"Players signed helmets, jerseys and other paraphernalia for each other, sometimes at their own expense. Rookie Patrick Peterson asked defensive lineman Darnell Dockett for a game jersey, which Dockett would have to purchase.

"You want a jersey and I have to buy the (expletive)?" Dockett yelled, teasingly.

The mood was upbeat for a team that finished 8-8 and out of the playoffs for a second consecutive year. But winning seven of the last nine left the Cardinals feeling good about themselves and eager for next season, after an ample rest of course."