The Arizona Cardinals kicked off their second week of training camp on Monday with the pads finally coming on. The competition between players and position battles continue.
We have detailed a number of key position battles for the team.
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Aside from those battles, there are some individual players who have something to prove in camp this year.
One such player is second-year defensive lineman Darius Robinson.
Cardinals DL Darius Robinson has something to prove
Robinson, a first-round pick in 2024, had a disaster of a rookie season. After looking solid in limited preseason work, he injured his calf before the season and lost half the year. Then his mother died and the calf didn’t do well in his firts practice back, so he only ended up playing in six games, a total of 183 snaps.
He had 10 tackles and a sack.
The Cardinals added Calais Campbell and Dalvin Tomlinson in free agency, brought back L.J. Collier and drafted Walter Nolen. Justin Jones is coming back from a season-ending injury.
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He has a lot of competition for playing time.
To avoid looking like a first-round bust, which has happened to almost every first-round defensive lineman the Cardinals have drafted since coming to Arizona, he will need to really step up.
Now, early returns in camp have been great. He looks disruptive, but he needs to keep that up and make plays when the regular season rolls around.
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