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A recent roster purge by the New York Jets has made six-time Pro Bowler Brandon Marshall an unrestricted free agent. The 32-year old has let it be known that he wants to resurface with a contender. Could the Cardinals be on his short list?

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He certainly would be a fit in the desert. He has the kind of size (6’4″, 230) the Cards now need. Future Hall of Famer Larry Fitzgerald (6’3″, 218) may be entering the final phase of his illustrious career, and Michael Floyd (6’2″, 220) was released last season.

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That has left the club with a couple of tiny pass-catchers (John Brown and J.J.Nelson), and a backup coming off of an ACL tear (Jaron Brown). The signing of Marshall would provide quarterback Carson Palmer with a nice, big target to throw to.

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It would take some shrewd accounting to make it happen but the Arizona Cardinals should consider signing the veteran wideout

A position that just one yearArizona-Cardinals Authentic Jersey ago looked like a strength has taken a mighty tumble for the Arizona Cardinals. The wide receiving group is in need of some help. A recently released veteran could go a long way into providing it.

A recent roster purge by the New York Jets has made six-time Pro Bowler Brandon Marshall an unrestricted free agent. The 32-year old has let it be known that he wants to resurface with a contender. Could the Cardinals be on his short list?

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He certainly would be a fit in the desert. He has the kind of size (6’4″, 230) the Cards now need. Future Hall of Famer Larry Fitzgerald (6’3″, 218) may be entering the final phase of his illustrious career, and Michael Floyd (6’2″, 220) was released last season.

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That has left the club with a http://www.officialnflapparelshop.com/nfl-jerseys-arizona-cardinals-c-1_614.html couple of tiny pass-catchers (John Brown and J.J.Nelson), and a backup coming off of an ACL tear (Jaron Brown). The signing of Marshall would provide quarterback Carson Palmer with a nice, big target to throw to.

The biggest obstacle to it happening is obviously the money. Arizona currently doesn’t have much salary-cap space to work with, but next year it could be different. The impending retirements of Fitzgerald and Palmer alone could free up some significant cash. Would Marshall be willing to sign a slightly back-loaded deal to play for an organization that could win in ’17?

A three-year contract could be something that works for both parties. But the agreement would have to be structured around the lack of cap space Arizona has this year. It may take some keen salesmanship from General http://www.officialnflapparelshop.com/nfl-jerseys-baltimore-ravens-c-1_709.html Manager Steve Keim to get Marshall to take a little less in the first year of the contract.

It’s obvious that Marshall would be a strong addition to the Cardinals. Whether it can be worked out monetarily or not is another story. But just imagine the rewards if it can.

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After what head coach Ron Rivera described as a “position catastrophe” last season, the Panthers have to make Carolina-Panthers Jersey moves – and fast. Free agency opens next week, and the logical step for general manager Dave Gettleman is to spend some of his approximately $35 million in cap room on an experienced offensive tackle.

Tha seems even more http://www.officialnflapparelshop.com/nfl-jerseys-carolina-panthers-c-1_807.html more logical when this particular draft class of tackles is considered. Panned by analysts and GMs alike as a weak group overall, it becomes increasingly unlikely that the Panthers use their No. 8 pick on a player who can’t be a game-changing factor on day one of the 2017 season.

Yet that may not stop Gettleman from taking one in later rounds – and there are some solid options for late-round pickups who could adjust well to the NFL learning curve.

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Garett Bolles, Utah

Bolles, at 25, is older than the average NFL prospect and one of the few who is both a husband and a father, but his delayed entry to the league is because he went on a church mission earlier in his career.

His stock as one of the top offensive linemen in the class rose after he displayed his athleticism this week at the NFL scouting combine. At 6-foot-5 and 300 pounds, Bolles ran a 4.95-second 40-yard dash, second-fastest of all the linemen.

His attitude on the field seems to be a nasty one – a great trait in an offensive tackle, and one Carolina could certainly use.

“When I’m on the field, I want to put people in the dirt,” he said during his podium session with media. “And that’s what I’m here for. ... Whoever’s in front of me, I want to drive them and put them in the dirt. So I’m just going to try to be that every single day. And when I come off the field, I love my family.”

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Robinson was up-front about the incident at the combine.

“First and foremost I want (teams) to understand I didn’t want to let that incident define me as a person,” he said. “I respect myself and my family and university at the time, and my teammates. I put that past me.”

Gettleman does not usually bring in players with off-the-field issues such as Robinson’s. But it’s important to note that one of last year’s Panthers picks, cornerback Daryl Worley, also had misdemeanor battery charges against him that were dropped and the team did a thorough in-house investigation of the incident.

Ryan Ramczyk, Wisconsin

At 6-foot-6 and 314 pounds, Ramczyk would have been the top prospect in the class were it not for a nagging hip injury and just one year of Division I football under his belt.

Ramczyk said he’s confident he’ll be “completely clear” by thehttp://www.officialnflapparelshop.com/nfl-jerseys-dallas-cowboys-c-1_1003.html time training camp rolls around, but many teams might not be willing to roll the dice on the injury, and especially not in the first round. But Wisconsin is similar in style to the ground-and-pound run game the Panthers prefer, and Ramczyk might be a valuable addition if enough teams pass early.

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Fran Tarkenton
Tarkenton in January 2010 after a Fran Tarkenton Authentic Jersey speech by General David Petraeus in Atlanta, Georgia
Tarkenton in January 2010
No. 10
Position: Quarterback
Personal information
Date of birth: February 3, 1940 (age 77)
Place of birth: Richmond, Virginia
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight: 190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school: Athens (GA)
College: Georgia
NFL Draft: 1961 / Round: 3 / Pick: 29
AFL draft: 1961 / Round: 5 / Pick: 34
Career history
Minnesota Vikings (1961–1966)
New York Giants (1967–1971)
Minnesota Vikings (1972–1978)
Career highlights and awards
9× Pro Bowl (1964, 1966–1970, 1974–1976)
First-team All-Pro (1975)
Second-team All-Pro (1973)
NFL Most Valuable Player (1975)
NFL Offensive Player of the Year (1975)
NFC Player of the Year (1975)
Bert Bell Award (1975)
NFL passing yards leader (1978)
NFL passing touchdowns leader (1975)
Minnesota Vikings No. 10 retired
Minnesota Vikings Ring of Honor
Career NFL statistics
Pass attempts: 6,467
Pass completions: 3,686
Percentage: 57.0
TD–INT: 342–266
Passing yards: 47,003
Passer rating: 80.4
Player stats at NFL.com
Pro Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame
Francis Asbury Tarkenton (born February 3, 1940) is a former National Football League (NFL) quarterback, television personality, and computer software executive. He played in the NFL for 18 seasons and spent the majority of his career with the Minnesota Vikings.

Tarkenton's tenure with the Vikings spanned 14 non-consecutive seasons, playing with the team for six seasons from 1961 to 1966, and then for seven seasons from 1972 to 1978. In between his years in Minnesota, Tarkenton was Fran Tarkenton Youth Jersey a member of the New York Giants for four seasons. At the time of his retirement, Tarkenton owned every major quarterback record. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1986.

In addition to his football career, Tarkenton served as a commentator on Monday Night Football and a co-host of That's Incredible!. He also founded Tarkenton Software, a computer-program generator company, and he toured the U.S. promoting CASE (computer-aided software engineering) with Albert F. Case, Jr. of Nastec Corporation. Tarkenton Software later merged with KnowledgeWare (with Tarkenton as president), until selling the company to Sterling Software in 1994.

Contents [hide]
1 Early life
2 Professional football career
3 Books
4 Business ventures and investments
5 Politics
6 NFL career statistics
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
Early life[edit]
Fran Tarkenton was born on February 3, 1940, in Richmond, Virginia. His father, Dallas Tarkenton, Sr., was a Methodist minister.[1] Fran Tarkenton went to Athens High School in Athens, Georgia, and later attended the University of http://www.officialvikingshop.com/shop-by-players-fran-tarkenton-jersey-c-2_36.html Georgia, where he was the quarterback on the Bulldog football team and a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Under Coach Wally Butts and with Tarkenton as QB, Georgia won the 1959 Southeastern Conference championship.

Professional football career[edit]
The Minnesota Vikings drafted Tarkenton in the third round of the 1961 NFL Draft, and he was picked in the fifth round of the 1961 AFL draft by the Boston Patriots. He signed with the Vikings. Tarkenton, 21, played his first National Football League game (and the Vikings' first game) on September 17 against the Chicago Bears coming off the bench to lead the Vikings to a come-from-behind victory by passing for 250 yards and four touchdown passes and running for another[2] as the Vikings defeated the Bears 37–13. He was the only player in NFL history to pass for four touchdowns in his first NFL game, until the feat was repeated by Marcus Mariota in the Tennessee Titans' 2015 season opener versus the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.[3]


Tarkenton scrambling (1974)
He played for the Vikings from 1961 to 1966.

Tarkenton was traded to the New York Giants in 1967, at which time he moved to the New York City suburb of New Rochelle, New York.[4] In the first game of the 1969 season, Tarkenton's Giants played the Vikings. After trailing 23–10 in thehttp://www.officialvikingshop.com/shop-by-players-fran-tarkenton-jersey-c-2_36.html fourth quarter, Tarkenton threw two touchdown passes to secure a 24–23 comeback victory over his former team.[5] The 24 points allowed by Minnesota's defense were a season-worst for the unit.[6]

Tarkenton was traded back to Minnesota in 1972, for three players plus a first and second round draft choice.[7] He led the Vikings to three Super Bowls in the 1970s, but lost all of them. In Tarkenton's first Super Bowl appearance his team lost to the Miami Dolphins 24–7 in Houston. It lost the second to the Pittsburgh Steelers 16–6 in New Orleans, and in the last Super Bowl Tarkenton played (and Minnesota's last Super Bowl to date), the Vikings lost to the Oakland Raiders 32–14 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.

In his 18 NFL seasons, Tarkenton completed 3,686 of 6,467 passes for 47,003 yards and 342 touchdowns, with 266 interceptions. Tarkenton's 47,003 career passing yards rank him 8th all time, while his 342 career passing touchdowns is 6th all time in NFL history.[8] He also is 6th on the all-time list of wins by a starting quarterback with 124 regular season victories. He also used his impressive scrambling ability to rack up 3,674 rushing yards and 32 touchdowns on 675 carries. During his career, Tarkenton ran for a touchdown in 15 different seasons, an NFL record among quarterbacks. He ranks fourth in career rushing yards among quarterbacks, behind Randall Cunningham, Steve Young and Michael Vick. He is also one of two NFL quarterbacks ever to rush for at least 300 yards in seven different seasons; the other is Tobin Rote. When he retired, Tarkenton held NFL career records in pass attempts, completions, yardage, and touchdowns; rushing yards by a quarterback; and wins by a starting quarterback.


Tarkenton launching a forward pass (1965)
The Vikings finished the 1975 season with an NFC-best 12–2 record and Tarkenton won the NFL Most Valuable Player Award and the NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award while capturing All-Pro honors in the process. He was also a second-team All-Pro in 1973 and earned All-NFC selections in 1972 and 1976. He washttp://www.officialvikingshop.com/shop-by-players-jarius-wright-jersey-c-2_44.html named second-team All-NFC in 1970 and 1974. Tarkenton was selected to play in nine Pro Bowls.[9]

Tarkenton was indecisive on his retirement during the last seven years of his playing career.[10][11]

Despite not winning a Super Bowl, he won six playoff games, and in 1999 he was ranked number 59 on The Sporting News list of the 100 Greatest Football Players.

Tarkenton was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1977,[12] the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1986,[9] the College Football Hall of Fame in 1987,[13] and the Athens, Georgia Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000.[14]