TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Kyler Murray whipped passes around the practice field, showed off quickness dancing around cones, shared a few laughs with teammates.
Arizona's quarterback still doesn't have the long-term contract extension he's seeking, but was a full-go for one of the Cardinals' final mandatory offseason workouts.
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona Cardinals coaches and teammates welcomed Kyler Murray's return to the practice field on Wednesday, saying it was fun to watch their star quarterback do his usual magic throwing a football.
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals did a good job of filling perceived needs during this year's NFL draft, adding a talented young receiver in a first-round trade, a pass-catching tight end in the second round, and a pair of intriguing edge rushers in the third round.
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals raided the Mountain West Conference for a pair of players they hope can help continue their upward trajectory in the NFC West.
The Cardinals selected Colorado State tight end Trey McBride with the No.
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — If the Arizona Cardinals and quarterback Kyler Murray are still fighting these days, it's awfully hard to tell.
The Cardinals pulled off a draft-day trade Thursday night to help their star quarterback, acquiring receiver Marquise Brown from the Baltimore Ravens in exchange for the No.
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — New Oklahoma coach Brent Venables respects what the Sooners have accomplished in recent years, but he believes they can be even better.
Lincoln Riley compiled a 55-10 record in five seasons before leaving to become head coach at Southern California. Quarterbacks Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray won Heisman trophies before becoming No.
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals are ready to move on from last year's late collapse and contend for an NFC West title, using the upcoming NFL draft to continue building around young star quarterback Kyler Murray.
23. Arizona Cardinals (11-6)
LAST SEASON: The Cardinals looked like one of the best teams in the NFL through the first few months of the season, winning their first seven games and improving to 10-2.
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals are bringing back James Conner on a three-year deal, rewarding the running back for a stellar 2021 season that included a franchise-record 18 total touchdowns.
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NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma will dedicate a statue of 2017 Heisman Trophy winner Baker Mayfield on April 23 following its spring game, the university announced Monday.
“I’m a Sooner for life and incredibly grateful for all of the success my teammates and I had at OU,” Mayfield said in a statement.
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals have signed coach Kliff Kingsbury and general manager Steve Keim to extensions that keep them under contract with the team through 2027.
The moves give some security to the two men who helped guide the franchise to rapid improvement over the past three seasons, but who also oversaw a head-scratching collapse last season after a 10-2 start to the schedule.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The buzz at the NFL scouting combine Tuesday wasn’t so much about this year’s unheralded crop of quarterback prospects.
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — For the Arizona Cardinals, one of the perks of Kyler Murray's three years as the team's franchise quarterback is an absence of off-the-field distractions or drama.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Matthew Stafford was nearly flawless in his first career playoff victory. Odell Beckham Jr. made huge plays as a receiverand as a passer in his own first postseason win.
The two-month, slow-motion collapse of the Arizona Cardinals will no doubt cause some soul searching and tough questions in the coming days, weeks and months for the franchise.
The most obvious and pressing: Is this Kliff Kingsbury-Kyler Murray marriage really going to work or not?
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Kyler Murray's first NFL playoff start quickly turned into a nightmare.
The dynamic quarterback and his Arizona Cardinals teammates had about the worst start imaginable in Monday night's 34-11 loss to the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC wild-card round.
SCOREBOARD
Monday, Jan. 17
Arizona at Los Angeles Rams, 8:15 p.m. EST. Arizona quarterback Kyler Murray makes his postseason debut for the Cardinals (11-6), who split two regular-season games against the NFC West-rival Rams (12-5).
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — If Kyler Murray wants to understand just how important it is to seize the opportunity whenever a team reaches the NFL playoffs, the Arizona Cardinals star only needs to look at his counterpart across the field at SoFi Stadium on Monday night.
Kyler Murray has kept a low-key demeanor throughout his football career, staying with a “never too high, never too low” philosophy that's allowed him to thrive from the high school level all the way through the NFL.
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals said the things you'd expect after another loss on Sunday that's part of a long late-season fade:
Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys didn't see the regular-season finale at Philadelphia as meaningless because they wanted to feel an offensive rhythm going into the playoffs.
Turns out it mattered in the postseason pecking order, too.
The Associated Press will hand out its individual NFL awards on Feb. 10 at NFL Honors in Los Angeles. Until then, here are some off-the-beaten track honors to consider.
Kyler Murray insisted throughout the Arizona Cardinals' three-week swoon that the team was fine, the sky wasn't falling and the recipe for a turnaround was cleaning up simple mistakes.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The troubles for Kyler Murray and the Arizona Cardinals weren't anything that a trip to the star quarterback's favorite stadium couldn't fix.
They might be back in two weeks for a wild-card game.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A month ago, Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys figured to be chasing Kyler Murray and the Arizona Cardinals for the No. 1 seed in the NFC.
Now they're both looking up at Green Bay, and the rolling Cowboys are in a better position than the reeling Cardinals in a matchup of playoff-bound teams Sunday.
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals have qualified for the NFL's postseason for the first time since 2015.
That's the end of the good news.
As for the not-so-good news, it's hard to know where to begin.
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona's late-season fade is starting to feel like a full-blown collapse.
The Cardinals failed to clinch a playoff spot for the third straight week after a 22-16 loss to the banged-up Indianapolis Colts, who were missing arguably their best defensive player and four starting offensive linemen.
Several of the Arizona Cardinals like to talk about how teams evolve over the long NFL season.
The Cardinals are definitely evolving. The problem is it's not happening in the correct direction.
DETROIT (AP) — Kyler Murray had nowhere to run and his passes often missed the mark.
Murray's shaky performance helped the Detroit Lions stun the Arizona Cardinals 30-12 on Sunday.
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — A.J. Green signed with Arizona during the offseason partly because he was OK with being a No. 2 receiver.
Now the Cardinals hope that — at least for the next month — the veteran is OK with being something closer to a No.
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals had their chances to beat the Los Angeles Rams on Monday night. The two heavyweights in the NFC West fought until the final drive before the Rams eventually took the hard-earned 30-23 victory.
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — From the first play to the last, Aaron Donald and the Los Angeles Rams showed they're still a heavyweight in the NFC West.
The six-time All-Pro finished with three sacks — the first on the initial play from scrimmage and the last as time expired — while Matthew Stafford threw for 287 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Rams past the Arizona Cardinals 30-23 on Monday night.
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams won't have defensive back Jalen Ramsey or tight end Tyler Higbee on the field for Monday night's game against the Arizona Cardinals after both players were put on the reserve/COVID-19 list.
SCOREBOARD
Monday, Dec. 13
Los Angeles Rams at Arizona, 8:15 p.m. EST. The NFL-leading Cardinals (10-2) can really put the clamps on the NFC West with a win over Los Angeles. The Rams (8-4) are in solid shape for a playoff berth no matter what happens in this game, but their recent three-game losing streak didn't end until a matchup with Jacksonville showed up on the schedule.
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals finally get to play a home game after nearly a month away from State Farm Stadium.
In a strange twist, that's not necessarily good news for the franchise.
NEW YORK (AP) — Sometimes, it’s lonely at the top.
Except for the latest AP Pro32 poll.
The top five teams are all quite familiar with each other as they remain unchanged from last week.
Zach Allen sniffed out the screen pass and the Arizona Cardinals defensive lineman lifted his big left hand out to the side, snagging the football out of midair and lumbering toward the end zone.
CHICAGO (AP) — Kyler Murray was in prime position following an interception on the game's opening possession. He fumbled his first snap.
Good thing for him, he made the recovery. Three plays later, he celebrated a touchdown pass to DeAndre Hopkins.
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals come in with the best record in the NFL, a perfect mark away from home, and maybe some fresher legs following a bye.
No matter who they have suiting up or where they're playing, they continue to rack up wins.
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Quarterback Kyler Murray and All-Pro receiver DeAndre Hopkins were both at practice for the Arizona Cardinals on Wednesday in a sign the team's top two playmakers might be ready to return after a three-game absence.
NEW YORK (AP) — The status quo reigns at the top of the AP Pro32 poll.
The Arizona Cardinals, Green Bay Packers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers retained the top three spots in the latest poll.
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione, school president Joseph Harroz Jr. and interim head football coach Bob Stoops combined to speak for nearly an hour on Monday about plans to steady the program a day after Lincoln Riley left to take over as coach at USC.
NEW YORK (AP) — The resilient Arizona Cardinals have done it again.
For the second time in three games, the Cardinals earned a road win despite playing without starting quarterback Kyler Murray and star wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins as Colt McCoy led the way to a 23-13 victory over the Seattle Seahawks.
SCOREBOARD
Monday, Nov. 22
Giants at Buccaneers, 8:15 p.m. EST. The Bucs (6-3) and Tom Brady are riding a two-game losing streak. The 44-year-old Brady has lost three games in a row only once, in 2002, his full season as Patriots starting quarterback.
SEATTLE (AP) — When called upon three weeks ago, Colt McCoy viewed himself as a caretaker.
The Arizona Cardinals were already off to a terrific start. McCoy's job when Kyler Murray went to the sideline with an ankle injury was to avoid giving away what the Cardinals already accomplished.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Green Bay's defense toppled star quarterbacks Kyler Murray, Patrick Mahomes and Russell Wilson in impressive fashion in the past three games, picking up the slack for an offense that's used to carrying the Packers.
SEATTLE (AP) — After cruising through the first half of the season with the best record in the NFL, the Arizona Cardinals have run into a few bumps.
Adversity arrived in the form of injuries and mistakes that have seen the Cardinals drop two of their past three and slowly lose grip on their stranglehold atop the NFC West.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers are relying on an unfamiliar approach to remain in their customary position atop the NFC North.
A franchise that has benefited from Hall of Fame-caliber quarterback play for most of the past three decades, first with Brett Favre and now with Aaron Rodgers, is getting more production from its defense than its offense.