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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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• 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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• 2025 NFL Draft: What do the Cardinals need the most?

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Arizona Cardinals’ GM Monti Ossenfort has indicated that he believes the roster, as it is currently constructed, is good to go. Kudos to Monti and his staff for creating a fresh kind of buzz for the Cardinals in the manner in which he handled the re-signing of the team’s key free agents and the signing of impactful unrestricted free agents. While it...2025
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• 2025 Arizona Cardinals’ Teaching Assignments

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images What kind of developmental growth will the Cardinals see this season from their players? One thing that sticks in my craw every year is seeing fans be so quick to believe that the coaches must know what they are doing when players get benched or cut. As a teacher and coach, for right or for wrong, whenever a student or player of mine failed, I blamed mys...2025
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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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• Monti Ossenfort: “Medicals are overrated.” You agree or disagree?
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• Arizona Cardinals sign punter to practice squad

Photo by Timothy T Ludwig/Getty Images The Arizona Cardinals have added a punter in case Blake Gillikin cannot go on Sunday. The Arizona Cardinals had an injury that is a tough one to overcome in game, as Blake Gillikin was injured in the loss to the Seattle Seahawks. Now, they are bringing in a punter to the practice squad while he tries to get right, but this week they will have an actua...2024
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• Bird Droppings: Traffic advisory for Cardinals/Jets, looking at the run game, fine tuning leads to defensive gains and more

Photo by Brooke Sutton/Getty Images News and notes from around the web on your Arizona Cardinals. Happy gameday one and all. The Arizona Cardinals are hosting the New York Jets today, and we have plenty of news from around the web to help you get ready for it. Enjoy. Blake Gillikin Earns NFC Special Teams Player Of WeekPunter's pin led to safety two plays later against Bears After being sq...2024
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• GB 34 ARI 13 Top 5 Disappointments, Top 5 Encouragements

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images Which players for the Cardinals played below par and beyond expectations? Obviously, it was a very disappointing game for the Cardinals at the rainy tundra of Lambeau Field. One would have never known that the Cardinals were coming off their most impressive come from behind win of the season versus the 49ers in Santa Clara. It was a mixed bag of perf...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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• 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 open preseason, backup quarterback battle, rookies look to impress and more

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports News and notes from around the web on your Arizona Cardinals. Happy preseason gameday one and all. The Arizona Cardinals open up their 2024 campaign at home, their only home preseason game, with the New Orleans Saints. Here is all the news from around the web to help you get ready. QB2 Will Play Out In Preseason With Desmond Ridder, Clayton TuneA starter fo...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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• Questions about the Cardinals’ signing of WR Zay Jones

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images At this point in the Cardinals’ rebuild, and having drafted 3 talented WRs the past 2 year, does adding Zay Jones make sense? On Monday’s Red Rain Podcast, Kevin Murray and I will be sharing our 53-man roster favorites. The Cardinals’ recent signings of LB/ST ace Markus Bailey and WR Zay Jones has made the 53-man roster projection all the more interesting,...2024
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• MODS Squad on a Target Shopping Spree

Photo by Nick Wosika/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images How excited are you about Day 1 of MODS’ plan? Rumors heading into the NFL 1st day of free agent negotiations were that the Arizona Cardinals would more than likely be quiet for a couple days while teams typically do a whole lot of overspending. Au contraire. While some teams’ GMs headed straight to Neiman Marcus —- Monti Ossenfort and ...2024
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• Get to know the Saints new punter, Lou Hedley

Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports The 30-year-old rookie has one of the most intriguing stories of any player in the NFL. The New Orleans Saints pulled off a shocker this week by favoring two rookies in the kicking and punting battles. After losing Thomas Morstead a couple of years ago, the Saints thought they found their next long-term option at the position in Blake Gillikin. In two seasons, ...2023
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• The Saints’ 30-year-old Aussie rookie punter is about to become your favorite athlete

Photo by John McCoy/Getty Images Lou Hedley is the Aussie tattoo dad about to take over punting for the Saints. Punters with personality always develop a cult following — hell, look at Pat McAfee. There’s something inherently funny about punting with swagger, and it causes these players to get elevated to folk heroes. Lou Hedley, the Saints 30-year-old punter from Australia, took his craft...2023
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• The Linc - Brandon Graham is in rare company

Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 8/22/23. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... One stat to know for all 32 NFL teams before the 2023 season - PFFThe Eagles have a star-studded defense, but one of the constants through the years has been Brandon Graham. He had another stellar season in 2022, posting an 89.8 overall grade that led the team....2023
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"4 Cards re-sign Krys Barnes CB Sean Murphy-Bunting Starling Thomas V Garrett Williams Max Melton Kei’Trel Clark Elijah Jones Jaden Davis (FC) Ekow Boye-Doe (FC) Prediction: Status Quo —- GMs and coaches really like this group S Budda Baker Dadrion Taylor-Demerson Joey Blount Jammie Robinson Darren Hall Prediction: Cards trade or release Jalen Thompson K Chad Ryland P Blake Gillikin LS Prediction: Cards re-sign Aaron Brewer KR DeeJay Dallas PR Greg Dortch The Cardinals 3 key outside UFAs projected salaries per PFF: ED Josh Sweat, 3 years — $18m avg/yr."

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"Report: Arizona Cardinals Bring Back Punter - Sports Illustrated Arizona Cardinals News, Analysis and MoreThe Arizona Cardinals are bringing back Punter Blake Gillikin."

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"Signings (Ranked from most to least beneficial) Signed QB Derek Carr from Las Vegas Signed RB Jamaal Williams from Detroit Re-signed WR Michael Thomas Re-signed TE Juwan Johnson Signed DE Nathan Shepherd from New York Jets Signed DT Khalen Saunders from Kansas City Signed S Johnathan Abram from Seattle Re-signed DE Malcolm Roach Signed CB Lonnie Johnson from Tennessee Re-signed QB Jameis Winston Re-signed P Blake Gillikin Signed RT Storm Norton from Los Angeles Chargers Re-signed LB Ty Summers David Reginek-USA TODAY Sports Losses (ranked from most unfortunate to least unfortunate) LB Kaden Elliss (Atlanta) DT Shy Tuttle (Carolina) DT David Onyemata (Atlanta) DE Marcus Davenport (Minnesota) QB Andy Dalton (Carolina) WR Marquez Callaway (Denver) WR Deonte Harty (Buffalo) S Justin Evans (Philadelphia) Although the list of free agent signings is notable, perhaps the most impressive aspect of this offseason was the impact on the team’s cap space."

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"Punter Blake Gillikin has been named special teams player of the month for his performances in the four games."

2020
"The players include linebacker Joe Bachie, defensive lineman Gus Cumberlander, wide receiver Marquez Callaway, cornerback Tino Ellis, punter Blake Gillikin, wide receiver Juwan Johnson, running back Tony Jones Jr."

• Op-Ed: Best 53 Arizona Cardinals Post Draft
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• Monti Ossenfort’s Forte?
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• Monti Ossenfort: “Medicals are overrated.” You agree or disagree?
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• 2025 NFL Draft: What do the Cardinals need the most?
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• 2025 Arizona Cardinals’ Teaching Assignments
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• Arizona Cardinals’ Pre-Draft 53 Man Roster
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• Predicting the Cardinals’ 2025 Off-Season Moves on Defense and Special Teams

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Adding defensive UFAs may be difficult this year For the defense, the Cardinals making three key outside UFA signings. 34NT TBD Predictions: Cards re-sign Roy Lopez Cards sign Poonah Ford, 5-11, 310, Texas, 29, LAC, 2024 PFF Grade: 85.3 34DE Darius Robinson Dante Stills Justin Jones Bilal Nichols Ben Stille (FC) P.J. Mustipher (FC) Anthony Goodl...2025
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• Monti Ossenfort and Dave Sears’ positive personnel additions in 2023-2024

Photo by Ric Tapia/Getty Images ROTB Question —- who are your top 5 priority re-signings for Cardinals’ 2025 UFAs? Here is a list of free agents, draft picks, waiver wire claims and undrafted players who to date appear to be positive additions. RB Emari Demercado - CFA ‘23 RB Trey Benson - R3 ‘24 RB DeeJay Dallas - UFA ‘24 TE Elijah Higgins - WC “23 (MIA) TE Tip Reiman - R3 ‘24 T Paris Jo...2024
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• Arizona Cardinals sign punter to practice squad
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• Bird Droppings: Traffic advisory for Cardinals/Jets, looking at the run game, fine tuning leads to defensive gains and more
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• 2025 Arizona Cardinals’ Teaching Assignments
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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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• Arizona Cardinals Blake Gillikin named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images The Arizona Cardinals punter is the NFC Special Teams Player of the Week. Winning does weird things, including getting your player acknowledge for their play. That is once again the case, as Arizona Cardinals punter Blake Gillikin was named the NFC Special Teams Player of the Week. From the team: Arizona Cardinals punter Blake Gillikin has been named the “N...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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• What needs to happen for the Saints to contend for Lombardi Trophy this upcoming season?

Let the good times roll!! | Photo by Skip Bolen/WireImage Black and Gold to the Super Bowl? This season the New Orleans Saints finished 9-8 for the second time in three years and at the conclusion of all three of those seasons, they failed to make the postseason. The team had previously won 4 consecutive NFC South titles between 2017 - 2020 in response to their last three-year playoff dro...2024
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• 2023 Player Review: Lou Hedley

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images A review on punter Lou Hedley. The New Orleans Saints brought in a new punter for the 2023 NFL season. They made the shocking decision to release Blake Gillikin in favor of Lou Hedley. The UDFA was brought into compete with Gillikin and ended up beating him out. Was this the right decision? Let’s take a look at the season that Hedley had. Hedley ended u...2024
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• Playing out the Saints offseason and 2024 season in Madden

Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images Using Madden to get a preview of the Saints offseason and how it may impact the 2024 season. The New Orleans Saints season is over, and they now look towards an offseason with many questions. They do not have any cap room, which will limit their ability to sign free agents and retain players such as Cesar Ruiz, Rashid Shaheed, and Andrus Peat. All eyes ...2024
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• Week 11 Positives and Game Balls for Cardinals

Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports The Cardinals turned in a number of impressive performances versus the Texans, cast your votes for Week 11 game balls While it was a frustrating 21-16 loss for the Cardinals versus the Texans, the team manifested a number of impressive plays and performances. Let’s revel in a few of them today. Plays: Murray to McBride is a real thing pic.twitter.com/AwyBd2ht...2023
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• The Linc - Brandon Graham is in rare company
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• Monti Ossenfort: “Medicals are overrated.” You agree or disagree?
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• 2025 Arizona Cardinals’ Teaching Assignments
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• Arizona Cardinals’ Pre-Draft 53 Man Roster
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• Previewing the Jets’ Opposition: Arizona Cardinals
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• Questions about the Cardinals’ signing of WR Zay Jones
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• The Saints’ 30-year-old Aussie rookie punter is about to become your favorite athlete
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• PFF gives Saints a “C” for Free Agency acquisitions
Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports The rating puts the Saints dead last in NFC South. On March 25th, Pro Football Focus (PFF) rated the offseason free agency period for the NFC South Division. To the surprise of many, the New Orleans Saints were given a “C” rating, dead last in the division. The Atlanta Falcons were awarded first place with a B, followed by Carolina (B), and Tampa Bay (B). F...2023
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• The Saints’ 30-year-old Aussie rookie punter is about to become your favorite athlete
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• New Orleans Saints announce new jersey numbers for different players after free agency
Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports We’re still waiting on new numbers for wide receiver Bryan Edwards and kicker Alex Quevedo. The New Orleans Saints announced a series of jersey number changes after the first few weeks of free agency brought a small group of players to the roster. Some players returning from the 2022 squad will be looking to wear new numbers in 2023, though that’s subject to ...2023
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• Could a Thomas Morstead return be possible?
Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports With Blake Gillikin not being retained, could Legatron come back for one more ride in the Big Easy? Thomas Morstead is apparently interested in a return to the New Orleans Saints. According to a source, Morstead was asked about a return to the Saints, a team he spent 12 seasons with and won a Super Bowl in his rookie season. Since leaving New Orleans, he spent ...2023
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• Saints QB Derek Carr announces new jersey number
Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports Carr will wear No. 4, Blake Gillikin will now wear No. 5 New Orleans Saints QB Derek Carr has announced his new jersey number. Carr will wear No. 4 which was previously worn by Punter Blake Gillikin. It's Official: @DerekCarrQB will be No. 4️⃣ for the #Saints Order your jersey or shirt here: https://t.co/jPSw1wOZjI pic.twitter.com/z6DmswnxCC— New Orleans Sai...2023
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• Saints re-sign P Blake Gillikin
Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Gillikin is back in the Bayou. The New Orleans Saints are re-signing Blake Gillikin. The 25-year-old was brought in as a UDFA to replace long-time punter Thomas Morstead. Gillikin had 32 punts inside the 20. This was tied for fourth place among all punters. He also ranked in the top ten in net yards. The Penn State alumni is one of the...2023
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• Fleur-de-Links, March 17: Saints sign offensive tackle
Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Here are your daily New Orleans Saints links New Orleans Saints News: Charges against Marcus Maye from August arrest refused for insufficient evidence - Canal Street Chronicles The charges against Marcus Maye have been refused due to a lack of evidence. Saints re-sign P Blake Gillikin - Canal Street Chronicles The Saints have re-signed Blake Gillikin. N...2023
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• Saints players on the bubble going into training camp
Marcus Maye’s contract would be easy to shed if he does not show improvement | Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Let’s look at some players who may not make the final 53. The NFL can be a very shrewd business. Players are hardly ever guaranteed a roster spot, especially after a losing season like the New Orleans Saints had last year. It is likely some fan favorites and veterans alike cou...2023
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• 2025 NFL Draft: What do the Cardinals need the most?
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• Arizona Cardinals’ Pre-Draft 53 Man Roster
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• Bird Droppings: Traffic advisory for Cardinals/Jets, looking at the run game, fine tuning leads to defensive gains and more
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• GB 34 ARI 13 Top 5 Disappointments, Top 5 Encouragements
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• Why the Cardinals’ 45 actives should be difficult to decide
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• Cardinals’ Top Players in 16-14 loss to Saints

Photo by Mike Christy/Getty Images Some positives for the Cardinals to build on QB: Clayton Tune —- said this last year, Tune is especially good at throwing on schedule and on target over the middle, which in this play-action offense is made to order RB Trey Benson, Michael Carter, DeeJay Dallas and Tony Jones Jr. —-they all flashed —- unsung RB coach Autrey Denson does one heck of a job ...2024
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• Bird Droppings: Arizona Cardinals open preseason, backup quarterback battle, rookies look to impress and more
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• Op-Ed: Best Formula for Cardinals to win games in 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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• Pre-Snap Reads 3/12: Seahawks retain some, lose some on first day of free agency

Photo by Jane Gershovich/Getty Images Read! First day of free agency has been both positive and negative for our Seattle Seahawks. Losing Will Dissly, Colby Parkinson, Jordyn Brooks, and Damien Lewis leaves quite a noticeable hole in our unfinished kitchen remodel of a roster. Re-signing Leonard Williams and Noah Fant seems satisfying to some extent but certainly, we all understand that ...2024
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• 2023 Player Review: Lou Hedley
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• Glimpse Ahead to Cardinals’ 2024 Season Part V Mitch Mock

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images Having laid out a number of off-season possibilities for the Arizona Cardinals throughout the first three articles of this series, now it’s time to consider what an encouraging off-season would be for the 2024 Arizona Cardinals. Here are some suggestions and an ROTB Mock Draft Simulator competition: 2024 Core: QB Kyler Murray RB James Conner S Budda Ba...2023
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