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USA Today
30-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Cardinals training camp: DL Darius Robinson has something to prove in his second season
Many players on the Cardinals' roster have something to prove in training camp. DL Darius Robinson is one of them. 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. 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. 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. Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire's Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
Yahoo
27-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Cardinals training camp: D-line competition will be stiff, difficult
The Arizona Cardinals have a number of notable position battles as they have begun training camp. Some battles are for starting jobs, while others are for key reserve spots. A pair of positions believed to have key battles — right guard and "Mike" linebacker — seem to be set with new starters. Others, though, have intrigue. Cardinals training camp position battle: Defensive line The defensive line battle will be fun because it is loaded. Before camp started, there were eight players who should be on a roster — Calais Campbell, Dalvin Tomlinson, Justin Jones, Bilal Nichols, 2024 first-round pick Darius Robinson, 2025 first-round pick Walter Nolen III, Dante Stills and L.J. Collier. They will only keep six or seven. Now, Nolen has a calf injury that will keep him out of most, if not all, of training camp, and he could start the season on PUP, and Nichols has not yet fully recovered from the neck injury he suffered last year. Maybe that is enough to make the roster formation easy. As for playing time, the Cardinals love to rotate their players, so most will get to play. Campbell and Tomlinson will certainly start, as Campbell leads all NFL players with 242 career starts and Tomlinson has started all 125 games he has played in his career. But who will be the third starter? Will it be Jones, signed last offseason and who has started every game he has played after his rookie season? Will it be Robinson? Stills and Collier were the Cardinals' two most productive defensive linemen last year. Now they are the two at the bottom of the depth chart in the eight mentioned. Will there be any room for undrafted rookie Elijah Simmons, who impressed in the spring? Injuries have rocked the Cardinals' defensive line over the last several seasons. Ideally, it will be competition and not attrition that makes the decisions for the coaches. But it is a group to watch during practices and the preseason. Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire's Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts. This article originally appeared on Cards Wire: DL position battle will be intriguing to watch for Cardinals
USA Today
25-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Calais Campbell gives Walter Nolen advice about calf injury
The 19-year veteran advised the first-round rookie to let his calf heal and not rush his return. There was some numbness and a distinct feeling of déjà vu when Arizona Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon revealed on Wednesday that rookie defensive lineman Walter Nolen III had suffered a calf injury while training in preparation for training camp and would miss some time. He began camp on the active/physically unable to perform (PUP) list. He is expected to miss at least most of training camp. Putting any timeframe on the situation is fraught with unknowns, even for the team, while considering that outside the organization it's not known when the injury occurred. Also complicating things is that diligent care has to be taken, as all injuries are, but especially when a calf injury can lead to issues with the Achilles. Nolen injured his right calf. Longtime veteran defensive lineman Calais Campbell addressed the unfortunate news when he was asked Thursday what advice he had given his linemate. 'My No. 1 advice was let it heal all the way,' Campbell said. 'Calves have a big re-injury rate when you try to rush back. He's very excited, as any rookie would be to get back on the field and it's like ... you're going to be fine. I know you want to get in training camp and be around the guys and compete and show what you can do, but let it heal all the way so it doesn't bother you the rest of the season. 'We know what you can do. We'll get you healthy. We'll get you ready to go when the time comes.' Those words make it even more impossible to forget how a calf injury 11 months ago essentially derailed defensive lineman Darius Robinson's rookie season. It's instructive to revisit everything Robinson experienced in 2024, while hoping Nolen has a better result. Darius Robinson injury timeline For Nolen, the question will be whether he can recover enough to avoid being placed on reserve/PUP when rosters have to be reduced to 53 on Aug. 26. If he ends up on reserve, that will result in not being able to practice or play until after the fourth game of the season. Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire's Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
USA Today
20-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
2025 Arizona Cardinals training camp roster preview: DL Darius Robinson
We will preview every player on the Cardinals roster leading up to training camp. This is about DL Darius Robinson. The Arizona Cardinals report to training camp on July 22 and begin the process of preparing for the regular season, forming the roster and determining starting jobs and roles on the team. Leading up to the start of camp, we will take a look at every player on the offseason roster, their background, their contract, their play in 2024, questions they face and their roster outlook. Next up is defensive lineman Darius Robinson. Darius Robinson background, 2024 season Robinson's rookie season turned out to be a long and frustrating one. Selected from Missouri with the 27th selection in the first round, Robinson was having a stellar training camp until suffering a calf injury in practice on Aug. 22. The rehab was lengthy and complicated by the death of his mom in October. Calf injuries can be troublesome because of the potential to affect the Achilles tendon. Placed on injured reserve Aug. 27, Robinson was designated for return on Oct. 9 and was activated Oct. 28. However, he was inactive for three games before playing in the final six games of the regular season. He did play 183 defensive snaps (50 percent) in those games and had a modest 10 tackles (four solo, one for loss), 1.0 sack and one quarterback hit. Darius Robinson 2025 contract details, cap hit In the second year of a four-year contract worth $13.87 million guaranteed, including a $6.9 million signing bonus, Robinson's base salary this year is $1.425 million and the salary-cap charge is $3.15 million. 2025 questions, roster outlook There's no reason why Robinson shouldn't pick up where he left off before the 2024 injury. A passionate player and a student of the game, he should become a consistent, disruptive influence on the line. Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire's Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
USA Today
13-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
56 days till the Arizona Cardinals' 2025 season opener: Who has worn No. 56?
With 56 days till the Cardinals open the season against the Saints, we look at the players who have worn No. 56. We are counting down to the start of the 2025 regular season for the Arizona Cardinals and are exactly eight weeks away. They will open the season on the road against the New Orleans Saints on Sept. 7. That is 56 days away. As we count down the remaining days of the offseason, let's look at who has worn that number uniform over the years for the Cardinals. Who has worn No. 56? Cardinals players to wear No. 56 No. 56 currently belongs to 2024 first-round pick Darius Robinson, a defensive lineman. Dansby in 2013 was so good and probably should have gotten Defensive Player of the Year consideration. But Harvey, an impact pass rusher who left and was great for Washington after that, was probably the best No. 56 the Cardinals have had. Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire's Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
