New Cardinals coach Bruce Arians discusses his experiences in Indianapolis and his first practices with Arizona.

New Era, the official on-field headwear of the National Football League, is teaming up with the NFL to launch the Back to Football Photo Day contest. So what this means is that Cardinals fans will now have the chance to join the ranks of Patrick Peteroson to also become THE face of the Cards.

The contest, which is live at www.speakwithyourcap.com or through New Era’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/neweracaps?fref=ts) will require Cards faithfuls to submit photos of themselves showcasing how you personally “speak with your cap.”  Whether you wear your cap sideways, backwards or flexed at the brim, show how you are bringing your own style to the game.

32 fans (1 per team) will ultimately be chosen and win a complimentary trip to New York City for two. The winners will enjoy a four-day VIP experience and will be professionally styled in their favorite team’s looks for a New Era photo shoot that may be used for a year-long advertisement and promotional campaign.

The Cardinals today are talking to a tackle that the new head coach knows quite a bit about, that being former Steelers OT Max Starks.

Cardinals head coach Bruce Arians has familiarity with Starks having worked with him in Pittsburgh. Starks has also visited the San Diego Chargers.

He was back with the Steelers last season after the team released him in 2011. Now he may be back with Arians in Arizona.

Free-agent linebacker Karlos Dansby is scheduled to visit the Cardinals tomorrow, according to Mike Jurecki of XTRA910 in Phoenix.

With the suspension and recent arrest of Daryl Washington, Dansby would be a good insurance policy.

Cardinals inside linebacker Daryl Washington was arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault Friday in Ahwatukee Foothills, the Arizona Republic reports.

Phoenix police began investigating Washington after the mother of his child called police Wednesday afternoon saying she was assaulted by Washington earlier in the day, according to the Phoenix Police Department.

The woman told police that Washington pushed her with two hands, causing her to fall and break her right collar bone, according to court documents.

Washington is also suspected of grabbing the woman’s neck and pushed her against an upper-story railing, according to the documents.

Washington’s agent, Jordan Woy, told Republic reporter Kent Somers that “Daryl is fully cooperating with authorities” and said he would have no further comment at this time.

Washington, a Pro Bowl inside linebacker, was suspended for the first four games of the 2013 season for violating the NFL’s substance-abuse policy.

The Cardinals Thursday pulled off a deal with the Chiefs. The Cards traded fullback Anthony Sherman to KC, while they get cornerback Javier Arenas back to the Cardinals.

Sherman was a fifth-round pick of the Cardinals back in 2011, and appeared in 28 games in the regular season. He had just one carry for three yards, but caught 13 passes for 111 yards.

For now the Cardinals don’t have a fullback on the roster.

As for Arenas, he was a draft choice for the Chiefs in the second-round of the 2010 draft out of Alabama. Last season he had 53 solo tackles and one forced fumble in 16 games played. He also logged 204 yards in kickoff returns and 297 yards in punt returns on special teams.

The Cardinals have announced the release of guard Adam Snyder, who started 14 games for Arizona last season, the Arizona Republic reports.

Snyder spent one year in Arizona after being signed as a free-agent. He spent his first 7 years in the league with San Francisco.

The Cardinals also released guard Jeremiah Warren. He was signed on January 11th as a free agent.

FOXSports.com’s Alex Marvez, Peter Schrager and Laura Okmin on Arizona’s 2013 NFL Draft class.

The Cardinals needed a guard in the worse way, and no better way to get one than with their first pick in the NFL Draft, who took OG Jonathan Cooper with the 7th pick.

Here’s a Scouting Report on Cooper:

Positives:

Cooper is one of the most athletic guards I have ever seen. It’s simply amazing to watch a man that is 6’2″ and 311 pounds play the offensive guard position and move around the field as fluidly as Cooper does. An interesting tidbit is that Cooper actually weighed too much to play Pop Warner football. Cooper was always bigger than the other children he grew up with, but he wanted to be athletic and he’s worked extremely hard to become the type of athletic lineman he has become today.

When Cooper is allowed to move and get into space, he makes it look easy. He possesses natural movement skills and agility. Cooper can get out and pull, then locates his man and makes a clean block. His athleticism in the open field allows him to not only block on second level, but also the third level and deep into the secondary. Cooper isn’t sloppy and always finishes out the play with maximum effort.

Excellent in run blocking, Cooper is also very good in pass protection. He gets level and maintains proper leverage, but he also has the upper body strength to hold up against defensive lineman. Speed won’t be a problem for him either because of his immense quickness and recovery speed. Possessing fluid hips, Cooper can swing from side-to-side and take on multiple defenders and delayed blitzes. Stamina is not a concern here and Cooper holds up late in games and will be a difference maker down the stretch.

While his athleticism is his highest selling point, Cooper does display a mean streak and a physicality to his game. His strength is underrated and Cooper is no slouch in that department. 35 reps on the bench press at the NFL Combine really opened up some eyes to Cooper’s strength.

The All-American and All-ACC lineman has 47 career starts and is experienced as they come. Cooper also weathered the storm at UNC and stayed out of the scandals that took place there during his college career. He’s a clean prospect with no off-the-field baggage and is a high character individual.

Negatives:

Much like Warmack, it’s very difficult to find bad tape on Cooper. He doesn’t possess elite size or arm length, but his athleticism allows him to overcome that. There are some minor durability concerns and Cooper did have surgery on his injured shoulder. Upper body strength isn’t a problem for Cooper, but he does need to improve his overall strength and develop more lower body strength. Time in the weight room and activity in the strength and conditioning program could help him improve in that area.

Mark new Cardinals starting quarterback Carson Palmer as a player that already is in love with new coach Bruce Arians’ playbook.

Palmer took first team snaps with the Cards Tuesday, and spoke about how user friendly Arians’ system is.

“It’s very, I guess user-friendly would be the right word,” Palmer said of Arians’ system. “There’s a lot on film to watch, plenty of texts in the playbooks and diagrams, pictures. It is easy to learn. It’s not easy, but some systems you get in, it’s difficult to learn because there’s not a lot of history, but with this, there’s a ton of history with this offense and this offense being successful, so it is an easy offense to get used to.”

“It was a lot of fun to finally get out here with a helmet on,” Arians said. “It will be a lot better when we get the shoulder pads on and we can really tell what we’ve got.”

Palmer is sold on what Arians and his staff have put together so far.

He said the Cardinals have installed about 75 percent of the offense from the playbook, but only ran about 5 percent of it during the first workout. Arizona has two more days of this voluntary minicamp and will get a better gauge during a mandatory minicamp in June, but it was a good start for the first day.

“I’m getting my feet wet, but for being three weeks into a playbook and having a playbook to take home and film to watch what coach Arians did last year, it’s a phenomenal system,” Palmer said. “It’s been very productive, won Super Bowls. He’s coached against the best and for the best, and I’m excited to keep installing and get deeper and deeper into the book.”