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The Arizona Cardinals are reported to be taking steps to fire Rod Graves, the vice president of football...

Nothing has been easy for Marcel Shipp in the NFL. That`s why those three touchdown runs in St. Louis on Sunday meant so much to the quiet back from New Jersey. "Just to show people that I`m still here and can still play the game," he said Wednesday. "It`s been three years (actually four) since I`ve been in the end zone.

Edgerrin James has some simple advice for those who are plotting the Arizona Cardinals` future. "If around here they do right by Matt, we`re going to be all right," he said. Enduring a losing season and often running into a brick wall on game day, James said the future of the franchise is in the hands of Matt Leinart, the rookie who has coolly taken control of the Cardinals` offense.

The Seattle Seahawks gave away a chance to clinch their third straight NFC West title Sunday. Arizona scored 14 points off Seattle fumbles and a Seahawk comeback came up a half-yard shy at the finish in the Cardinals` 27-21 victory over the reigning NFC champs. "We were just too careless with the ball," Seattle coach Mike Holmgren said.

The Arizona Cardinals have won two games in a row for the first time since 2004, and with rumors coach Dennis...

Matt Leinart is getting smoother with every game, Edgerrin James is actually gaining yards behind a line that finally is creating some room. Belatedly, the pieces are coming together for the Arizona Cardinals` offense. "I think we`ve seen flashes of how good we can be in the last four weeks," wide receiver Anquan Boldin said.

Despite all his struggles in his first year in Arizona, Edgerrin James is closing in on a 1,000-yard season. That`s no big deal for James. He topped 1,000 in each of his last three seasons in Indianapolis and five times in his seven NFL seasons. But the Cardinals haven`t had a 1,000-yard rusher since Adrian Murrell in 1998.

Olympic and world sprint champion Justin Gatlin worked out for the Arizona Cardinals this week, his second tryout for an NFL team. Gatlin, who faces an eight-year ban from track and field following a positive drug test, worked out for Cardinals officials Tuesday, team spokesman Mark Dalton said Friday.

Reggie Wells, the Cardinals` starting offensive right tackle, practiced Friday a few hours after being released from a hospital and was upgraded to probable for Arizona`s game Sunday against the Denver Broncos. Wells spent two nights in the hospital for a flu-like illness. He played in last Sunday`s 27-21 victory over Seattle despite a 103-degree temperature earlier in the day.

LaDainian Tomlinson is unquestionably a terrific back, but the suggestion that he`s the best ever is quite premature.

Matt Leinart got the hype and the Heisman. Jay Cutler might get his NFL team into the playoffs. The two rookie quarterbacks with big expectations matched up for the first time on Sunday, and this one went to Cutler and the Denver Broncos. He threw two touchdown passes in his first NFL victory, and the Broncos (8-6) beat Leinart and the Arizona Cardinals 37-20 to snap a four-game losing streak and...

Drew Brees is a lock, but six NFC defensive backs struggled filling out their Pro Bowl ballots for the remaining two QB spots.

Dennis Green knows he may have coached his final home game for the Arizona Cardinals. He won`t talk about his job status, but all three of his Arizona teams have double-digit losses. After their 37-20 home loss to Denver on Sunday, the Cardinals (4-10) have only road games against San Francisco and San Diego remaining.