Matt Barkley has been with the Cardinals for an entire regular season.
But the quarterback is just now learning what it means to direct a Bruce Arians offense, and the team is just starting the process of finding out what exactly they got in exchange for that seventh-round pick they sent to Philadelphia last September.
“Playing football again (this spring) felt like the first day of school because it was all new, but it felt so comfortable compared to where I was in the fall,” Barkley said.
The search for Carson Palmer’s eventual replacement is ongoing.