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Arizona Cardinals secondary ranked near the bottom of the league heading into 2025

Arizona Cardinals secondary ranked near the bottom of the league heading into 2025

The Arizona Cardinals secondary is not looked at very positively as of now.

Happy Monday one and all.

The Arizona Cardinals start up next week, but until then we will have a number of looks at the start of the 2025 Cardinals roster.

PFF has been grading all position groups and the Cardinals have done... okay. Today is one of the worst rankings, and they are near the bottom of the league in the secondary.

From PFF:

26. Arizona Cardinals

The Cardinals’ secondary is led by cornerback Garrett Williams, who posted a strong 2024 season in both...

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Analysis of Bootleg Football’s Preview of the 2025 Arizona Cardinals Podcast

Analysis of Bootleg Football’s Preview of the 2025 Arizona Cardinals Podcast

Thanks to Brett Kollmann and E.J. Snyder for breaking down the Cardinals’ chances in 2025

It has become an attractive annual tradition for Cardinals’ fans to watch and listen to Brett Kollmann’s and E.J. Snyder’s in-depth, comprehensive season preview for the team.

Good points:

BK: “Ah, the Arizona Cardinals, or as I like to call them, the slowest slow burn in the entire NFL. We are in year three of a complete teardown and rebuild in the desert —- what Cardinals’ fans want to know is have they done enough to make the playoffs this season?”

BK: “There were...

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Arizona Cardinals fans see a breakout season coming for one young player

Arizona Cardinals fans see a breakout season coming for one young player

The fans see Marvin Harrison Jr. leading the team in receiving.

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There are a lot of variables that go into success of a season. So when we ask questions like, Who will lead the Arizona Cardinals in receiving yards in 2025, we are assuming all factors of health, suspension, etc are not going to be happening.

For this weeks...

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Former Cardinals 1st Round left tackle Luis Sharpe has passed away at age 65

Former Cardinals 1st Round left tackle Luis Sharpe has passed away at age 65

Luis Sharpe helped the Cardinals transition from St. Louis to Phoenix

The Cardinals’ family is mourning the loss of former 1982 1st Round pick, tackle Luis Sharpe, of UCLA who passed away today at the age of 65.

Per Wikipedia:

Luis Sharpe - Wikipedia

Luis Sharpe

Personal information

  • Born: June 16, 1960 in Havana, Cuba
  • Died: July 12, 2025 (aged 65)
  • Height:6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
  • Weight:275 lb (125 kg)
  • High school: Southwestern (Detroit, Michigan, U.S.)
  • College: UCLA
  • NFL draft: 1982: 1st round, 16th pick by the St....
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Op/Ed: reactions to Cardinals’ buzz on social media, Part II: the players

Op/Ed: reactions to Cardinals’ buzz on social media, Part II: the players

Buzz about the Cardinals’ players

Idea #2: What the list of Top 10 players for the Cardinals needs to look like in 2026.

Here is Johhny Venerable’s and Bo Brack’s prediction:

While it is very difficult to imagine that Marvin Harrison Jr. in year two, will emerge as the Cardinals’ top player on the entire roster, I can understand why fans who were so certain about the prospect in 2023 the Cardinals’ “Tanking for Marv” would be lusting to feel vindicated, especially after the struggles at times that Marv and Kyler had in creating their timing.

The other major reason...

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Cardinals Reacts Survey: Who leads the Arizona Cardinals in receiving in 2025?

Cardinals Reacts Survey: Who leads the Arizona Cardinals in receiving in 2025?

Who is the leading receiver in 2025 for the Cardinals?

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Happy humpday one and all.

Camp has been buzzing for us, but that doesn’t mean we can’t chat everyday still.

No, with the Arizona Cardinals still in the dead of the offseason, we need to continue to talk about different scenarios heading into the season.

This week, who leads...

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Op-Ed: Reactions to the recent Cardinals’ buzz on social media, Part 1: the coaches

Op-Ed: Reactions to the recent Cardinals’ buzz on social media, Part 1: the coaches

What does the future look like for Gannon, Petzing and Rallis?

Idea #1: Cardinals Top Coaches: Jonathan Gannon, Drew Petzing and Nick Rallis and their futures.

Top ROTB member post:

Superb thoughts on Nick Rallis, AZCF!

It’s curious that there appears to be so much more positive buzz from Cardinals’ fans on social media for Jonathan Gannon and Nick Rallis than for Drew Petzing.

Petzing’s offense over the past two seasons has cracked the NFL’s Top 10 in a few offensive rankings, while, as AZ_Cardinals_Fan pointed out so keenly, the Cardinals’ defense has been at or near the bottom of...

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2025 NFC West player, position group rankings

2025 NFC West player, position group rankings

Everything is ranked, including the NFC West.

Happy Tuesday one and all.

We are at camp… Well personally I am at football camp and we are preparing for the season.

The Arizona Cardinals and the rest of the NFL are doing so in a couple weeks, but Jess and I are here to discuss many things within the NFL and specifically the NFC West.

This is the NFC West player and coach rankings show and here is what we discussed.

NFC West player, position rankings

On the show we rank the following:

  • Starting quarterbacks
  • Backup quarterbacks -...
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ROTB Op/Ed prepper: regarding the latest Cardinals’ buzz on social media

ROTB Op/Ed prepper: regarding the latest Cardinals’ buzz on social media

Please share your thoughts about two ideas that PHNX is promoting

I have been very interested in a couple of ideas that Johnny Venerable and Bo Brock have been presenting at PHNX. I would like to opine about each of their two ideas, but first I would very much like to give you the opportunity to express your thoughts about the ideas.

Idea #1: Coaches

What do think of Johnny’s prediction about Nick Rallis’ and Drew Petzing’s futures?

Key Chart:

Do you concur with Johnny and Bo’s belief that Jonathan Gannon’s floor is Mike Vrabel-esque?

Idea #2: Players

What do...

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Arizona Cardinals fans think second year guard Isaiah Adams is the future of the position

Arizona Cardinals fans think second year guard Isaiah Adams is the future of the position

The Arizona Cardinals fans think Isaiah Adams is the next starter.

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Happy Monday one and all, I hope you all had a wonderful Fourth of July weekend.

We are back to the final couple of weeks before things start to heat up around the NFL and specifically for us the Arizona Cardinals.

However, we wanted to check in on...

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2025 NFC West All-Madden Team Per Position Predication

2025 NFC West All-Madden Team Per Position Predication

“Don’t worry about the horse being blind...just load the wagon.” John Madden

I’ve been thinking of John Madden a lot recently. Having had the extremely privileged opportunity to work for the iconic coach and broadcaster and the CBS Electronics team during the summer of 1993, it was the ultimate learning experience for me in terms of understanding three things:

  1. The game of football.
  2. NFL quality Xs and Os.
  3. Recognizing the traits that make certain players a cut above most of the others.

Let me take you back to the afternoon in August where I sat in utter...

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Cardinals well represented on ESPN’s ‘Best NFL draft pick ever at every slot’

Cardinals well represented on ESPN’s ‘Best NFL draft pick ever at every slot’

The Cardinals are represented well on the Best NFL Draft picks.

Happy Thursday one and all.

As we head into the Fourth of July we have a new article that came out that is very interesting from ESPN.

Ben Solak dropped the best player drafted at every NFL Draft slot and the Arizona Cardinals are really well represented, but nothing in the first round.

From ESPN:

43. Dan Dierdorf, OT (1971)

54. Anquan Boldin, WR (2003)

59. Aeneas Williams, CB (1991)

115. Larry Centers, FB (1990)

147. Mel Gray, WR (1971)

158. Jay Novacek, TE (1985)

**189. Tom Banks, C...

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