The Facts: On Monday, the Cardinals released Skelton after three seasons. The move makes room for the expected addition of Carson Palmer via a trade with the Oakland Raiders.

Diehards Line: The 2010 fifth-round draft pick out of Fordham wound up starting 17 games over three seasons for Ken Whisenhunt in Arizona, a symbol of the post Kurt Warner-era gone wrong. As NFL.com's Gregg Rosenthal notes, Skelton's big arm and toughness in the pocket tantalized at times, but he never was able to make great progress. He was Whisenhunt's choice to be the team's Week 1 starter last season before getting hurt. He wound up starting six games, the third straight year he started at least four games. The team also announced Monday that quarterback Brian Hoyer signed his restricted-free-agent tender. That allows the Cardinals possibly to shop and deal Hoyer, although it's hard to imagine them getting anything for him.