Should Drew Petzing be replaced as the team’s OC?

That’s a question Cardinals’ fans are now debating

On the heels of the Cardinals’ disappointing 3-game losing streak, amidst Kyler Murray’s and Marvin Harrison Jr.’s recent struggles, here is a question that was posed on X yesterday:

Of the 38 Cardinals’ fans who have responded to the question thus far, 67% of them eagerly want to see Monti and JG fire Drew Petzing.

Cardinals’ current rankings on offense:

• Offensive yards per game: 348 —- 12th in NFL —- 2nd in NFC West
• Rushing yards per game: 140 —- 6th in NFL —- 1st in NFC West
• Passing yards per game: 208 —- 22nd in NFL —- 4th in NFC West
• Points per game: 21.8 —- 18th in NFL —- 4th in NFC West
• 3rd down conversion %: 40.8% —- 11th in NFL —- 2nd in NFC West
• 4th down conversion %: 38.5% —- 30th in NFL —- 4th in NFC West
• Offensive DVOA —- 10th in NFL —- 3rd in NFC West

PFF Grades:

• Offense Overall: 81.2 —- 8th in NFL —-2nd in NFC West
• Passing Game: 76.4 —- 11th in NFL —- 2nd in NFC West
• Pass Blocking: 74.7 —- 5th in NFL —- 1st in NFC West
• Receiving: 76.8 —- 9th in NFL —- 4th in NFC West
• Running Game: 86.1 —- 10th in NFL —- 2nd in NFC West
• Run Blocking: 64.3 —- 16th in NFL —- 3rd in NFC West

Conclusion —- the positives outweigh the negatives, especially considering that Drew Petzing has all of 30 NFL games under his belt as an NFL OC.

Cardinals’ PFF player grades on offense after 13 games:

ARZ Offense Grades | Pro Football Focus (pff.com)

• TE Trey McBride —- 86.6
• RB James Conner —- 85.7 (Emari Demercado —- 70.8)
• QB Kyler Murray —- 79.7
• WR Marvin Harrison Jr. —- 77.5
• WR Michael Wilson —- 65.1 (Greg Dortch —- 56.8)
• LT Paris Johnson Jr. —- 79.7
• LG Evan Brown —- 66.7 (Isaiah Adams —- 61.3)
• C Hjalte Froholdt —- 73.2
• RG Trystan Colon —- 68.4 (Will Hernandez —- 69.3)
• RT Jonah Williams —- 67.8 (Kelvin Beachum —- 62.7)
• TE Elijah Higgins —- 65.0 (Tip Reiman —- 45.2)

Conclusion —- the players’ grades have rarely been this consistently high across the lineup, especially on the offensive line.

2024 NFL Draft Theory

In my opinion, knowing and understanding the strengths of Drew Petzing’s 12 and 13 personnel heavy offense, had Petzing been given the opportunity to make the Cardinals’ selection at #4, he would have picked TE Brock Bowers or T Joe Alt.

During the pre-draft process, I was banging the drum very heavily for Brock Bowers, not only because he is a perfect 12 and 13 personnel system fit, but his game tapes at Georgia proved that he was the toughest, most dynamic offensive playmaker in the entire draft.

If Drew Petzing were to be able to...