According to NFL.com's Gennaro Filice, Cardinals' second-round pick Will Johnson carries the highest likelilood to contribute in a major way in his rookie season. Filice compiled an all-rookie team of defenders, and Johnson was the top CB on that team.

With their moves, they were named one of the seven most improved teams by NFL.com's Nick Shook. Like another team on this list (New England), Arizona had some money to spend and needs to address. That's how the Cardinals landed edge rusher Josh Sweat,

Walter Nolen has fought conceptions of who he is all the way to Arizona, where he now hopes to establish himself in the NFL with the Cardinals.