnson didnt show anything to deserve a starter role..i think he will be cut
bradley played well just 1 year..i can see him playing back up rolw..mitch i like when u propose an hipothetical trade about berman..i think that guy is solid to play olb

No way RJ gets cut IMO. He played adequately during Rhodes absence.
 

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Kolb may get in there early---but he won't stick.

Wells may be a token starter, but Williams will be the main RB.

They won't start a rookie at RT.

Rhodes has to prove he can be physical and disciplined. If he responds to the challenge and the coaching, you are right.

I'm only predicting starters on day one, my crystal ball gets cloudy beyond that point.
 

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Offense:

QB: Kevin Kolb - It's Skelton's job by week 6

RB: Beanie Wells - splitting time equally with Ryan Williams by week 8.

FB: Anthony Sherman - Strong in the run game, pass protection & on special teams. Needs to work on catching the ball out of the backfield.

LT: Levi Brown - Hopefully he continues his decent play from the last 7-8 games of last season.

LG: Daryn Colledge - Solid guy

C: Lyle Sendelin - Solid

RG: Adam Snyder - Hopefully he gels with the O-Line quickly

RT: Bobby Massie - Lots of pressure on the rookie & the new right side of the line. Hope they can step up and handle it.

TE: Jeff King - best all-around consistent TE on the roster. Surprised me with his pass catching ability last season.

WR: Larry Fitzgerald - the man

WR: Michael Floyd - expecting big things from him

Slot WRs: Andre Roberts and Early Doucet - hoping to see some 4 receiver sets with all 4 of these guys.

Defense:

LDE: Darnell Dockett - Leader of the D-Line

NT: Dan Williams - a true NT... hopefully the arm injury is healed

RDE: Calais Campbell - needs to follow up his pro-bowl caliber year with another one.

SOLB: toughest choice - could be any of Schofield, Bradley or Haggans (if back)

SILB: Paris Lenon - continues to surprise with consistently solid play

WILB: Daryl Washington - the future of our LB corps

WOLB: Sam Acho - came on strong at the end of last year

LCB: Patrick Peterson - got more consistent each week at CB

SS: Adrian Wilson - Hopefully not hampered by another injury before this season

FS: Kerry Rhodes - it's his job until someone beats him at it...

RCB: Greg Toler - it's rough to start a rookie in Horton's system, but Jemell Fleming should be challenging for this spot by mid-season.

Nickel CB/S: Jemell Fleming/William Gay - assuming Marshall's role.

Nickel S: Rashad Johnson
 

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QB: Kolb. Wont matter how anyone preforms in the preseason. They didnt give Kolb another pile of cash this offseason only to bench him over some preseason suckage. Kolb's starter status is guaranteed until injury or the crowd boos him off the field... my money is week 6.

RB: Wells. It will, as usual, be RB by committee but Wells will be the starter.

TE: Housler. I dont think Heap makes the final roster.

RT: Massie

NT: Williams, but it will be a platoon.

OLB: Schofield

RCB: Tolar at first but Flemming quickly overtakes him... I hope. IMO, Tolar and Jefferson stink.

P: Please lord anyone but Zastudil
 

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why they signed sanders and bethel if they like him ??

Hamza Abdullah gone and Bethel from Presbeteyian no telling how he will adjust. Mainly special teams Which supposedly Sanders is VERY adept at.
 

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Mitch, I see you have your Mitch-colored glasses on.

1--Wells is the starter. Williams is coming off injury, we have no idea how healed he will be, and is in effect a rookie.

2--Batiste? Really, you want to hang your hat on him? I guess he can join St. Pierre as the 'Mitch preseason to regular season star and all pro' guy of the year. Not going to happen. Even the Cards said Bridges was their pre-draft starter.

3--Carter is only going to be a viable backup NT because that athleticism will serve him well in passing downs. Otherwise, he has zero value as a NT. He's a backup that can help rush the passer and Dumpster Dan is a stud run stuffer. That's the role of a NT, after all.

4--Bradley just isn't going to start. He'll struggle to get a significant role on this team. Should never have been signed.

5--Jefferson won't be starting. I'm not sure who will emerge from the pack, but it won't be Jefferson.

6--Edited to add that Rhodes is the starting FS--no idea where you come up with the idea of replacing him.

Other than that, I think your predictions are at least viable.
 
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I think Bridges will start off as the RT but Massie will take over by mid season. Wells should stay the starter but Williams will get about 10 carries a game. Heap will be the starter but King and Housler will get plenty of time as well. I think DT Dan Williams will have his breakout year. Schofield and Acho outside with Bradley and Washington inside. Peterson and Toler outside with Wilson and Rhodes at safety. I see Fleming and Gay as top backups.
 

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Nice: Stealing the page setup!

Offense:

QB: John Skelton---Double Deuce

RB: Beanie Wells---Wells is going to have a MONSTER year. He finally understood what it takes to be a football player in the NFL. As for Williams: He will get eased back into action. Have a good year for us.

FB: Anthony Sherman

LT: Levi Brown---Is what it is.

LG: Daryn Colledge---Kelemete is going to get this guy sweating his job. Colledge will start but Kelemete will push him.

C: Lyle Sendelin---could have his best year as a pro.

RG: Adam Snyder---I think he is going to lock this RG position down for years to come

RT: Jeremy Bridges---As for Batiste: He will have to have some kind of camp to make the team let alone start. Bridges is the best OT we have. Yes, THE BEST OT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, left or right. Massie is boom or bust, and Potter is a year or too off from being NFL ready.

TE: Jeff King---best all-around TE on the roster. Heap and Housler will be receiving options. Heap may get cut.

WR: Larry Fitzgerald---the man on and off the field.


WR: Michael Floyd
---gives the team a strong presence opposite Fitzgerald.

Slot WRs: Andre Roberts and Early Doucet---both will have lower numbers, but more impactfull plays. Look for Roberts to make some big plays this year.

3rd Down RB: Hyphen---expanded role and new contract for him this year. The perfect cog for this offense.


Defense:

LDE: Darnell Dockett---playmaker poised to reclaim NFC West title.

NT: David Carter---a better athlete than Dan Williams, and has more stamina, but Williams will thrive as the rotation guy.

RDE: Calais Campbell---is his best football yet to come?

SOLB: Clark Haggans---Bradley, Haggans, and Scofield will rotate all year long. LB on this roster is a complete ???? As for Bradley: I dunno about Bradley. He should be our SILB. If he becomes a starting SOLB ? OK, but then who is our SILB if Lennon is hurt? Bradley? OK, but then who is our SOLB to pair with Schofield. Bradley needs to pick a lane IMO.

SILB: Paris Lenon---continues to lead and deliver. Someone, ANYONE, has to find a way to beat out a 34 year old career depth guy. Lenon has played well for us no doubt, but not THAT well. Bradley should be starting here, but won't

WILB: Daryl Washington--- Call him Batman, cause he is going to be ruling over the field this year. INT's, sacks, tackles for a loss. This year he is going to be great.

WOLB: Sam Acho---picks up right where he left off last year.

LCB: Patrick Peterson---with a year under his belt now he starts making plays on the ball like you wouldn't believe.

SS: Adrian Wilson---will be used in a hybrid role to play strong in the box and rush the QB.

FS: Kerry Rhodes---forgotten about and under-rated. Rhodes and Wilson are going to be the best safety tandem in the league. As for Rashad Johnson: Johnson better hope and pray that Justin Bethel is not as good as he seems. or Johnson better hope his 5'11", 205lbs frame can handle SS.

RCB: William Gay---He is starting at CB. That is what they brought him in to do. As for AJ Jefferson: He was a very solid CB last year, and that is a very good thing because he is a long shot to make the roster IMO.

Nickel CB/S: Greg Toler---Toler is another forgotten man. This guy can hit, he can run, and as a NB he is over-qualified.

Nickel S: James Sanders---we should see a good deal of him in Horton's hybrid 3 safety schemes. Agreed. Bethel is going to push him, and push him REALLY REALLY hard.

I will elaborate more in a future post for the full 53.
 

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why they signed sanders and bethel if they like him ??

I think they will keep both Bethel and Sanders.

The Cardinals use 5 DB's more than most (at least I assume that), and of course that means there "nickel" uses 6 DB's. And that is if you count Wilson a DB.

Whiz is not going to start any rookies, thus the veterans,and there abundance.

In my opinion:

Starters - (Backup):
CB: Peterson - (Toler)
CB: Gay - (Toler)
NB: Toler - (Fleming)
SS: Wilson - (Johnson)
FS: Rhodes - (Sanders)
DS: Sanders - (Bethel)

My 5th CB would be Jefferson.

So, 10 DB's in total on the roster. 5 CB's and 5 S's



Note: And yes, NS would be Nickel Safety.....wait, that would be DS, dime safety.
 

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Stealing a stolen page setup.

Nice: Stealing the page setup!

Offense:

QB: John Skelton---Double Deuce Kolb gets the start and only injury removes him from the starters position. He will play very well.

RB: Beanie Wells---Wells is going to have a MONSTER year. He finally understood what it takes to be a football player in the NFL. As for Williams: He will get eased back into action. Have a good year for us.

FB: Anthony Sherman

LT: Levi Brown---Is what it is. Levi builds on his play at the end of last year.

LG: Daryn Colledge---Kelemete is going to get this guy sweating his job. Colledge will start but Kelemete will push him.

C: Lyle Sendelin---could have his best year as a pro.

RG: Adam Snyder---I think he is going to lock this RG position down for years to come

RT: Jeremy Bridges---As for Batiste: He will have to have some kind of camp to make the team let alone start. Bridges is the best OT we have. Yes, THE BEST OT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, left or right. Massie is boom or bust, and Potter is a year or too off from being NFL ready.If the Cards thought highly of Batiste then they wouldn't have drafted 2 OT's and signed Snyder as further insurance.

TE: Jeff King---best all-around TE on the roster. Heap and Housler will be receiving options. Heap may get cut. Heap will start but all the TE's will get plenty of reps.

WR: Larry Fitzgerald---the man on and off the field.


WR: Michael Floyd
---gives the team a strong presence opposite Fitzgerald.

Slot WRs: Andre Roberts and Early Doucet---both will have lower numbers, but more impactfull plays. Look for Roberts to make some big plays this year.

3rd Down RB: Hyphen---expanded role and new contract for him this year. The perfect cog for this offense. Lack of KO return chances means he will get a chance for more O reps. I doubt we will see much if any more opportunities for him however.


Defense:

LDE: Darnell Dockett---playmaker poised to reclaim NFC West title.

NT: David Carter---a better athlete than Dan Williams, and has more stamina, but Williams will thrive as the rotation guy. Williams has his break out year. Carter rotates in all along the D front.

RDE: Calais Campbell---is his best football yet to come?

SOLB: Clark Haggans---Bradley, Haggans, and Scofield will rotate all year long. LB on this roster is a complete ???? As for Bradley: I dunno about Bradley. He should be our SILB. If he becomes a starting SOLB ? OK, but then who is our SILB if Lennon is hurt? Bradley? OK, but then who is our SOLB to pair with Schofield. Bradley needs to pick a lane IMO. Acho or Scho with the other at WOLB.

SILB: Paris Lenon---continues to lead and deliver. Someone, ANYONE, has to find a way to beat out a 34 year old career depth guy. Lenon has played well for us no doubt, but not THAT well. Bradley should be starting here, but won't

WILB: Daryl Washington--- Call him Batman, cause he is going to be ruling over the field this year. INT's, sacks, tackles for a loss. This year he is going to be great.

WOLB: Sam Acho---picks up right where he left off last year.

LCB: Patrick Peterson---with a year under his belt now he starts making plays on the ball like you wouldn't believe.

SS: Adrian Wilson---will be used in a hybrid role to play strong in the box and rush the QB. Horton and our DB coaches got through to Adub and his play in pass coverage was vastly improved. He will be all over the field from all levels of the D.

FS: Kerry Rhodes---forgotten about and under-rated. Rhodes and Wilson are going to be the best safety tandem in the league. As for Rashad Johnson: Johnson better hope and pray that Justin Bethel is not as good as he seems. or Johnson better hope his 5'11", 205lbs frame can handle SS. Johnson is on the hot seat IMO.

RCB: William Gay---He is starting at CB. That is what they brought him in to do. As for AJ Jefferson: He was a very solid CB last year, and that is a very good thing because he is a long shot to make the roster IMO.Unless Toler avoids the 1st year blues of coming off of knee surgery and Jefferson makes a quantom leap then I agree Gay is our starter.

Nickel CB/S: Greg Toler---Toler is another forgotten man. This guy can hit, he can run, and as a NB he is over-qualified.

Nickel S: James Sanders---we should see a good deal of him in Horton's hybrid 3 safety schemes. Agreed. Bethel is going to push him, and push him REALLY REALLY hard.

I will elaborate more in a future post for the full 53.

Fun thread Mitch.
 

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Bridges starts at RT, but Massie takes over by midseason.

Surprise could be at LT where Potter steps in for Levi if Brown falters or gets injured.

I'm pulling for Jefferson, but I think Toler edges him out.

Fleming and Bethel will be eased in, but will only see a lot of DB action if the guys in front of them get injured. Look for Arukwe, Bethel and Nixon to contribute on ST's.

And as the season progresses, we may get to see more of Binns or Nash should Acho or Schofield stumble in their soph years.

Finally - Hopeful but dunno re Bradley.
 
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Wow talk about some reaches,

First off did Bradley suddenly become better??? last year we had no answer at OLB opposite Acho...so now Bradley is the answer.. don't think so, if he was he would have been there last year.

In our secondary we are going to see the hole left by Marshall, Gay isn't even in the same class of DB, just ask any Steeler fan.

Anyone who thinks Rhodes is not our starting FS is just delusional, his role was filled allot last year by Marshall, who was able to make up for allot of our secondary deficiencies. He is a freaking pro bowl caliber player. Rashad Johnson is a water boy.

The CB position opposite PP is going to be Fleming or Toler. It was Toler's last year until he blew out his knee. His health is crucial. Fleming is a better option than Gay or Jefferson.
 

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Offense:

QB: Kevin Kolb - It's Skelton's job by week 6

RB: Beanie Wells - splitting time equally with Ryan Williams by week 8.

FB: Anthony Sherman - Strong in the run game, pass protection & on special teams. Needs to work on catching the ball out of the backfield.

LT: Levi Brown - Hopefully he continues his decent play from the last 7-8 games of last season.

LG: Daryn Colledge - Solid guy

C: Lyle Sendelin - Solid

RG: Adam Snyder - Hopefully he gels with the O-Line quickly

RT: Bobby Massie - Lots of pressure on the rookie & the new right side of the line. Hope they can step up and handle it.

TE: Jeff King - best all-around consistent TE on the roster. Surprised me with his pass catching ability last season.

WR: Larry Fitzgerald - the man

WR: Michael Floyd - expecting big things from him

Slot WRs: Andre Roberts and Early Doucet - hoping to see some 4 receiver sets with all 4 of these guys.

Defense:

LDE: Darnell Dockett - Leader of the D-Line

NT: Dan Williams - a true NT... hopefully the arm injury is healed

RDE: Calais Campbell - needs to follow up his pro-bowl caliber year with another one.

SOLB: toughest choice - could be any of Schofield, Bradley or Haggans (if back)

SILB: Paris Lenon - continues to surprise with consistently solid play

WILB: Daryl Washington - the future of our LB corps

WOLB: Sam Acho - came on strong at the end of last year

LCB: Patrick Peterson - got more consistent each week at CB

SS: Adrian Wilson - Hopefully not hampered by another injury before this season

FS: Kerry Rhodes - it's his job until someone beats him at it...

RCB: Greg Toler - it's rough to start a rookie in Horton's system, but Jemell Fleming should be challenging for this spot by mid-season.

Nickel CB/S: Jemell Fleming/William Gay - assuming Marshall's role.

Nickel S: Rashad Johnson
this. Exactly this
 

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QB: Kolb- he's making the money, and when healthy, is better than Skelton, as of now anyway.

RB: Wells- the guy gets no repsect. 1000 yards and 10 TD's. He's your starter.

WR: Fitz, Floyd with Doucet and Roberts rounding out the top 4.

TE: King, Heap(I think he makes it and has a decent year unless Houlser really steps up) Housler, Dray

LT: Brown
LG: Colledge
C: Sendlein
RG: Snyder
RT: Don't think he's on the roster yet. I think they will pick up a vet and hold the spot until when/if Massie is ready. That could be next year.

DL: CC, DD, Williams. Carter and Eason will play alot but those guys will start.

LB: Acho, Lenon, Washington, Schoefield. I don't understand how anybody can expect anything out of Bradley. They should cut him and get someone who can play. Hopefully Sturdivant gets it and can make an impct this year. This group is severely lacking in the depth department, especially at OLB.

CB: PP and Toler start. Gay, Jefferson and Marshall are the backups.

S: Wilson and Rhodes start. Sanders, Johnson and Bethel are the backups but I could see Bethel being PS material and keeping 6 CB's(Adams being the 6th).
 

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Heap will be the nominal (at least) starter over King if he makes it out of camp (which I completely expect at this point). It'll be like how Hightower was the nominal starter over Beanie late in 2009, even if Beanie was getting the great share of the workload.

I get the feeling that ownership was happier to add Todd Heap than the coaching staff was.
 

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QB: Kolb- he's making the money, and when healthy, is better than Skelton, as of now anyway.

RB: Wells- the guy gets no repsect. 1000 yards and 10 TD's. He's your starter.

WR: Fitz, Floyd with Doucet and Roberts rounding out the top 4.

TE: King, Heap(I think he makes it and has a decent year unless Houlser really steps up) Housler, Dray

LT: Brown
LG: Colledge
C: Sendlein
RG: Snyder
RT: Don't think he's on the roster yet. I think they will pick up a vet and hold the spot until when/if Massie is ready. That could be next year.

DL: CC, DD, Williams. Carter and Eason will play alot but those guys will start.

LB: Acho, Lenon, Washington, Schoefield. I don't understand how anybody can expect anything out of Bradley. They should cut him and get someone who can play. Hopefully Sturdivant gets it and can make an impct this year. This group is severely lacking in the depth department, especially at OLB.

CB: PP and Toler start. Gay, Jefferson and Marshall are the backups.

S: Wilson and Rhodes start. Sanders, Johnson and Bethel are the backups but I could see Bethel being PS material and keeping 6 CB's(Adams being the 6th).

???? ;)
 

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Right now, I have no problems hoping that the light will go on for a few guys who had less than stellar years - like Bradley, Heap, Haggans & (I might as well include) Jefferson. (Occasionally a guy who's had a bad season will get his act together and bounce back).

But the further we get into preseason, the less slack will be cut for these guys and the more likely they will hear the pitterpatter of tiny rookie feet...

These guys have performed too well in the past or (in the case of Jefferson -showed too much raw potential) to be summarily written-off just yet, but the window of patience has to be growing thinner and thinner.

I guess there will continue to be the eternal debate over our FO not being decisive enough on personnel matters vs. their being "too decisive" and prematurely letting quality players walk.
 

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I still think Acho moves to SOLB and Schofield and Bradley share WILB duties. I don't see Haggans coming back. It will be similar to Okeafor where Chike just faded away.

Just for fun compare Mitch's 2012 roster to the one from 2003:

QB Jeff Blake
RB Marcel Shipp
FB James Hodgins
WR Anquan Boldin
WR Bryan Gilmore
TE Freddie Jones
LT LJ Shelton
LG Cameron Spikes
C Pete Kendall
RG Leonard Davis
RT Anthony Clement

LDE Dennis Johnson
LDT Russell Davis
RDT Marcus Bell
RDE Calvin Pace
LLB Raynoch Thompson
MLB Ron McKinnon
RLD Levar Fisher
LCB Reynaldo Hill
RCB David Barrett
SS Adrian Wilson
FS Dexter Jackson

Dead last in points scored and points allowed. Look at that Defense. :(
 

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Offense:

QB: Kevin Kolb---Surprises everyone with strong TC and Preseason.

RB: Wells - No brainer with Williams coming off injury

FB: Anthony Sherman---

LT: Levi Brown---

LG: Daryn Colledge---

C: Lyle Sendelin---

RG: Adam Snyder---

RT: Bridges - Ideally it would be Massie but I have learned not to get hopeful about later round drafted OTs.

TE: Heap---Stays healthy and gets starter nod. Wont matter becaus eKing and Housler will play alot in multiple TE sets

WR: Larry Fitzgerald---

WR: Michael Floyd---

Slot WRs: Andre Roberts and Early Doucet---

Defense:

LDE: Darnell Dockett---

NT: Williams ---Big year on tap for Dumpster Dan

RDE: Calais Campbell---

SOLB: O'Brien Schofield ---Takes a while to come back from ACL. Most improved player this year other then PP IMHO.

SILB: Stewart Bradley--- I could see him on the outside but think he ends up here in a rotation with Lenon. Bradley needed the offseason to switch defenses. Hell show the player he is this year.

WILB: Daryl Washington---

WOLB: Sam Acho---

LCB: Patrick Peterson---

SS: Adrian Wilson---

FS:Rhodes--- Criminally Underrated

RCB: Gay --- Knows the system.
 
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