NFL Teams Betting - Arizona Cardinals - NFC West

Larry Fitzgerald will always make the Cardinals a threat through the air. Even with two unproven quarterbacks under centre in 2011, Fitz was able to amass over 1,400 yards and eight touchdowns. Early Doucet is a strong slot receiver and the Cards remain high on second-year receiver Andre Roberts. Add first-round pick Michael Floyd to the mix and the Cards could once again have a dynamic receiving corps, something they haven't been since trading Anquan Boldin to Baltimore.

There’s only one storyline for the Arizona Cardinals this season: Can Kevin Kolb play? The Cardinals have the pieces in place — an emerging defense, a dynamic receiving combo, two quality backs — to challenge the San Francisco 49ers for supremacy in the NFC West. But none of that will matter if Kolb isn’t the quarterback the Cardinals thought he was when they acquired him from the Philadelphia Eagles before the 2011 season. It’s not that the Cardinals have lost faith in Kolb; they just haven’t seen enough to know whether he’s the long-term answer at quarterback or the embodiment of a disastrous trade.

If Kolb can play like he did when he outperformed Michael Vick to be the Eagles’ opening day starter in 2010, the Cardinals have the talent around him to be a playoff team. If he’s the skittish, injury-prone quarterback he was last season, the franchise will be set back five years.