Revenge of the Birds
The 2025 NFL season is about to close another chapter with the final weekend of games in the regular season this weekend. The Arizona Cardinals travel to Los Angeles to play the Rams.
The following day is referred to as “Black Monday.” This is the day that NFL owners fire their head coaches and general managers. Already, the New York Football Giants and Tennessee Titans have given their head coaches the ax. It has been reported that as many as six clubs will let their head man go on Monday.
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For many fans, Black Monday is a day of relief and an opportunity to right the ship with a change at head coach and/or GM. Double-digit losses in any season is no fun. Fans spend a lot of money on a team that plays poorly week after week, and fans are exhausted.
Does the franchise need a few pieces here and there, or a complete rebuild?
Jonathan Gannon arrived in 2023 after a successful stint with the Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles had just lost the Super Bowl, but Gannon’s defense had played a spectacular game. He was viewed as yet another young buck with immense talent who could lead the Cardinals to the promised land.
He offered a three-year plan. The first season, Arizona went 4-13-0, followed by 8-9-0. Very typical for a rebuild strategy. The first year, very little works, but good improvement in Year 2. This means by the third season, fans and the media should expect at least a 10-win season, and most likely, a playoff berth.
What occurred instead was the exact opposite. The third season under Gannon has reverted to the first year he took over. The Cardinals are now 3-13-0 and have the opportunity to become the very first roster in the 127-year history of the franchise to lose 14 games in a single season.
Fans of Gannon have pointed out the numerous games the team had won in the waning minutes of games, only to have victory snatched away. Others mentioned that this year’s team has lost eight games by seven points or less.
Not to mention the franchise mercifully got off to a 2-0 start and currently has a full team listed on IR (25 to be exact). Among the wounded are the starting running back and his backup, the starting punter, the starting QB, starting LT, RT, and RG, the team’s leading tackler, both backup tight ends, and two contributing receivers.
Now, after three seasons in charge and with the franchise heading into its latest “most important offseason,” are the winds of change about to blow through Tempe once again?
The only one who has complete knowledge of what is going through the mind of owner Michael Bidwill is Michael Bidwill. And he has not stopped the rumors stacked on top of innuendos and tied up with “senses” about what will happen come Monday morning, especially as it relates to Gannon.
And what...
