Darren Urban

Melbourne, Tempe

Working 25th season covering Arizona Cardinals. Emmy winner. Opinions are my own, not team's. Warning and a promise: Sarcasm can be found here. @Cronkite_ASU

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Complete schedule, tickets and match-up information for 2025 NFL Season

2 days ago | azcardinals.com | Darren Urban

Two national TV games, including a road "Monday Night Football" contest against the Cowboys and a home Thursday game against the Seahawks, highlight the Cardinals' 2025 schedule. The Packers, meanwhile, visit Arizona on Oct. 19. The Cardinals head into their 20th season at State Farm Stadium with significant expectations and want to build on a home-field advantage that allowed them a 6-3 record in Arizona last season.
Garrett Williams As The Most Underrated Cardinal - Or Someone Else?

2 days ago | azcardinals.com | Darren Urban

Before the schedule drops this afternoon -- and if you look hard enough out on the interwebs, you can already find a couple of games, reportedly -- I found it interesting in this Pro Football Focus article about the most underrated player from each team. For the Cardinals, PFF went with cornerback Garrett Williams, which makes sense.
Cardinals DL Darius Robinson has added significant muscle in offseason as he goes into Year 2

3 days ago | azcardinals.com | Darren Urban

Darius Robinson sat in the stands, watching and supporting some of his Cardinals teammates in Mack Wilson Sr.'s charity basketball game. He was never going to even think about playing, not after the calf injury that derailed his rookie season. But that's OK. Robinson is preferring to stay out of the spotlight this offseason. All he wants to do is make sure he is healthy for the season and ready to be the potential defensive line disruptor the Cardinals hope he can develop into.
You've Got Mail: Where There's A Will, There's A Way

3 days ago | azcardinals.com | Darren Urban

The Cardinals have all 91 guys on the roster. Veterans finally mesh with rookies starting this week. Don't forget I always mesh all rookies (questions) with veterans (questions) in the mailbag. Questions have been edited for length and clarity. Don't forget to send a question for a future mailbag with at least a first name and last initial. From Jake M:"I think we can acknowledge that had it not been for injury concerns that Will Johnson would've been a top 10 pick.
Cardinals Sign Fourth-Round Pick Cody Simon

4 days ago | azcardinals.com | Darren Urban

Cody Simon is hoping to create for himself a significant role as a rookie linebacker this season, but a big step -- getting his initial NFL contract signed -- is done. Simon, the team's fourth-round pick, signed his four-year deal on Monday afternoon, shrinking the to-do list to sign the draft class down to two. Still to sign are first-round pick Walter Nolen III and second-round pick Will Johnson.
Arizona Cardinals CB Denzel Burke, who prepped at Scottsdale Saguaro High School, ready to work to get on field for hometown team

4 days ago | azcardinals.com | Darren Urban

In the upper reaches of State Farm Stadium, Denzel Burke would watch the Cardinals when he was growing up, perhaps wearing a Larry Fitzgerald jersey or Patrick Peterson jersey, both of which he repped as a fan.
Cardinals LB Mack Wilson Sr. gets support from his Arizona teammates during his charity basketball game

6 days ago | azcardinals.com | Darren Urban

Michael Wilson, his uniform soaked from sweat after playing in teammate Mack Wilson Sr.'s charity basketball game on Saturday, was only one of nearly 20 Cardinals on hand in the gym at Tempe Corona del Sol High School. Not everyone played in the game. But their presence was notable for a team that has worked to build chemistry.
Cardinals Rookies Get Their Minicamp, Although Most Learning Off The Field

1 week ago | azcardinals.com | Darren Urban

The span of my Cardinals coverage has last more than 25 years. That's a lot of rookie minicamps, and far back enough to remember Saturday practices with some 45 guys and 11-on-11 helmeted work that looked like a real workout. That's not how it's now. Cardinals rookie minicamp started Friday with 13 players total -- seven draft picks, six undrafted rookies, no QB -- in what amounts to a rookie orientation weekend rather than a minicamp.
Will Johnson Becomes Cardinals' New Agent Zero

1 week ago | azcardinals.com | Darren Urban

Will Johnson is now Agent Zero for the Cardinals, a jersey number that carries weight for a potential shutdown cornerback. The team's second-round pick arrived at the Dignity Health Training Center along with the rest of the rookies on Thursday, taking their physicals ahead of Friday's minicamp. That's when he'll sport the No. 0 for the first time. His college No. 2 was already taken – linebacker Mack Wilson Sr. has that – so why 0? "Uhh," Johnson began, carefully contemplating his answer.
ADG, Cody Simon, And Reshuffling The Inside Linebackers Lineup

1 week ago | azcardinals.com | Darren Urban

While the defense of the Cardinals had been in the spotlight all offseason as GM Monti Ossenfort made his upgrades, it was easy to look at the defensive line and the edge players in free agency, and then loop in the secondary and their multitude of choices at cornerback after the draft.