Carson Palmer Spending Offseason Revamping Footwork, Mechanics

Following a somewhat disappointing 2016 season, Arizona Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer plans on refining his game ahead of training camp.

"I've got a ton of work to do this summer," he said Wednesday, per ESPN.com's Josh Weinfuss. "Really looking forward to that work. The footwork stuff I have ahead of me is stuff I enjoy, but I still have to do it. It's hard. It's not easy, but I enjoy that part and look forward to do that and get ready for training camp."

Palmer added "there isn't one area of work" in terms of where his focus will be in training and that "it's always a number of areas," including pre-snap adjustments and his progressions in the pocket.

Palmer threw for 4,233 yards, 26 touchdowns and 14 interceptions, which aren't bad numbers in isolation. However, they represented a step backward from 2015, when he had 4,671 yards, 35 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.

Palmer also ranked 21st in completion percentage (61 percent), and the Cardinals won fewer than 10 games for the first time since he became the starter in 2013.

This could be the last hurrah for Arizona with its current core of aging veterans. Palmer turns 38 in December, while Larry Fitzgerald will be 34 in August. The defense still has Tyrann Mathieu and Patrick Peterson prowling the secondary. But Calais Campbell signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars, and Arizona will rely on 35-year-old Karlos Dansby to occupy one of the inside linebacker positions.

Palmer's performance will go a long way toward determining whether the Cardinals can make at least one more postseason appearance before entering a transition period.