in his prime<\/a>. This is when he has to be his best.<\/p>\nRunning back \u2013 James Conner. The hope is that Trey Benson can give this team two top backs, but make no mistake — whether it be tangibly with yards and touchdowns or emotionally with his makeup and leadership — Conner is the engine of the offense. There is a reason they extended him. It’s rare to see a back getting better as he hits 30.<\/p>\n
Wide receiver \u2013 Marvin Harrison Jr. The spotlight has been on him since he arrived. But the expectations are ratcheted up. He had a solid rookie season. But everyone — including Harrison — wants more.<\/p>\n
Wide receiver \u2013 Michael Wilson. For all the talk about the Cardinals adding a receiver, it is Wilson that would be the most effected. Wilson knows he needs to have better production, but he accomplishes so much of the non-statistical work that the coaching staff loves. The work ethic won’t be questioned.<\/p>\n
Tight end \u2013 Trey McBride. Has an argument as the best tight end in the league.<\/p>\n
Tight end \u2013 Tip Reiman. The Cardinals love their two-tight end sets, and Reiman had a solid first season as McBride’s blocking complement.<\/p>\n
Right tackle \u2013 Jonah Williams. Twice his knee got hurt last season, undercutting what had been a good albeit small sample size. Should be healthy for camp.<\/p>\n
Right guard \u2013 Isaiah Adams. The one job that seems to be open, although the 2024 third-round pick has the inside track. Improved his strength in offseason, and needs to show out when the pads come on.<\/p>\n
Center \u2013 Hjalte Froholdt. In two seasons has developed into one of the underrated guys at the position in the league.<\/p>\n
Left guard \u2013 Evan Brown. Veteran returns after solid season a year ago.<\/p>\n
Left tackle \u2013 Paris Johnson Jr. Turning into the anchor left tackle — and leader — GM Monti Ossenfort was hoping he’d become.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We have come to the break in the year, where the players and coaches get their vacation and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2078],"tags":[375,390,2604,1327,1054,2874,1051,7,1053,1052,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-140625","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-cardinals","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-arizona-cardinals","10":"tag-arizonacardinals","11":"tag-cardinals","12":"tag-darren-urban","13":"tag-darrens-blog-v2","14":"tag-featured-articles","15":"tag-football","16":"tag-home-page-news-headlines","17":"tag-mega-feed","18":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114706537926548435","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}