Steelers Likely To Be Awarded Two 7th Round Compensatory 2012 Draft Picks
While the 2012 compensatory draft picks will not be announced until the league meetings in March, it is pretty easy to guess that the Steelers at worst will receive two 7th round compensatory draft picks for the loss of unrestricted free agents, tight end Matt Spaeth and defensive tackle Nick Eason, last offseason.
Compensatory picks are awarded based on a formula that takes into...
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January 14, 2012
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January 14, 2012
Steelers Expected to Get 2 7th Round Compensation Picks
The team at mockingthedraft.com came up with some estimates as to what each team will get for compensation picks in the 2012 NFL Draft. They expect the Steelers to get 2 7th round picks this year. They lost Tight End Matt Spaeth to the Bears and Defensive End Nick Eason to the Cardinals. The Steelers signed no one in return. The only guys they brought in were guys who were...
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January 14, 2012
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January 14, 2012
Cardinals relying on defense to win games
TEMPE, AZ -- If quarterback Kevin Kolb plays this Sunday against the Cowboys, maybe the Cardinals can begin putting their offensive house in order. The belief in the locker room is that the defense is well on its way to mastering first-year coordinator Ray Horton's complex scheme.
"We are starting to trust each other and that's the biggest thing," defensive end Calais Campbell said...
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November 30, 2011
Turkey Day injury update
Just because it’s Thanksgiving doesn’t mean that the Cardinals didn’t practice today continuing their preparation for their upcoming trip to St. Louis to take on the Rams. The health of this team has been in constant flux since the preseason.
After three weeks Kevin Kolb is finally back on the practice field. He received about 40 percent of the reps with the starting offense...
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November 25, 2011
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November 25, 2011
Arizona Cardinals will count on Nick Eason, David Carter to perform well at nose tackle
Notes: With Cardinals nose tackle Dan Williams out with a broken arm suffered against the 49ers, veteran Nick Eason and rookie David Carter will be expected to step in.
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November 24, 2011
Cardinals notes: Williams done for the year
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt confirmed Monday that second-year nose tackle Dan Williams has a broken foot and will miss the rest of the season. Williams suffered the injury while trying to make a tackle in the fourth quarter of Sundays 23-7 loss at San Francisco.
Whisenhunt said Williams had started to play well following early-season struggles due to weight issues...
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November 21, 2011
Arizona Cardinals' Dan Williams out for season with broken left arm
NT Dan Williams is out for the season with a broken left arm. David Carter or Nick Eason will start there.
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November 21, 2011
Cards' Dan Williams done for season
The Arizona Cardinals have lost starting nose tackle Dan Williams for the remainder of the season with a broken left arm.
The second-year pro from Tennessee was injured in Arizona's 23-7 loss at San Francisco on Sunday. Williams was Arizona's first-round draft pick, the 26th selection overall, in 2010.
Coach Ken Whisenhunt says rookie David Carter and veteran Nick Eason...
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November 21, 2011
Arizona NT Williams out for season with broken arm
The Arizona Cardinals have lost starting nose tackle Dan Williams for the remainder of the season with a broken left arm.
The second-year pro from Tennessee was injured in Arizona's 23-7 loss at San Francisco on Sunday. Williams was Arizona's first-round draft pick, the 26th selection overall, in 2010.
Coach Ken Whisenhunt says rookie David Carter and veteran Nick Eason will move...
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November 21, 2011
Cardinals midseason report card: Half bad
TEMPE, Ariz. Once in a great while, a plan comes together.
Were not talking about this Sundays opponents at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia: the Arizona Cardinals and the Philadelphia Eagles. Both clubs have strayed far from the preseason plan.
But with the season at its midpoint, the Eagles are the perfect news peg for our midseason report card. It was, after all, that...
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November 09, 2011
Give These Cards A Royal Flush...
OMG IT'S LESS THAN TWO HOURS FROM GAME TIME AND THE PREVIEW JUST GOT PUBLISHED!AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!Quick, hit the jump, there's no time to waste!
Quarterback:
"The finger wasn’t pointed, but it was just saying hey look it is pretty obvious where the mistakes are coming from. We are all making mistakes. Put your ego at the door."...
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October 23, 2011
Steelers/Cardinals: Looking for 5-2
The Steelers travel to Arizona to play the Cardinals on Sunday in what will be the first matchup between the two teams since:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zFhsE8EEvM
Since that game, however, the two teams have gone in different directions. The Steelers went back to the Super Bowl two years later and, despite some early season scuffles, are 4-2 and poised to make a run at the...
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October 20, 2011
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October 20, 2011
NFL Preview: Arizona Cardinals
Arizona Cardinals2010 record: 5-11Last playoff appearance: 2009 (10-6, NFC West Champs) W51-45 OT GB, L45-14 NOGeneral Manager: Rod Graves (2002-current)Head Coach: Ken Whisenhunt (32-32 in 4 seasons at ARI)Offensive Coordinator: Mike MillerDefensive Coordinator: Ray HortonDefensive Alignment: 3-4
2010 NFL Rankings:
OFF: 18.1 PTS (27th) 269.3 YDS (31st) ...
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September 04, 2011
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September 04, 2011
Busy weekend at Cardinals camp
FLAGSTAFF -- Todd Heap should have owned the headlines Sunday in Phoenix. The Cardinals agreed to a two-year deal with the former Ravens tight end, fetching one of the area's most celebrated recent football products.
Unfortunately for Heap, the Cardinals wouldn't stop moving long enough to let the local media dote on a native son. On Sunday alone, they also signed second-round...
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July 31, 2011
Getting the Gang Back Together: The Steelers Offseason
The Steelers approach to free agency has long been to keep their own guys they want to keep and to disdain high profile free agents from others teams. The 2011 offseason is more of the same, perhaps to a fault. As of Sunday night, the Steelers have not signed a free agent that played on another team in 2010, while re-upping CB Ike Taylor, RB Mewelde Moore, OT Willie Colon, P Daniel...
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July 31, 2011
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July 31, 2011
Cards start less-than-typical training camp
FLAGSTAFF -- Players wore name tags on the fronts of their helmets, veterans paraded off the field as soon as drills began and coach Ken Whisenhunt had a simple goal for the first day of practice.
"Just to get through it in a semi-organized fashion," he said.
This won't be a typical Cardinals training camp. The lockout has ensured that.
Playbooks are just reaching...
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July 31, 2011
The Arizona Cardinals sign DE/DT Nick Eason
The Cardinals have signed 31-year old DE/DT Nick Eason to a 2-year deal. Eason played in all 16 games for the Steelers last year and he had 16 tackles, 1.5 sacks and 1 pass defensed. Eason has now played in 85 games in his first 7 years in the NFL and he has 108 tackles, 5 tackles for a loss, 5 sacks, 1 forced fumble and he defensed 4 passes. Eason is familiar with the style...
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July 30, 2011
Cardinals sign 5 free agents, 5 draft choices
The Arizona Cardinals have signed five free agents who played for other teams last year, including Philadelphia inside linebacker Stewart Bradley.
Joining Bradley were Green Bay guard Daryn Colledge, Pittsburgh defensive end Nick Eason, Carolina tight end Jeff King and Cleveland wide receiver Chansi Stuckey.
The Cardinals also re-signed eight of their own free agents, including...
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July 29, 2011
Latest Steelers Free Agency Player Update
Unsigned players: S Da’Mon Cromartie-Smith (EFA), QB Dennis Dixon (RFA), DE Nick Eason (UFA), DE Chris Ellis (RFA), OG Trai Essex (UFA), LB Keyaron Fox (UFA), CB William Gay (UFA), CB Tuff Harris (UFA), OT Tony Hills (RFA), NT Chris Hoke (UFA), CB Anthony Madison (UFA), RB Mewelde Moore (UFA), P Daniel Sepulveda (UFA), LS Greg Warren (UFA), OLB LaMarr Woodley (FFA).
Key arrivals...
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July 29, 2011
Cardinals Announce Free Agent Signings
The Cardinals announced their free-agent signings when it became official on Friday afternoon, including the addition of former Eagles MLB Stewart Bradley.
Arizona signed former Packers OG Daryn Colledge to a five-year deal and former Panthers TE Jeff King to a three-year deal. The Cards also added former Steelers DE Nick Eason to a two-year contract and Bradley, Eason and Stuckey...
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July 29, 2011
LB Bradley among Cards' free-agent additions
With their quarterback situation squared away, the Cardinals began the process of filling some of the other holes on their roster prior to heading north on Friday evening for the opening of training camp in Flagstaff.
The Cardinals signed five unrestricted free agents who played elsewhere in 2010 in addition to re-signing 10 free agents from their 2010 roster (eight unrestricted...
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July 29, 2011
DE Nick Eason Inks a Two-Year Deal with Cardinals
The Cardinals have come to terms with former Steelers defensive end Nick Eason. He joins the team with a two-year deal. Eason will re-join Ray Horton, who was with the Steelers and is now the Cardinals defensive coordinator. In four seasons with the Steelers Eason had three sacks and 63 combined tackles. With the youth movement on the D-line with Cameron Heyward and first-round...
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July 29, 2011
Cardinals Sign Steelers FA Defensive End Nick Eason
The Cardinals have come to terms with former Steelers defensive end Nick Eason. He joins the team with a two-year deal. Eason will re-join Ray Horton, who was with the Steelers and is now the Cardinals defensive coordinator. In four seasons with the Steelers Eason had three sacks and 63 combined tackles.
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July 29, 2011
DE Nick Eason Agrees To Terms With Cardinals
Another former Steelers player is headed to Pittsburgh West as defensive end Nick Eason has agreed to a two-year deal with the Arizona Cardinals according to John Clayton. Eason will be re-united with Ray Horton, the Steelers former defensive backs coach, who is now the Cardinals defensive coordinator. Eason signed with the Steelers as an unrestricted free agent back in April of...
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July 28, 2011
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July 28, 2011
Cardinals Pick Up DE Nick Eason
Well, the Arizona Cardinals are back at it. They are off signing more Pittsburgh Steelers free agents. This time, it is defensive end Nick Eason. Eason is about to enter his eighth season in the NFL. He spent his first three seasons with the Cleveland Browns. … [visit site to read more]
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July 28, 2011
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