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The Arizona Cardinals have wrapped up their offseason program. They held their final practice of mandatory minicamp on Thursday.
With that, they had two weeks of Phase 1 strength and conditioning work. After that, they had three weeks of Phase 2 conditioning and positional drills. The last three weeks have been Phase 3, which included 11-on-11 and 7-on-7, between two weeks of OTAs and one week of minicamp.
All but the week of minicamp was voluntary.
The Cardinals elected to go with only three weeks total of OTAs and minicamp and nine total practices instead of the allowed four weeks and 13.
So what is next?
The rookies will still be in the building for a little while. How long? "long as I need to," head coach Jonathan Gannon said on Thursday.
After that, there is the summer break until training camp. Gannon said training camp would begin on July 22.
That might not be the official start of camp, though. NFL teams are allowed to start came with veterans beginning 15 days before their preseason opener. As the Cardinals open the preseason on Aug. 9, their official report date will be July 25, with their first practice coming on July 26. Teams can, though, have rookies report for training up to 22 days before the preseason opener. So the July 22 date is likely when the coaches, rookie players, injured players and quarterbacks begin training without actual practices.
So keep an eye out for the Cardinals' announcement about how to attend camp practices at State Farm Stadium. That news will come soon.
Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire's Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
This article originally appeared on Cards Wire: Arizona Cardinals wrap up minicamp, next up is training camp in July
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With that, they had two weeks of Phase 1 strength and conditioning work. After that, they had three weeks of Phase 2 conditioning and positional drills. The last three weeks have been Phase 3, which included 11-on-11 and 7-on-7, between two weeks of OTAs and one week of minicamp.
All but the week of minicamp was voluntary.
The Cardinals elected to go with only three weeks total of OTAs and minicamp and nine total practices instead of the allowed four weeks and 13.
So what is next?
The rookies will still be in the building for a little while. How long? "long as I need to," head coach Jonathan Gannon said on Thursday.
After that, there is the summer break until training camp. Gannon said training camp would begin on July 22.
That might not be the official start of camp, though. NFL teams are allowed to start came with veterans beginning 15 days before their preseason opener. As the Cardinals open the preseason on Aug. 9, their official report date will be July 25, with their first practice coming on July 26. Teams can, though, have rookies report for training up to 22 days before the preseason opener. So the July 22 date is likely when the coaches, rookie players, injured players and quarterbacks begin training without actual practices.
So keep an eye out for the Cardinals' announcement about how to attend camp practices at State Farm Stadium. That news will come soon.
Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire's Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
This article originally appeared on Cards Wire: Arizona Cardinals wrap up minicamp, next up is training camp in July
Continue reading...
