There was a bit of an event with the Arizona Cardinals offensive line on Saturday. The left side had some changes.
The left side was never supposed to be an issue with Jared Veldheer and the return of Jonathan Cooper, but apparently Cooper has not recovered as quickly as the team has hoped.
The first we heard of it was when the team's head coach, Bruce Arians, was asked about Earl Watford and the right side of the offensive line. Arians said that Paul Fanaika has been great and just wasn't giving the right guard starting job up. But it was next that raised eyebrows.
"Earl's playing at a real high level right now," Arians said. "Earl's going to push Coop."
That took on new meaning when, at practice, Watford was splitting reps on the first team at left guard with Jonathan Cooper. Arians was serious.
"I'm a bit disappointed at where Coop's at right now," Arians told the media. "I had hoped he would come along faster to get back into the full speed of the game."
