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• Op-Ed: Best 53 Arizona Cardinals Post Draft

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images How many of the 53 do you agree with? It is gettering more and more difficult to pick the Cardinals’ best 53 players —- and that’s a very good sign of the team’s progress. Best 53 Cardinals: QB (2): Kyler Murray Clayton Tune If JG makes the QB2 roster spot a fair competition, Clayton Tune should win it by a wide margin. He is a stronger athlete, has a s...2025
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• Monti Ossenfort’s Forte?

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images How about Monti’s building of the middle and back ends of the Cardinals’ roster? After celebrating in “MOJO Risin’” what appears to be Monti Ossenfort’s autonomy at this point to make all of the Cardinals’ personnel decisions, let’s salute the Cardinals’ 3rd year GM for what very well could be his forte —-> building roster depth through modest me...2025
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• Cardinals’ 2025 NFL Draft: Day 3 Menagerie

Dale Zanine-Imagn Images Cards add 2 more Buckeyes, a Longhorn and a former Longhorn turned Wolf On day 3 of the 2025 NFL Draft from Green Bay, Wisconsin, the Arizona Cardinals continued on their mission to turn their underwhelming defense into a potential juggernaut. Here is how I described each of the team’s four picks on X yesterday: Round 4: Cody Simon, ILB, Ohio St. Cody Simon showed ...2025
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• Monti Ossenfort: “Medicals are overrated.” You agree or disagree?

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images I find Monti’s Ossenfort’s statement particularly ironic At the 2025 NFL Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Arizona Cardinals’ GM Monti Ossenfort said a curious thing during his customary presser. When asked about draft prospects who were unable to participate at the event due to injuries, Ossenfort asserted, “medicals are overrated.” This assert...2025
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• Red flags for Kenneth Grant and Donovan Ezeiruaku? Here are some rebuttals.

Photo by Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Why the flags on Grant and Ezeiruaku may not be all that warranted Yesterday, ROTB editor, Seth Cox wrote a very timely post about the reported weaknesses (aka “red flags”) of this year’s top draft picks. The reported red flags for Michigan’s 2024 3rd Team All-American defensive tackle and Boston College’s 2024 1st team All-American ed...2025
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• POD Community Mock: With the 16th pick, the Cardinals select...

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images With the 16th pick in the 2025 POD Community Mock Draft, the Arizona Cardinals select... We’ve reached the halfway point in our 2025 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft, our site-wide mock where commenters get to act as NFL general managers. The Arizona Cardinals are up in the draft, and they are represented by commenter VisiblePepper. The Cardinals ...2025
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• Stampede Blue Writers Roundtable: NFL Mock Draft

Photo by Don Juan Moore/Getty Images General managers around the league are switching their attention from free agency to the 2025 NFL draft, which is less than a month away with round 1 beginning on April 24th. The writers here at Stampede Blue are going to pretend they are the GM of all the 32 different teams and make their own picks for the entire first round. Each writer will be puttin...2025
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• Per ESPN’s Ben Solak, Cardinals’ rank #13 in 2025 free agency

Tell us what you love about this class and what you don’t love about it Per ESPN’s Ben Solak, the Arizona Cardinals had the 13th best free agency class/most improved roster in the NFL this year. Here is Ben Solak’s assessment: 2025 NFL free agency class rankings: Most improved rosters - ESPN 13. Arizona Cardinals Key acquisitions and returning players: Edge Josh Sweat, C Evan Brown, DT Dalvin Tom...2025
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• Arizona Cardinals 2025 salary cap space, free agency needs and more

Kirby Lee-Imagn Images A look at how much space the Arizona Cardinals have heading into free agency. With the NFL announcing the 2025 salary cap today, we now know exactly how much the Arizona Cardinals have to spend as they head into a pivotal offseason. With the cap set at $279.2 million, the Arizona Cardinals have $75,516,440 in terms of cap space available heading into the offseason. T...2025
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• Cardinals’ Combine Chatter

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Here are some between-the-lines guesses Yesterday on X, I posted this tweet: The veracity of the Combine interviews with GMs and HCs can be summed up in 4 words: "Josh is our guy."— Walter B J Mitchell (@WBJMItch) February 25, 2025 Here is what we fans can take for certain while listening to GMs and HCs at the Combine talk about their teams, draft p...2025
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• Rams are defining what the Cardinals need to accomplish this off-season

Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Cards need to add some star power to their defensive front 7 Last night at State Farm Stadium, thousands of Los Angeles Rams’ fans were thanking Michael Bidwill and the Arizona Cardinals for taking such good care of them during their time of dire need and utter despair. (see photo above) Now perhaps, thanks to the 27-9 licking the Rams put ...2025
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• LAR 13 ARI 9: ROTB Questions

Photo by Ric Tapia/Getty Images Here are 7 questions for our ROTB members As Kyle “L’il Rock” Ledbetter and I prepare for today’s Red Rain Podcast, we would like to pose to you some of the questions we are asking ourselves after the Cardinals’ frustrating 13-9 loss to the Rams last night. Why did the Cardinals play so much better and harder against the Rams than they did versus the Seahaw...2024
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• Arizona Cardinals activate rookie defensive lineman Darius Robinson

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports The Cardinals are ready to see their other first round pick in action. The Arizona Cardinals are finally getting a little help along the defensive line, something they have needed forever. Darius Robinson has been activated from the injured reserve, there was no corresponding move needed as the Cardinals had already placed Dennis Gardeck on the injured rese...2024
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• Week 3 scouting report: How the Cardinals are turning it around

Joe Rondone/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Looking at the Detroit Lions Week 3 opponent, and how the Arizona Cardinals have built a team that could shock some folk in 2024. Coming off a sloppy loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Detroit Lions will travel on the road for the first time this season to take on the Arizona Cardinals. The Cardinals are not a team to overloo...2024
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• Broncos Braintrust Leads 2022 All-Keep Choppin' Wood Team
Broncos Braintrust Leads 2022 All-Keep Choppin' Wood Team Bryan Knowles 09 Feb 2023, 09:30am The All-Keep Choppin' Wood Team is our annual attempt to sift through the debris of the season that was, pulling out the prime examples of bad contracts, boneheaded decisions, and out-and-out terrible play that the league so kindly provides to us. We spend so much time ta...2023
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"Right now, Dalvin Tomlinson and Bilal Nichols seem to be the starters, and between injuries and age, they don’t stand to make as much of an impact, or have the longevity, as Grant does, especially alongside the fact that the big man has no major injuries coming out of a decently long college career."

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"2024 offseason Key additions: G Evan Brown, WR Zay Jones, CB Sean Murphy-Bunting, OT Jonah Williams, DL Bilal Nichols, DL Justin Jones Key losses: OT D."

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"The Kansas City Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes was involved in a fumble that Bilal Nichols scooped and scored, then on his next play from scrimmage he threw a pick-six to Jack Jones."

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"Former Bears defensive lineman Bilal Nichols will be heading to Las Vegas."

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"The NFL will not suspend Bears defensive lineman Bilal Nichols for his ejection from Sunday’s blowout loss to the Buccaneers, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports."

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"The Bears added defensive tackle Bilal Nichols to their practice report Tuesday."

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"Day Three defenders Bilal Nichols and Kylie Fitts were smart choices and each went one round later than projected."

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• Red flags for Kenneth Grant and Donovan Ezeiruaku? Here are some rebuttals.
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• Arizona Cardinals’ Pre-Draft 53 Man Roster

Photo by Ric Tapia/Getty Images Identifying position needs With the 2025 NFL Draft scheduled to start 4 weeks from today, I thought it would be interesting to consider what the Arizona Cardinals’ 53-man roster might look like at this point in the off-season, with the purpose of determining the team’s draft priorities. Here is my best guess of what the coaches would decide if they had to pi...2025
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• Per ESPN’s Ben Solak, Cardinals’ rank #13 in 2025 free agency
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• Arizona Cardinals offseason gets them in a nice position for 2025 NFL Draft

Kirby Lee-Imagn Images The Arizona Cardinals are ready for the 2025 NFL Draft thanks to their early work in free agency. The Arizona Cardinals may not have signed everyone you wanted them to sign, but in the end they signed the positions they needed to in order to prepare themselves for the 2025 season. What that means more than anything is that they signed players that allow them to be fl...2025
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• Updated Cardinals’ Youth and Free Agent Grades Tracker through Week 8

Kyle Terada-Imagn Images A number of the players’ grades are ascending Budda Baker and James Conner are in a class all their own. The top of the tackle board (by @gatorade) pic.twitter.com/WXdZCVtnet— NFL (@NFL) October 31, 2024 Where James Conner stands in the NFL right now:1st - in carries of 10+ yards (19)2nd - in fumbles (3)3rd - in yards after contact (454)3rd - in first down...2024
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• AFC West preview: Chiefs remain biggest threat, but division won’t be easy path

Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images There’s reason to believe the Raiders, Broncos, and Chargers are all capable of making some noise this season. All eyes are on the AFC West heading into the 2024 season to see if the reigning champs can, in fact, pull off the Super Bowl three-peat. But the AFC West is going to be interesting across the board this season. Kansas City Chiefs ...2024
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• ESPN’s Bill Barnwell picks Cardinals as one of his top 5 teams to improve in 2024

Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports What are your biggest takeaways from Barwell’s in-depth endorsement of the 2024 Cardinals? Finally, someone from ESPN has some nice things to say about the 2024 Arizona Cardinals and their chances to show marked improvement this season. Courtesy of the venerable and witty Bill Barnwell. Here is what BB had to say: Arizona Cardinals Record in 2023: 4-13 Point...2024
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• Op-Ed: Best Formula for Cardinals to win games in 2024?

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Should Drew Petzing open up the team’s passing game? In my opinion, the best formula for the Arizona Cardinals to win football games in 2024 is to: Focus the offense on scoring touchdowns, quickly and often. Focus the defense on exerting the kind of blitzing pressure that creates turnovers. Focus the special teams on giving the team the best possib...2024
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• Arizona Cardinals offseason highlights complete overhaul of defensive line

Photo by Todd Rosenberg/Getty Images The Arizona Cardinals The Arizona Cardinals have made a significant amount of moves along their defensive line after finishing last season as 31st in points against, 25th in yards allowed and were the worst run defense in the NFL. Changing that has been one of the biggest emphasis of the 2024 NFL offseason. From Darren Urban: DEFENSIVE LINE’S LOW-KEY ...2024
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• Pass Rushing Avenues for Cardinals

Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports Where and how should the Cardinals acquire a valuable addition to the pass rush? One of the craftier free agent additions the Arizona Cardinals have made this off-season was signing LB Mack Wilson to a 3-year deal. With the Patriots last season, Wilson showed flashes of being a force as a pass rusher. In 108 pass rushes, he registered 15 pressures and 3.5...2024
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• Cardinals’ 2025 NFL Draft: Day 3 Menagerie
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• Monti Ossenfort: “Medicals are overrated.” You agree or disagree?
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• Per ESPN’s Ben Solak, Cardinals’ rank #13 in 2025 free agency
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• Raiders defeat Chiefs 20-14 in Week 16

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images On Christmas Day, Kansas City came out flat — and never came back from it. Holding an opportunity to claim their eighth consecutive AFC West title against the Las Las Vegas Raiders on GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, the Kansas City Chiefs’ offense couldn’t do anything right as the Raiders went into halftime with a 17-7 lead — and never lost the momen...2023
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• Looking for keepers on Day 3 of the draft

Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images The Giants need some later round draft picks to succeed to improve a shallow roster The New York Giants are not a star-studded team. They placed only two players in the NFL Top 100, although the omission of Andrew Thomas was a travesty. By comparison, the San Francisco 49ers had eight, the Philadelphia Eagles seven, and the Dallas Cowboys seven. Those a...2023
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• Broncos Braintrust Leads 2022 All-Keep Choppin' Wood Team
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• Cowboys need a win over a quality team to boost their confidence heading to playoffs

They need to get the offense humming again. | Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Saturday is a very important game for the Cowboys. The Dallas Cowboys have dropped their last two games. This has made their chance of getting a home game in the playoffs very remote, but with the various tiebreakers, the fifth seed is not only their most likely spot, it is the lowest ...2023
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• Lions film breakdown: How Detroit’s running game broke out vs. Raiders

Kirthmon F. Dozier / USA TODAY NETWORK Breaking down the All-22 Film of the Lions’ impressive performance on the ground in Week 8. After a lackluster showing in Week 7 against the Baltimore Ravens, the Detroit Lions found themselves back home on Monday Night Football in Week 8—hosting the Las Vegas Raiders. Despite the final score only being 26-14 in favor of the Lions, Detroit dominated...2023
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• Bilal Nichols to sign with Raiders
Former Bears defensive lineman Bilal Nichols will be heading to Las Vegas. Nichols and the Raiders have agreed to a two-year deal that includes $9 million guaranteed, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. The 25-year-old Nichols was a 2018 fifth-round pick of the Bears and has spent his entire career in Chicago. Last year [more]...2022
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• Enemy Reaction 2023: Tennessee Titans (with bonus Broncos, Chiefs, Vikings, and 49ers meltdowns!)

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images We go around the NFL for some very mad fans on Christmas weekend! The Seattle Seahawks were supposed to defeat the Tennessee Titans to get themselves back above .500. Was it easy? Hell no! Did they win? Hell yes! And it was another last-minute, heart-thumping victory, which is almost the standard way for the Seahawks to succeed these days. Titans fans over ...2023
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• Las Vegas Raiders' defensive tackles key in allowing edge rushers Maxx Crosby, Chandler Jones to thrive

Getting Johnathan Hankins and Bilal Nichols back stabilizes a new-look interior that needs to take pressure off the Raiders' star pass-rushers....2022
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• Raiders place Trayvon Mullen, Johnathan Hankins, Bilal Nichols on PUP list
The Raiders placed cornerback Trayvon Mullen (foot), defensive tackle Johnathan Hankins (knee) and defensive tackle Bilal Nichols (knee) on the physically unable to perform list for the start of training camp, the team announced. The Raiders can activate the players back to the 90-player roster at any point, but Mullen, Hankins and Nichols cannot practice [more]...2022
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• Monti Ossenfort: “Medicals are overrated.” You agree or disagree?
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• Arizona Cardinals’ Pre-Draft 53 Man Roster
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• Per ESPN’s Ben Solak, Cardinals’ rank #13 in 2025 free agency
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• Assessment of Day 3 of free agency for the Arizona Cardinals

Scott Galvin-Imagn Images Cards poised to break out the Phi Slamma Bama defensive lineup Our good friend, Andy Kwong, before logging off of X yesterday, put out this urgent request: Andy predicted the future https://t.co/h9KocsbyCj— Tony Hite (@TonyHiteNFL) March 13, 2025 Clearly, Andy had been feeling the frustration that many Cardinals’ fans were feeling while spending 3 days wa...2025
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• 2025 NFL Draft: Why Cardinals need star quality not quantity this time around

Photo by Don Juan Moore/Getty Images Cardinals can no longer afford to pass on star quality players Over the past two drafts, Cardinals’ GM Monti Ossenfort has been hungry to trade down in order to acquire extra picks. In my opinion, that strategy has given the team added quantity at the expense of passing on star quality. Watching The Eagles’ CB Cooper DeJean make a major impact on the te...2025
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• Jonathan Gannon likes what he is seeing from his defense

Photo by Justin Tafoya/Getty Images Gannon is fired up for the season and so are his players For those who have been concerned about the Cardinals’ pash rush for two years, it may have come as a surprise that the second-year head coach is confident and “comfortable” with his current pass rushing personnel. "I'm comfortable" with the pass rush, according to #AZCardinals HC Jonathan Gannon...2024
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• How closely is Monti Ossenfort following the Patriots’ coaching and personnel philosophies?

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images From the get-go it appears that MO has been mostly following his own m.o. One ROTB mailbag question that I have been meaning to try to answer is from Stewie43: “After living in Patriots land for years, do you see any similarities between MO’s mo for roster building and the Patriots way?” MO’s m.o.! This is such a great question —- one...2024
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• Bucs Nation Post Free Agency First Round NFL Mock Draft

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Let’s see what all first-round teams might do, and how that might affect the Buccaneers. It’s safe to say that the brunt of free agency has passed, and in its wake the NFL Draft is less than a month away. While many rosters have been drastically reshaped, others focused on keeping their cores together (a la Buccaneers), but all the s...2024
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• Film study: How did Andrew Thomas perform in his first game back?

Photo by Jorge Lemus/NurPhoto via Getty Images Thomas showed glimpses of what the Giants missed with him sidelined Not that we needed a reminder, but Andrew Thomas is good at football. The New York Giants star left tackle returned on Sunday from a hamstring injury that he suffered on the first drive in Week 1. In a befuddling manner, he played 53 total snaps in that 40-0 blowout against Da...2023
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• AFC West Roundup: Week 1 - Disappointment across the board

Andrew Nelles / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK Only the Chiefs managed to win, and it wasn’t pretty After the first two weeks of the season, the Raiders are still the top team in the AFC West, Russell Wilson is still the best quarterback, the Chargers still can’t win an overtime game, and the Broncos still don’t know how to play a second half of football. Let’s take a dive into what ha...2023
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