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Arizona Cardinals players should thrive under new defensive coordinator Al Holcomb

The Arizona Cardinals' defense has been on of the team's strengths so what will new defensive coordinator Al Holcomb look to change in his first season under head coach Steve Wilks? Sean Logan/ azcentral sports

Al Holcomb knows he’s inheriting a group of very talented players as the new defensive coordinator of the Cardinals. The former linebackers coach for the Carolina Panthers has seen enough on the limited amount of tape he has watched to verify it.

That’s why he’s so excited, he said, to work with a “very special” cornerback such as Patrick Peterson and why he feels edge rushers Chandler Jones and Markus Golden “are a great starting point for us.