Arizona Cardinals

Arians comments about Palmer and his offensive line at OTAs

Published May. 26, 2015 2:50 p.m. ET

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Arizona Cardinals head coach Bruce Arians had a few things to say to the Cardinals official website regarding Carson Palmer and added a few notes about his offensive line as well.

Arians doesn't seem to be too concerned with Palmer running around and scrambling in drills.

“I’ve watched him run all over this place for the last month,” Arians said. “That part doesn’t bother me at all.”

Highly regarded free agent Mike Iupati is making his Cardinals debut at OTAs. Arians said it is hard to evaluate him at this point in time.

“Mike’s not a soccer player,” Arians said. “He’s a physical guy and now’s not a time to be physical.”

The Cardinals have a position battle on their hand at center between Ted Larsen and A.Q. Shipley. Arians said the competition will likely last up until the first regular season game.

“It’s been back and forth every day,” Arians said. “Teddy had some problems snapping the ball in shotgun the first couple of days. ‘Q’ knows the offense inside and out. It’ll be a battle until the end.”

First-round pick D.J. Humphries is also on hand at his first OTAs. Arians didn't have much to say about the rookie, but sounds like he is still going through some growing pains.

Arians said the tackle “needs to mature a little bit”.

(h/t Arizona Cardinals)