PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. • How’s the defense?
The question has hovered over Cardinals camp this spring. And after a while, it got annoying. By now the query is about as popular as the lovebugs, obnoxious gnat-like insects that swarm anyone who ventures into the Florida sun.
The Cardinals were ready to stop talking about last season — and the defense that derailed it — the moment they got here, and some of them showed up in mid-February. Sunday’s season opener could be the start of a redemption story — if a defense that was disastrous redeems itself.