Timm Rosenbach: Another guy you wonder about had he had health. Josh McCown: The man Denny Green believed in enough to justify drafting Fitz. Steve Beuerlein: Maybe things would’ve been a little different if Buddy Ryan hadn’t shown up. Kevin Kolb: He was usually solid - he could just never stay healthy. Jake Plummer: Beloved local hero finally got the Cardinals to the playoffs. Kurt Warner: He’s a Hall of Famer and the lone guy to get the Cards to a Super Bowl.
Feel free to insert them into your own list if you choose.) There have been a few. My one requirement: A QB had to have at least 10 starts (eliminating some half-season greats like Boomer Esiason, Derek Anderson and Jay Schroeder. So, as the 2016 season fades and we wait for the 2017 season to gain steam, I thought I’d do a power ranking of the QBs this team has had since 1988, the year they came to the desert. But anytime that subject comes up, it makes me think of the lengthy list of QBs this franchise has had since moving to Arizona.
Not that it matters - Palmer, if he wants to play, is the quarterback. I’ve heard from fans who think otherwise, who want to move on, but that makes no sense to me. It’s important to have Palmer, of course. Fitz’s $11M salary also becomes guaranteed that day.) (As a side note, on Friday Palmer’s 2017 salary of $15.5 million becomes fully guaranteed. I get why some have trepidation that Palmer has yet to officially say anything, but knowing Palmer, he really didn’t want to even make coming back a “thing” if he could’ve helped it if Bruce Arians hadn’t mentioned that Palmer was on the fence, I’m not sure anyone would even be thinking about it. Waiting for Palmer, ranking the Cardinals’ QBs Posted byįitz said he’s coming back and it seems like only a matter of time before Carson Palmer does the same.