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After a tumultuous week, the Arizona Cardinals

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TEMPE Lamont Gaillard Arizona Cardinals Jersey , Ariz. (AP) — got a dramatic victory that greatly improves the team’s mood heading into this coming week off.“In the team meeting just now, you could tell the vibe was different,” coach Steve Wilks said Monday.Rookie Josh Rosen threw a pair of fourth-quarter touchdown passes, the last a 9-yarder to fellow rookie Christian Kirk with 34 seconds to play, and the Cardinals rallied to beat San Francisco 18-15.The players had Monday off and were to gather at a fundraiser at a local bowling alley Monday night. The team will practice Tuesday and Wednesday before taking the rest of the week off. Arizona’s next game is Nov. 11 at Kansas City.“Just being able to go out there this week and continue to teach the fundamentals and technique and re-teach some things we probably touched on back in training camp,” Wilks said of his plans for this week.The Cardinals are 2-6, with both wins coming over the 49ers, who dropped to 1-7. Arizona has beaten San Francisco eight straight times, tied for the second-longest active winning streak for any NFL team against a single opponent. Seattle has eight straight wins against the 49ers and Kansas City has beaten the Los Angeles Chargers nine straight times.Rosen, at 21 years, 260 days, became the youngest quarterback in the Super Bowl era to lead his team to victory from a double-digit fourth-quarter deficit. He is the first rookie to do it since Andrew Luck and Russell Wilson both did in the 2012 season.Rosen had a rough outing until his fortunes changed on those two drives.“His confidence, his ability to hit the reset button,” Wilks said. “Nothing ever fazes this guy in a negative way. He takes everything and he tries to learn from it.”In the final quarter, when he targeted Kirk and Larry Fitzgerald Cheap Lamont Gaillard Jersey , Rosen was 6 of 7 for 109 yards. Three of Arizona’s scoring drives against San Francisco were more than 70 yards — two for touchdowns and one for a field goal. They had four 70-yard drives total in their first seven games.How much of that is the responsibility of new offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich is difficult to know, but he had an impact. Leftwich called plays in a regular-season game for the first time after he replaced the fired Mike McCoy.Wilks obviously was pleased with Leftwich’s work.“I think he’s going to continue to try to be creative in his approach and put the guys in position to be successful,” Wilks said.Fitzgerald had his best game of the season, with eight catches for 102 yards. In the fourth quarter, he caught four for 81 yards and a touchdown and had a two-point conversion catch.The 15-year NFL veteran has 18 TD catches against the 49ers and the Rams, the most against a single opponent by any active player.Fitzgerald’s 13-yard touchdown catch was the 112th TD reception of his career, moving him ahead of Tony Gonzalez into seventh on the NFL career list. His 47 100-yard receiving games are most among any active player.“Larry is phenomenal,” Wilks said. After 24 days of speculating Larry Fitzgerald’s future, we can finally put an end to all of the discussion. He has re-signed with the Arizona Cardinals on a one-year deal, returning for his 16th season in the NFL.He has the third-most receptions (1,303) and second-most receiving yards (16,279) in NFL history, trailing the great Jerry Rice. He could vault himself over Tony Gonzalez for the second-most receptions, and there is a strong chance that he will.Despite the return of the Cardinals’ longest-tenured receiver, they are still in need of more help at that position. Before Christian Kirk suffered a broken foot injury, he was Josh Rosen’s favorite target and has proven to be a player that can take the top off of any defense. Trent Sherfield was the next man up and exceeded expectations as an undrafted receiver in his rookie year. Chad Williams will have an uphill battle for a spot at the bottom of the depth chart Lamont Gaillard Arizona Cardinals Jersey , after having another disappointing season. There are still a lot of unknowns about Jalen Tolliver and Pro Bowl return-specialist Pharoh Cooper as a receiver. The speedster J.J. Nelson will be a free agent.The Cardinals did have the worst passing offense in the NFL for a reason. Blame can be thrown all around the offense, but Fitzgerald and Kirk were never the problem.Expect the Cardinals to add a veteran wide receiver, with the names below as potential targets.Golden Tate - Philadelphia EaglesThe soon-to-be 31-year-old receiver isn’t getting any younger. He’s a receiver that can stretch the field, with his run-after-the-catch ability, but he would only be a old short-term option. He’s at the point in his career where winning is the only thing that matters, meaning a return to the Philadelphia Eagles or signing with a 2018 playoff team likely. Randall Cobb - Green Bay PackersThe Cardinals will probably target Cobb in free agency because of his familiarity with former Packers coaches Tom Clements and David Raih who are now with the Cardinals. His 2018 season was hampered with a concussion, so his health is a concern. Cobb has missed 11 regular season games the past three seasons. He will turn 29 in August and seems to be another receiver on the downside of their NFL career.Adam Humphries - Tampa Bay BuccaneersThe undrafted receiver out of Clemson has exceeded expectations with the Buccaneers. This past season, the 25-year-old set career-highs in receptions (76), receiving yards (816), and touchdowns (5). He has a very similar build (5-11 195lbs) and playing style to Christian Kirk, with their explosiveness as a return specialist and ability to play all over the field on the offense. If the Cardinals are going to pay big money to any receiver outside of this team, Humphries is the way to go.Tyrell Williams - Los Angeles ChargersHe’s been a speedy deep-threat for the Chargers that found a way to be productive playing behind Keenan Allen and Mike Williams. The past three seasons, he’s caught 153 passes for 2440 receiving yards and 16 touchdowns. Along with his speed and production, Williams is young (26), big (6-4 203lbs), and his ability to stretch the field in the passing game fits perfectly in Kliff Kingsbury’s air raid offense.Donte Moncrief - Jacksonville JaguarsMoncrief is a big wide receiver (6-2 216lbs) but has struggled to stay healthy throughout his career. He signed a one-year prove-it deal with the Jaguars this past season but didn’t exactly prove anything. He made a few big plays but wasn’t a receiver the Jaguars could count on a consistent basis when Marqise Lee was placed on injury reserve. Fortunately 2019 Lamont Gaillard Jersey , Moncrief is still young (26) but not a receiver the Cardinals should break-the-bank for. Kevin White - Chicago BearsThe former seventh overall pick of the Chicago Bears has been a bust, missing 50 games in his four-year NFL career. Within that time, White caught 25 passes for 285 yards and no touchdowns. He’s been a healthy scratch for most of the 2018 season but i’m a believer that if he stays healthy, which is a big if, and gets more reps that he can be something special in the league. This guy has the size (6-3 216lbs), speed (4.35 40), and when he’s played he has shown what he could do as a blocker. But he has failed to be anything close to reliable catching the ball. A one-year veteran minimum for this guy wouldn’t hurt.Other mentions: Chris Conley, Jermaine Kearse, Cole Beasley, Cordarrelle Patterson, Breshad Perriman, Devin Funchess, John Brown, Chris HoganMaybe the Cardinals should consider trading for Chargers’ backup receiver Dylan Cantrell, who played for Kingsbury at Texas Tech. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Cardinals signed two of the players on this list.The draft is filled with talented wide receivers but I will save this subject for another article.

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