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ry bad season Eric Weddle Jersey , the Arizona Cardinals are saying all the right things.No one is giving up, they say, the effort is still there."We've just been decimated by injuries, and our guys are fighting their butts off," rookie quarterback Josh Rosen said after Wednesday's practice. "You can't really pick your circumstance, so you've just got to do the best with what we've all got. We're all working hard. ... Effort and commitment, that's not even close to being a question for this team. We've got a really good group of guys."There were suggestions from outside the organization that Rosen, who had had a tough time operating behind the ever-changing cast of characters on the injury-plagued offensive line, should sit the final two weeks of the season rather than take such a beating.Coach Steve Wilks adamantly said he was sticking with Rosen and the young quarterback balked at the idea of sitting out those last two games 鈥?Sunday at home against the Los Angeles Rams and the following week at Seattle."I don't really want to speak more on that because I want to play," Rosen said. "I couldn't make it any more clear. I would be very frustrated if they didn't play me http://www.theramslockerroom.com/authentic-cooper-kupp-jersey , but those are decisions above me. I'm glad, at least, from practice today, I'm playing. I'm very grateful for that. I would be very frustrated, but it's out of my control."Wilks benched Rosen in favor of backup Mike Glennon late in Sunday's 40-14 blowout loss at Atlanta.Defensive lineman Corey Peters, in his ninth NFL season, said it's a matter of pride now for the Cardinals."This group of men, we really care about each other," he said. "There's a lot of pride in this room, so we're not going to lay down for anybody."If the Cardinals lose their final two games Womens Tyler Higbee Jersey , their 3-13 record will match their worst since the franchise moved from St. Louis in 1988. It's led to widespread speculation about whether Wilks will be let go after just one season as head coach.Wilks agreed with Rosen that the effort is still there, though. Both of them pointed to Larry Fitzgerald running over a would-be tackler after a catch late in the Atlanta loss."Guys are still competing," Wilks said. "You look at that last part of the game, regardless of the score on both sides, the defense getting an opportunity twice to get off the field, and the way the offense finished, particularly with Larry. Fifteen years (in the NFL), and the way that he performed in that last drive was outstanding. It's just indicative of who we are and the character in that locker room."Character hasn't been enough for a team that has eight double-digit losses, four of them by 20 points or more. But Rosen said the team has done "a pretty good job" of rebounding from losses, even if it doesn't show up on the scoreboard."I know we're not really bouncing off losses with resounding blowouts Michael Brockers Jersey ," he said, "but I think we come back on Wednesdays like this and Monday reviewing the film, and guys still have energy. We're still motivated and still working hard because with a lot of young guys on the team and so many rookies, guys are just excited to play in the NFL and are battling their butts off to keep a spot on the team."The Cardinals are two-touchdown underdogs at home against the Rams.Notes: Arizona claimed WR Pharoh Cooper off waivers from the Rams. Cooper was a Pro Bowl selection as a kick return specialist last season. In addition to his kick and punt returns, Cooper has 25 career receptions for 190 yards over three seasons. ... CB Patrick Peterson was Arizona's only Pro Bowl selection. He's made it each of his eight seasons in the NFL. After five seasons in Jacksonville, Blake Bortles is now in Los Angeles as the backup quarterback for the Rams. And he says playing for Sean McVay is like nothing he experienced with the Jaguars.Bortles told the that McVay has an impressive command of the team.“Seeing how he coaches, how all the other coaches coach and how the guys are receptive and take it, I’ve never seen anything like it,” Bortles said.Bortles won’t play in Los Angeles as long as Jared Goff is healthy, but he wants to play again somewhere and he thinks his time with McVay is going to make him a better quarterback in the future.“I also expect to be a starter in this league again http://www.theramslockerroom.com/authentic-joe-namath-jersey , and I know it’s not going to be here in L.A. So I’m trying to just better myself,” Bortles said. “And if I get an opportunity to play, great. If not, then I spent a year learning from McVay, and being around a really good organization.”Whether Bortles ever becomes a starter again remains to be seen, but it’s easy to believe that a year playing for McVay could teach him things about playing the quarterback position that he never learned in Jacksonville.