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• Previewing the Jets’ Opposition: Arizona Cardinals

Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports The New York Jets try to put together back to back wins on Sunday against the Cardinals The New York Jets broke their five-game losing streak against the Houston Texans last Thursday night, but they need to start stacking wins if they want to get back into postseason contention. Keeping the momentum going this week won’t be easy. They’ll need to beat a 5...2024
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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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• 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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• Updated Cardinals’ Youth and Free Agent Grades Tracker through Week 7

Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images Check out this week’s big board trackers Big Board 1st/2nd Year Players After 6 Games: S Dadrion Taylor-Demerson —- 90.8 T Paris Johnson Jr. —- 80.7 WR Marvin Harrison Jr. —- 74.4 RB Emari Demercado —- 74.4 CB Kei’Trel Clark —- 71.8 CB Garrett Williams —- 69.4 G Isaiah Adams —- 66.4 WR Michael Wilson —- 64.9 CB Starling Thomas V —- 62.4 TE Elijah Higgin...2024
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• Arizona Cardinals lose Dennis Gardeck to ACL tear per report

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images The Arizona Cardinals lose their leader in sacks. The Arizona Cardinals are incredibly thin at the pass rusher position and they have now lost their leading sacker on the season after their 17-15 win over the Los Angeles Chargers. Mike Garafolo of NFL Network is reporting that Dennis Gardeck has torn his ACL. #AZCardinals LB Dennis Gardeck tore hi...2024
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• Update: Cardinals’ Youth and Free Agent Grades Tracker

Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images Dadrion Taylor-Demerson, aka “The Rabbit” standing tall at #1 with NT Khyiris Tonga #1 UFA Big Board Averages After 6 Games: S Dadrion Taylor-Demerson —- 91.0 T Paris Johnson Jr. —- 83.5 WR Marvin Harrison Jr. —- 76.9 RB Emari Demercado —- 74.6 CB Kei’Trel Clark —- 71.8 CB Garrett Williams —- 68.9 WR Michael Wilson —- 65.5 G Isaiah Adams —- 64.3 CB Star...2024
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• Arizona Cardinals activate rookie defensive lineman Darius Robinson
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• Marvin Harrison Jr., Darius Robinson to practice this week and more

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Jonathan Gannon has a number of news updates for your Thursday. The Arizona Cardinals are dealing with a number of injuries, including to both first round rookies. Well, today was a good day for an update, as Jonathan Gannon had a number of topics he covered in his Thursday press conference. Let’s run down the list: Marvin Harrison Jr. will practice but r...2024
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• Arizona Cardinals place Bilal Nichols and Matt Prater on injured reserve

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images A number of injuries heading out of the Arizona Cardinals loss to the Green Bay Packers. The Arizona Cardinals came out of the loss to the Green Bay Packers even more beat up than we expected. From the team: The Arizona Cardinals Football Club today announced that the team has signed kicker Chad Ryland to the active roster from the practice squad a...2024
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• Bird Droppings: Arizona Cardinals understand what is on the line against Packers, Melton brothers reunion, right guard rotation and more

Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images News and notes from around the web on your Arizona Cardinals. Happy Sunday one and all. The Arizona Cardinals are on the road against the Green Bay Packers and we have all the news from around the web to help you get ready for it. Enjoy. Brothers Max and Bo Melton take their close relationship to NFL field when Cardinals visit the PackersFamily awaits game bet...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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• Why the Cardinals’ 45 actives should be difficult to decide

Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images There may be weekly surprises on the team’s inactive list Have you ever heard a cogent explanation as to why the NFL requires their teams to pare their 53-man rosters down to 45 active players for each game? This ambiguous policy is antithetical to the league’s insistence for placing a high priority on player safety. The NFL just changed the kickoff rul...2024
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• 2024 NFC West season preview: Super Bowl aspirations and rebound candidates

Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images Reasons for optimism abound with the San Francisco 49ers, Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks, and Arizona Cardinals. The NFC West is certainly an interesting one to project, with three of the four teams within the division having finished with nine or more wins just last season. Meanwhile, the only team that didn’t meet that mark has undergone some significa...2024
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• Arizona Cardinals first 53-man roster

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Taking a look at the Arizona Cardinals roster heading into 2024. The Arizona Cardinals first 53-man roster is here, let’s take a look. QB (2) - Kyler Murray Clayton Tune RB (4) - James Conner Trey Benson Emari Demercado DeeJay Dallas WR (6) - Marvin Harrison Jr. Greg Dortch Michael Wilson Zach Pascal Chris Moore Xavier Weaver TE (4) - Trey McBri...2024
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• Bird Droppings: Arizona Cardinals lose BJ Ojulari to injury, re-sign Zaven Collins and a Red and White record

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images News and notes from around the web on your Arizona Cardinals. Happy Tuesday one and all. Yours truly has had a whirlwind last three months, but now we are moved into a our new house and getting back to normal, well as normal as life can be. So, hoping to get back to regularly getting Bird Droppings to you, with a pinch of news and notes from other s...2024
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• Reactions to ESPN’s Arizona Cardinals’ Training Camp Roster Prediction

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports What are your reactions to Josh Weinfuss’ pre-camp roster prediction for the Cardinals? Josh Weinfuss of ESPN just released his pre-camp 53-man roster prediction for the Arizona Cardinals. Here is the link: 2024 Arizona Cardinals 53-man roster projection - ESPN What I am curious to know is what your reactions would be if this 53-man roster prediction turn...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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"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."

2023
"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."

2021
"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."

2019
"The Bears added defensive tackle Bilal Nichols to their practice report Tuesday."

2018
"Day Three defenders Bilal Nichols and Kylie Fitts were smart choices and each went one round later than projected."

• Arizona Cardinals lose Dennis Gardeck to ACL tear per report
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• Marvin Harrison Jr., Darius Robinson to practice this week and more
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• Arizona Cardinals place Bilal Nichols and Matt Prater on injured reserve
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• Update on Youth Development Tracker and Monti’s UFA grades

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Which of the young players made the biggest jumps from Week 3 to Week 4? Cardinals’ Youth Tracker Big Board Averages After 3 Games: CB Clark —- 85.4 RB Demercado —- 81.3 T Johnson Jr. —- 78.1 WR Harrison Jr. —- 74.4 WR Wilson —- 67.1 TE Higgins —- 66.2 S Taylor-Demerson —- 65.9 CB Thomas V —- 65.3 G Adams —- 61.6 CB G. Williams —- 59.0 RB Benson —- 53.7 CB ...2024
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• The Cardinals’ defense should be much more competitive

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Why Cardinals fans can’t blame the defensive woes on youth or general lack of ability Same old same old refrain —- when a Cardinals’ side of the ball is struggling —- the excuse is “they lack talent” —- or —- “none of these guys would start for other teams.” Just looked at a list of the 10 worst single-game defensive performances so far this seaso...2024
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• Week 3 scouting report: How the Cardinals are turning it around
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• Cardinals’ Week 1 PFF Grades and Observations

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images What Week 1 grades would you give the Cardinals on offense, defense and special teams? The photo above is of ILB Mack Wilson Sr., who stood above the crowd during the Cardinals’ 34-28 loss to the Bills. Each week the Cardinals’ highest graded player will be featured in the thread’s photo. Offense: QB: Kyler Murray —- 75.6 RB: Emari Demercado —- 59.7 ...2024
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• Why the Cardinals’ 45 actives should be difficult to decide
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• 2024 NFC West season preview: Super Bowl aspirations and rebound candidates
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• Could the Cardinals’ 2nd team defense be as talented as the 1st team?

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Take a close look. What do you see? Yesterday, I asked you for your observations about the Cardinals’ projected 1st team defense. Projected Starters on Defense: SOLB Zaven Collins (6-4, 260, 4, Tulsa) SDE Bilal Nichols (6-3, 313, 7, Delaware) NT Roy Lopez (6-2, 310, 4, Arizona) WDE Justin Jones (6-3, 309, 7, North Carolina St.) WOLB Dennis Gardeck (6-...2024
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• Previewing the Jets’ Opposition: Arizona Cardinals
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• Updated Cardinals’ Youth and Free Agent Grades Tracker through Week 8
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• Bird Droppings: Arizona Cardinals understand what is on the line against Packers, Melton brothers reunion, right guard rotation and more
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• Week 3 scouting report: How the Cardinals are turning it around
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• Cardinals’ Week 1 PFF Grades and Observations
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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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• Could the Cardinals catch Rams off guard this season?

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Kyler Murray and the Cardinals could be a surprise team in the NFC West The power balance of the NFL doesn’t remain the same for long. The San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams both emerged as playoff entrants from the NFC West. The expectation is that both teams will return in 2024, but history tells us the only constant in professional football is chang...2024
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• Previewing the Jets’ Opposition: Arizona Cardinals
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• Bird Droppings: Arizona Cardinals understand what is on the line against Packers, Melton brothers reunion, right guard rotation and more
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• Cardinals’ 24-23 Upset Victory Tweets

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Plus, Tom Brady’s “OOH” plays during the game One of the great highlights of the Arizona Cardina’s’ stunning 24-23 upset win over the San Francisco 49ers was hearing Tom Brady’s unbridled excitement whenever the Cardinals or 49ers made a big splash play. And boy oh boy was it a game chock-full of big splash plays. Compilation of the Tom Brady's "ooh" comm...2024
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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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• Previewing the Jets’ Opposition: Arizona Cardinals
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• Could the Cardinals’ 2nd team defense be as talented as the 1st team?
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• ESPN’s Bill Barnwell picks Cardinals as one of his top 5 teams to improve in 2024
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• Bird Droppings: Arizona Cardinals lose BJ Ojulari to injury, re-sign Zaven Collins and a Red and White record
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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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• Arizona Cardinals 2024 NFL Draft: To trade or not to trade? That is the question

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Do you want Monti to play “Let’s Make a Deal”? Look at that man pictured above. That’s Cardinals’ GM Monti Ossenfort. As we fans know, Monti has been very busy signing players in free agency. PFF recently released their free agency grades for each team. Their grade for Monti Ossenfort’s efforts: C. ARIZONA CARDINALS Re-signed: EDGE L...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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