There is no hesitation from veteran Frostee Rucker when the name Robert Nkemdiche comes up.
“He’s changed,” Rucker says. “For the good. He’s changed.”
Few have been around the Cardinals’ training facility more often than Nkemdiche, the team’s 2016 No. 1 pick, who began showing up to work out by himself many days not soon after the season ended. He’s among the defensive linemen to get in extra technique and conditioning after the coaches head inside following that day’s OTA. He is reluctant to talk much about where he stands heading into Year Two, because he knows only his play is going to convince anyone of what he can be.