Arizona Cardinals
Which player or coach has the most to prove in 2025?
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I wouldn’t say there are many hot seats in Arizona, despite entering the month of June.
For the Arizona Cardinals, they have seen the franchise moving in the right direction under the guidance of Monti Ossenfort and Jonathan Gannon.
Yet, they need to take the next step this...
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Trystan Colon started seven games for the Cardinals during the 2024 season.
After starting seven games for the Cardinals in 2024, free agent offensive lineman Trystan Colon is inking a deal with the Detroit Lions. The move comes after the Lions lost All-Pro center Frank Ragnow who announced his retirement from the NFL earlier this week.
Colon spent the past two seasons with the Cardinals where he mainly held down a backup role at both guard spots. In 2023, Colon played a then-career high 322 snaps, the majority of which came at left guard. This past season, following the loss...
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Pro Bowl TE Trey McBride reveals the team’s new recipe
The Cardinals are looking to cook up a whole lot of new looks this year on offense. We here at ROTB have been hoping for it —- and according to Pro Bowl TE Trey McBride, it’s coming to a stadium near you in a matter of weeks.
What’s so cool about this developing aspect of Drew Petzing’s offense in his 3rd year as OC, is that, as he has maintained throughout his first two seasons, the playbook is commendably diverse, however, the execution of the plays needs to be more...
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The Cardinals have a very good player in their young cornerback.
With the 2025 offseason in full swing we are seeing a number of lists coming out.
One that caught my eye today was PFF ranking the top 32 cornerbacks ahead of the 2025 season.
Arizona Cardinals Garrett Williams made the list.
From PFF:
22. Garrett Williams, Arizona Cardinals
After struggling in his rookie season and missing more than half the year, resulting in a 57.2 PFF coverage grade, Williams was excellent in 2024 with an 83.7 PFF coverage grade (fourth best) and the seventh-best [PFF advanced...
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How do the Cardinals compare to the Broncos?
According to Sam Monson, here are the top 5 rosters in the NFL in 2025:
Obviously, Sam Monson is “Rocky Mountain High” on the Denver Broncos, who, quite frankly do look reasonably formidable on paper.
Thus, I thought it would be interesting to compare the 2025 Arizona Cardinals’ roster to the Broncos’ vis-a-vis the players’ 2024 PFF grades.
Offense:
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The Cardinals now have a plethora of talent along the defensive front.
The Arizona Cardinals made the defensive front a priority this offseason and went from having one of the worst groups along the defensive line, to a very respectable, and maybe even good front in just one offseason.
The question becomes, who starts?
Arizona Cardinals: Who starts along the defensive line?
Arizona’s defense ranked 27th in EPA per play and 31st in success rate last season, prompting general manager Monti Ossenfort to make ample additions on that side of the ball via...
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The Cardinals have by far the youngest coaching staff in the NFC West, will it matter?
How much do years of NFL defensive coaching experience matter?
In light of the defensive leadership the Patriots received from Bill Belichick (6 Super Bowl wins) and the excellent leadership the Chiefs have received from Steve Spagnuolo (3 Super Bowl wins), plus the defensive boost the Eagles received from long-time NFL DC Vic Fangio (pictured above) in winning Super Bowl LIX over the Chiefs, it would appear that years of NFL coaching experience matter a great deal —- particularly for teams vying to win...
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Both teams looked to bolster their defensive talent in the 2025 NFL Draft
Coming into the 2025 NFL Draft the Arizona Cardinals and San Francisco 49ers had quite a few common needs on defense. Here are the 4 biggies:
Heading into the draft, what was daunting for the Cardinals was their disparity in draft picks in comparison to the 49ers —- 6 to 11.
To highlight this disparity, let’s take a look at Chad Reuter’s pre-draft 7-round mock on nfl.com to see what he was predicting for the Cardinals...
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Who is the Arizona Cardinals best rookie player ever according to PFF?
Happy Sunday one and all.
The week from hell is over for yours truly, and we are back to mostly normal. After a vacation with the family, we had a move we had to get done, but we are all setup and ready to go now and back into the groove.
Now, we start back with our normal work.
Much appreciation to Walter for carrying the load this week and keeping everything churning.
To kick the week off, PFF took a look at the best rookie for each...
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ROTB Poll: which team has added the most talent this off-season?
It would not be a stretch to think that the Cardinals and 49ers have been feeling more than a little envious of the way the Rams have, in very quick fashion, bolstered their defensive line with significant talent, primarily through the NFL draft.
The Rams’ Fab 5:
The Seahawks under 2nd year defensive-minded HC...
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O Captain! Our Captain! Talking up Cardinals with Jim Rome.
A couple of years ago when Monti Ossenfort and Jonathan Gannon were hire as the Arizona Cardinals’ new GM and HC, Budda Baker’s future with the organization appeared to be in question.
Fortunately, once Monti and JG saw Budda Baker’s leadership and Pro Bowl style of balling on full display, they came to the understanding of how valuable #3 is to not only the team’s defense, but to the entire organization.
This past season, one of the most auspicious developments and keys to the team’s progress was DC Nick Rallis’...
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Check out this OTA rep by the Cardinals CFA NT, Elijah Simmons
Hey ROTB, wanna get fired up this morning about the Cardinals’ OTAs?
Check out this rep on the one-man sled by CFA NT Elijah Simmons from Tennessee:
Dude is 6-1, 333.
Man, this kid packs a punch.
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