Hue Jackson was behind the deal that two years ago took Carson Palmer to Oakland, and he made it because he believed Palmer was a top-shelf quarterback who could launch a team. He still does, even though he's now in Cincinnati and Palmer is in Arizona. ...more

Philip Rivers is considering wearing gloves this season, and if he's looking for advice on the subject he won't have to go far. Offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt was in Arizona when Kurt Warner, then a mistake-prone quarterback, tried them in 2007. ...more

Michael Vick isn't alone in having something to prove. The NFL is cluttered with guys desperate to demonstrate they're not what they seem. ...more

As most NFL teams open three-day rookie mini-camps this weekend, there are other lesser-known rookies worth checking out beyond the likes of Geno Smith, Matt Barkley and Tavon Austin. ...more

The reviews are in for the Cardinals' draft, and they're through the roof. Clark Judge doesn't know how they did it, so he goes to the man with all the answers: Arizona GM Steve Keim. ...more

With talent so widely dispersed and no conviction about a quarterback anywhere, anything is possible in the first round of Thursday's NFL Draft. ...more

Protecting the quarterback becomes the theme with the first dozen picks of Clark Judge's latest mock draft, which starts off with the top player on the board, Luke Joeckel. ...more

I put that question to a former Raider who was with Palmer last season, and he was surprisingly optimistic. Of course, Palmer is going from one of the worst teams in the AFC West to the worst team in the NFC West, so the odds are against him succeeding. ...more

People tell me I'm crazy to keep Texas A&M's Luke Joeckel as the Chiefs' first pick. I tell them that Kansas City just released Eric Winston, and I know, he's a right tackle. I also know coach Andy Reid learned the hard way that you can never have enough offensive linemen. ...more

We're two months away from the NFL draft, but only hours removed from the end of the NFL Scouting Combine. So that makes the timing right to start talking about who's going when and where. ...more