TEMPE, Ariz. — Carson Palmer is healthy, by all accounts with an arm stronger than it’s ever been.
As long as that’s the case, the Arizona Cardinals are convinced they can compete with anybody in the NFL, including their nemesis in the Pacific Northwest.
The Arizona receiving corps is deep and even faster than before. The defense features a stout line and a secondary that could be one of the league’s strongest.
“This is the best football team we’ve had,” coach Bruce Arians said.
The Cardinals won 10 games two years ago in his first season in the desert, and 11 last season, earning Arians his second NFL Coach of the Year honor in three years; the other was in 2012 as interim coach in Indianapolis.