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Following a disappointing 2012 season, the Arizona Cardinals underwent a makeover that began with the hiring of head coach Bruce Arians and his staff.

In an effort to construct a roster more to their style of coaching, the team released players such as safety Adrian Wilson, quarterback Kevin Kolb, running back Beanie Wells and wide receiver Early Doucet, to name a few.

To fill in those holes, the team added quarterback Drew Stanton, cornerback Antoine Cason, running back Rashard Mendenhall and linebacker Jasper Brinkley, among others.

However, the changes for the Red Birds didn't impress enough to earn a higher spot in ESPN.com's NFL pre-draft Power Rankings.

The power rankings have Arizona slotted 29th out of the league's 32 teams, only trailed by the Raiders, Jets and Jaguars.

ESPN.com's NFC West blogger Mike Sando said, "Adding Drew Stanton made sense, but won't generate buzz around the Cards."

Two of Arizona's division rivals, Seattle and San Francisco, hold the top spots in the power rankings.

Sando said the top-ranked Seahawks', "High-risk, high-reward move for Percy Harvin got voters' attention."

The 49ers added wide receiver Anquan Boldin in a trade with Baltimore and have plenty of flexibility in the upcoming draft.

"Two-time defending NFC West champs can restock with 14 draft choices," Sando said.
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    Whatashame wrote...
    About time for all
    March 19, 2013 6:32 pm
    the Cardinal's apolgists to start saying that the people at ESPN know nothing. After all, they obviously do not know as much as our last man standing hire who was a phone call from being out of football before Pagano gave him a call. All of this, from Keim, to Arians, to the rest of the rag tag come-latelies are designed to do just one thing. Maximize the Bidwill's pocketbook while spinning just enough of a tease to keep the team selling tickets.
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    CardsFan_ wrote...
    C'est la vie
    March 19, 2013 7:56 pm
    Until the Cards prove they have a QB they'll be low in the rankings. But NFL rankings this year are as meaningless and basically nonsensical as whatashame's rantings above. We'll see what happens when they actually start being able to practice and play the games.
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    LiveForSports wrote...
    From Mediocre to Playoffs
    March 19, 2013 10:27 pm
    Seattle averaged like 6 wins per year from 08-11 and made playoffs thanks to finding their QB. Redskins were in last place for several years in NFC East until they mortgaged their future for RGIII. And the Colts were 2-14 last year and found their franchise QB and made the playoffs. Cards have averaged 6 wins per year post Warner, so all they got to do is find anything that even remotely resembles a good QB and they can contend again, assuming the D Unit keeps rolling.
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    sundevil7901 wrote...
    I might be missing something from Sando
    March 20, 2013 7:49 am
    but how does "buzz" figure into a team's power ranking?
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    Patrick Peterson's Talent wrote...
    Whatashame
    March 20, 2013 11:26 am
    Rebuilding takes time and patience. I'm tired of listening to people say the Bidwill's are the same, cheap owners when they have repeatedly demonstrated that they are not. Did everyone really expect us to find a free agent QB that was going to change the course of the franchise? Give the new regime time to build their brand of football (which can take 2-3 years). They made solid free agent signings and I'm confident they'll make good decisions in the draft. Keim is no joke - he's very well respected around the league, as is Tom Moore and B.A.
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    Whatashame wrote...
    It is always hard to argue with the deaf and blind
    March 20, 2013 11:54 am
    But here goes. In the uncapped year the Cardinals spent the fourth least of any team in the NFL thereby badly hampering the team for the following year. in 2011 they spent in the bottom third of all NFL teams further demonstrating that those stripes are diffucult to change. Believe what you will but barring another miraculous resurgence by an "Over the Hill" wizard at QB we will not sniff another championship for many years. Arians was let go by a team that know coaching( and fell into an opportunity in Indianapolis) and Keim is a cheap in-house hire. Have fun rootin' and tootin' now.
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    hm wrote...
    What should be
    March 20, 2013 1:34 pm
    expected? The Last HC left the team a mess. Lets give the next HC some time on the job.
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    thereis10 wrote...
    watashame
    March 20, 2013 4:40 pm
    If finding a great quarterback were easy there would be 32 of them. What is the point of reading az sports when every comment you make is about how much every team sucks or how bad they are managing things. you are the only person on all the internet that thinks adam eaton is not an upgrade from chris young. If you are not a fan of AZ good for you go read san fransisco sports website or something.
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