The Facts: Floyd posted his first 1,000-yard receiving season of his career in 2013. Entering his third season, it appears the tutelage under Larry Fitzgerald is paying off. "The way Mike Floyd is playing just jumped out at me," quarterback Carson Palmer said at OTAs, per the team's official website. "I have very high expectations for Mike this year."
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Floyd surged down the stretch last season, aiding the Cardinals' late run toward the playoffs, which fell just short. The 6-foot-2 pass-catcher went for 90-plus yards in four of Arizona's final eight games. After a full season in HC Bruce Arians' system, the 24-year-old Floyd believes his duo with Fitzgerald could give cornerbacks fits. "If they double-team anyone, we have the guys on the field that can beat one-on-one coverage," Floyd said. "We are not a stingy group of guys. We don't really care who gets the praise and glory. At the end of the day it's about the winning. Whoever can beat that one-on-one coverage, it'll help us out a lot." As NFL.com suggests, while Palmer is the linchpin to the Cardinals' success, Floyd making another leap in production would go a long way to keeping that pin in place. And fantasy football owners will make out if he does.