17 days till the Cardinals’ season opener against the Bills

The Arizona Cardinals are three days away from their final preseason game. They are five days away from final cutdown day, when they must reduce the roster to 53 players.

And until they take the field on September 8 at Highmark Stadium on the road against the Buffalo Bills, they are 17 days away.

Receiver Dan Chisena currently wears No. 17. He probably will not make the roster. He has not yet made any real impact on the team.

In fact. No. 17 has been a dud of a number for some time. The most important player to wear it was quarterback Jim Hart. He played for the Cardinals from 1967-1983.

But the last guy to really have any sort of impact was quarterback Dave Brown, who was the Cardinals’ backup quarterback from 1998-2001 while Jake Plummer was the guy.

Brown was 3-4 in seven games as a starter.

He wasn’t a great No. 17 but he was the last guy to have any sort of reasonable impact with No. 17.

The countdown continues tomorrow.

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