CARDINALS SIGN C KYLE SCHMITT
The Arizona Cardinals Football Club today announced that the team has signed center Kyle Schmitt for the 2006 season and allocated him to NFL Europe.
Schmitt (6-4, 295) originally signed with the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted rookie free agent last April out of Maryland and was released on August 29 during training camp. The former Terrapin appeared in 48 games during his college career with 28 starts at center and was a two-time Rimington Award candidate recognizing college football’s best center.
The Cardinals have allocated six players (Schmitt, TE Ben Hall, DE Tyler King, QB Jeff Otis, RB Roger Robinson, and TE Andy Stokes) to NFL Europe. NFL Europe kicks off its 14th season on March 15.

Cards hire Loney as new offensive line coach
The Arizona Cardinals hired Steve Loney on Friday as their offensive line coach and Larry Brooks as defensive line coach.
Loney spent the last four seasons with the Minnesota Vikings before being fired Sunday along with Mike Tice and the rest of his staff.
Loney was the Vikings' offensive line coach for three years before being promoted to offensive co-ordinator last season.
Brooks was defensive line coach of the Detroit Lions the past two seasons.
Brooks, a five-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle for the Los Angeles Rams, coached the defensive line for the Chicago Bears in 2003. Before that, he was defensive line coach for Mike Holmgren in Green Bay for nine years.
Cardinals coach Dennis Green fired offensive line coach Everett Lindsey and special teams coach Kevin O'Dea on Monday. Deek Pollard retired as defensive line coach on Monday. Gary Zauner was hired Thursday to replace O'Dea.

Gary Zauner hired as Arizona Cardinals special teams coordinator
Veteran N-F-L assistant coach Gary Zauner (ZAW'-ner) has been hired as the special teams coordinator for the Arizona Cardinals.Zauner spent the last four seasons in the same job with the Baltimore Ravens.
The 55-year-old Zauner is being reunited with Cardinals head coach Dennis Green, for whom he served as special teams coach with the Vikings from 1994 to 2001.
The Cardinals _ coming off a 5-and-11 season _ on Monday fired special teams coach Kevin O'Dea and offensive line coach Everett Lindsay, while defensive line coach Deek Pollard retired.