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When you think of Kurt Warner, naturally, the first professional football team you think of (and you should) is the St. Louis Rams, but he did enough in Arizona to extend his legacy and gain an eventual spot in Canton.

Warner signed with Arizona after a year with the Giants, and his first campaign in the desert was disappointing, as Jake McCown even replaced him as the starter for two Games.  The year after was much of the same, as rookie Matt Leinart took over as starter for a few Games, but when Warner was on, he was still terrific.

After a better 2007, Warner was electric in 2008, having turned back the hands of time.  He went to his first Pro Bowl in years, won the UPI MVP, and took the Cards to their first Super Bowl.  Arizona lost, but Warner had a phenomenal postseason, and they would not have been this close without him.  After one more good year, Warner retired on his own terms.

Warner entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2017, and we will argue that the 2008 Season with the Cards put him over the hump.  Arizona honored Warner with an induction to their Ring of Honor in 2014.

Dockett raised his draft value late in his final year at Florida State, and the Cardinals felt he was worthy of their 2004 Third Round Pick.  They were proven right.

An All-Rookie and immediate starter at Defensive End, Dockett had his first Pro Bowl in 2007.  Two more would follow in 2009 and 2010 when he shifted to Defensive Tackle, with a Second Team All-Pro coming in 2009.  A torn ACL kept him out of the 2014 Season, and he was released the following year.  Dockett signed with San Francisco but was let go before the season began.  He returned to Arizona on a one-day contract to retire as a Cardinal.

Dockett had 40.5 Sacks and 472 Tackles over his career.

Save for his final season as a Green Bay Packer, Ernie McMillan enjoyed a long career as a starting Offensive Tackle for the St. Louis Cardinals, a team he played 14 straight years (1961-74).

McMillan started three Games as a rookie in 1961, and over the next 12 years, he was St. Louis's starter at Right Tackle over the next twelve years.  The former Fighting Illini went to four Pro Bowls (1965, 1697, 1969 & 1970) and was twice a Second Team All-Pro. 

Marshall Goldberg was a major star at the University of Pittsburgh and would ply his trade well for the Chicago Cardinals.  Goldberg did it all in the early 1940s, especially in the 1941 season, where he rushed for 427 Yards, received passes for 313 Yards, and was the top finisher in Kick Return Yards (290), earning him the league lead in All-Purpose Yards (1,236) and a Pro Bowl Selection.  He would finish fifth in All-Purpose Yards in 1942.  Defensively, he had 19 Interceptions, including a league-lead 7 in 1941.

Like many NFL players, he served his country in World War II, and when he came back, he would rejoin Chicago and help them win the NFL Championship in 1947.  Historically speaking, Goldberg was also one of the first Jewish stars of the NFL.

The Cardinals enshrined Goldberg into their Ring of Honor in 2006.