Nearly all of the players on the roster showed up for the first session for a team that won 14 games,Authentic NFL Jerseys Cheap, counting the playoffs, last season before being clobbered by Carolina in the NFC championship game.
"Getting a guy like Evan in here is huge," Palmer said, "a guy that's proven, a guy that's played well."
"My biggest thing now is to gel with the guys and get the playbook down," he said.
Palmer praised the signing of Mathis, a starter for last season's Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos, for an offensive line that will have three new members next season.
The Cardinals' biggest offseason acquisitions, outside linebacker Chandler Jones and guard Evan Mathis, were among those working out at the team's practice facility.
Things are completely different for Palmer this season. A year ago,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, he was rehabilitating from surgery to repair a torn ACL. This year, he's completely healthy.
Defensive lineman Calais Campbell said the opening conditioning session was "kind of like the first day of school."
TEMPE,Cheap Jerseys, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals began their offseason conditioning program Monday loaded with optimism and with what they believe is a realistic goal of reaching the Super Bowl.
"Everybody's goal is to win a Super Bowl," he said. "This is just the beginning,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, the first step right here."
Jones said he was excited to see his former team,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, the New England Patriots, come to Arizona to meet the Cardinals in the teams' season opener.
At age 36, Palmer said there's no easing up in these workouts.
The Cardinals begin so-called voluntary practices, OTAs, on May 17.
"There's kind of a falsity that people think the older you get, the less you train," Palmer said. "It's actually the opposite. The older you get, the harder you train."
"The guys that were here last year and coming close," quarterback Carson Palmer said, "and the guys that are coming into this team and seeing how good we were last year realize that we have an opportunity and there's something special going on here."
Mathis said the big turnout "shows the camaraderie and willingness to get together and win."