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• Top training camp storylines across the NFC West

Photo by Bruce Yeung/Getty Images A breakout player, top injury concern, and rookie to watch for each of Rams, Cardinals, 49ers, and Seahawks Training camp is underway across the NFL. Thursday marks the first preseason game of the season, and before we know it football will be back in full swing. Sticking in the Los Angeles Rams’ own division, what are the major storylines across the NFC W...2025
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• Arizona Cardinals second year players starting to heat up

Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Looking at a couple of plays from last years draft class. Happy Tuesday one and all. As the Arizona Cardinals camp continues to traverse along, we started with pads yesterday and followed up with some good stuff today. Let’s check in with a bevy of different looks at the Arizona Cardinals as they open up the padded part of practices. #AZCardinals OL/DL drills...2025
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• NFL Film’s Greg Cosell’s take on the 2025 Arizona Cardinals

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images See and react to Greg Cosell’s analysis of the Cardinals from Ross Tucker’s NFC West preview Many thanks to since61 for bringing Greg Cosell’s analysis of the 2025 Arizona Cardinals to our attention, via Ross Tucker’s NFC West preview. Here, have a look for yourself: (the Cardinals’ segment starts at 7:44) Highlights of Greg Cosell’s thoughts: He’...2025
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• Chiefs’ rookie Omarr Norman-Lott may soon sign his rookie deal

Kirby Lee-Imagn Images A standoff between the NFLPA and NFL teams over second-round contracts may be coming to an end. Over the last 10 weeks, there’s been a roadblock standing in the way of 30 NFL teams — including the Kansas City Chiefs — signing their 2025 second-round picks. Thankfully for the Chiefs (and their second-round defensive tackle Omarr Norman-Lott), the situation now appear...2025
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• NFL breakout players 2025 for 49ers, Rams, Seahawks, and Cardinals

Photo by Matthew Huang/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Here are your breakout player candidates for the NFC West. The NFC West is absolutely loaded this season. Up and down the roster for every team there’s optimism and areas for concern. After another playoff run, do the Rams have enough firepower to get back to the Super Bowl? Can the San Francisco 49ers stay healthy enough to contend i...2025
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• Op-Ed: Reactions to the recent Cardinals’ buzz on social media, Part 1: the coaches

Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images What does the future look like for Gannon, Petzing and Rallis? Idea #1: Cardinals Top Coaches: Jonathan Gannon, Drew Petzing and Nick Rallis and their futures. Top ROTB member post: AZ_Cardinals_Fan Right off the bat I don't think either of them get fired or become head coaches. Unless the wheels fall off and they are drafting a new QB next season. T...2025
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• Recently waived Seahawks draft pick signs with Packers

Photo by Christopher Mast/Getty Images If Cameron Young can stick around for another two months, he’ll face the Seahawks at the end of preseason. Former Seattle Seahawks defensive tackle Cameron Young has found his new team. The 2023 fourth-round pick out of Mississippi State has signed with the Green Bay Packers. Seattle will hold a joint practice with the Packers ahead of its preseason f...2025
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• Cardinals Depth Chart: Projecting the roster ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images Where does the team stack up heading into round one? sethWe are finally here one and all. The NFL Draft is in Green Bay and the Arizona Cardinals are going to be on the clock in less than 12 hours. What do the Cardinals need to breakthrough and get back into the playoffs? To know what they need, we need to visit what they have, so let’s take a look at the...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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• Monti Ossenfort’s #1 2025 Draft Pick Fascination?

Photo by John Smolek/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Here is an educated guess. Yesterday, I conducted two polls, one on X and one here at ROTB. Which of these 4 Top 30 visitors do you believe is ranked the highest on the Cardinals' board?— Walter B J Mitchell (@WBJMItch) April 16, 2025 ROTB Poll: Which Top 30 visitor in this poll do you think is the Cardinals’ highest ranked playe...2025
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• Assessments of Arizona Cardinals’ 2023, 2024 Draft Picks

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images The picks are talented, but the coaching plans are difficult to comprehend Arizona Cardinals Draft Picks Tracker by Round in 2023 Round 1 | Pick 6 (from DET) Paris Johnson Jr., OT, Ohio State Round 2 | Pick 41 (from TEN) BJ Ojulari, EDGE, LSU Round 3 | Pick 72 (from TEN) Garrett Williams, CB, Syracuse Round 3 | Pick 94 Michael Wilson, WR, Stanford Round 4...2025
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• NFL secret superstars of Week 4 include Joe Flacco and a boatload of 49ers

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images Here are the NFL’s under-the-radar dominators of Week 4. Every week in the NFL, there are known entities doing amazing things on the field as expected, and that’s always worth the coverage it gets. But there are those players whose names are not as well known who are equally deserving of praise for their athletic exploits. In “Secret Superstars,” o...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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• Opening Odds: Lions open as road favorites over Cardinals in Week 3

Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images The opening betting lines have the Detroit Lions as road favorites over the Arizona Cardinals in Week 3. The Detroit Lions are on the road for the first time in Week 3 of the 2024 season, traveling to the desert to take on the Arizona Cardinals. The Lions are 1-1 on the season after beating the Rams 26-20 in overtime, but falling short against the Buccane...2024
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• Pre-Snap Reads 9/15: Game Day!

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images Read! Week 2 of the Coach Macdonald era and we’re already out here slaying demons. In Today’s Links: all the previews, predictions, picks, injury updates, and profiles a Seattle Seahawks fan needs to enjoy today’s battle in New England. Let’s boogie. Let’s win. Let’s go, ‘Hawks! #np Wasted Days And Wasted Nights by Freddy Fender Seahawks News Vision Board...2024
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• NFL Film’s Greg Cosell’s take on the 2025 Arizona Cardinals
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• Chiefs’ rookie Omarr Norman-Lott may soon sign his rookie deal
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• Op-Ed: Reactions to the recent Cardinals’ buzz on social media, Part 1: the coaches
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• Year 2 Cardinals Making the Jump

Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images The Cardinals’ 2024 draft picks are on a mission In piggybacking on Seth’s strong posts about the Cardinals’ full attendance at this week’s 3-day mandatory minicamp and the team’s new free agents raves about Jonathan Gannon’s energy and enthusiasm, one of the real highlights of the team’s practices was seeing how much effort and preparation the Cardinals’ 2024 ...2025
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• Cardinals’ Secondary Summer School 2025

Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Are new lesson plans in the Cardinals’ pass coverage techniques a priority? Pictured above are three significant building blocks of the Arizona Cardinals’ 2025 secondary: S Budda Baker, CB Garrett Williams and CB Max Melton. S Budda Baker Budda Baker heads into year 9 with 4 NFL All-Pro awards (two 1st team, two 2nd team) and 7 Pro Bowls. Budda Baker isn't ...2025
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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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• NFL Film’s Greg Cosell’s take on the 2025 Arizona Cardinals
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• Monti Ossenfort’s #1 2025 Draft Pick Fascination?
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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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• M’m! M’m! Good! Cardinals Mock!

Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images How excited would you be with this draft? The 2025 NFL Draft commences from Lambeau Field, Wisconsin, three weeks from today, baby! Which in this week’s Thursday mock, still beaming about the Cardinals’ acquisition of DE Calias Campbell, I am now feeling a tenacious hunger to slurp up a double dose of Campbells this week. Now, I would...2025
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• NFL secret superstars of Week 4 include Joe Flacco and a boatload of 49ers
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• Week 3 scouting report: How the Cardinals are turning it around
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• Opening Odds: Lions open as road favorites over Cardinals in Week 3
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• Who should the Rams select at #52?

Should the Rams trade up for cornerback Ennis Rakestraw? | Photo by David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The best 35 candidates off my Top 300 draft board While the Los Angeles Rams may have written about tight end Brock Bowers in their diary, they asked edge Jared Verse to the dance. To say fans are content with first round selection of Jared Verse is an understatement, fans a...2024
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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?
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• 4 landing spots for superstar NFL defender seeking a new team with trade

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images The Dolphins’ CB wants out. Here’s where he could go next. The unraveling of the Miami Dolphins continues. After the retirement of left tackle Terron Armstead and the ongoing saga around wideout Tyreek Hill, star cornerback Jalen Ramsey added another layer of tumult by reportedly agreeing to work with Miami on a potential trade. This is...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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• Assessments of Arizona Cardinals’ 2023, 2024 Draft Picks
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• 2024 NFL Draft Day 1 live open thread

Mandi Wright / USA TODAY NETWORK Come hang out during the 2024 NFL Draft with our Day 1 live open thread. Over 150,000 fans have descended upon Detroit for the 2024 NFL Draft. And while the Detroit Lions no longer consider this event their “Super Bowl,” it’s still an incredibly important event. Lions general manager Brad Holmes has been essential to Detroit’s rise to relevancy, and his be...2024
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• Cowboys draft 2024: Final 7-round NFL mock draft for all teams, all picks

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images The draft is finally here, who will the Cowboys take? At long last, the 2024 NFL Draft is upon us. Before long, general managers will start calling players as they draft them, and fans will have extreme gut reactions one way or the other to whichever player their favorite team just drafted. It’s a beautiful time for football fans. However, there is ...2024
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• Jaguars News (4/3): Trevor Lawrence could sign a Brady-like extension, per report

Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images Your daily dose of Jacksonville Jaguars news for April 3, 2024. Good morning! Here is today’s roundup of the latest news, rumors, and analysis on your Jacksonville Jaguars. Jaguars News Ranking the Jaguars’ biggest needs entering the NFL Draft (Big Cat Country) A trio of Christian Kirk, Gabe Davis and Zay Jones could be bolstered with one final piece. Per...2024
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• Browns roster decisions: What should they do about Greg Newsome?

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images The front office has a decision to make Back in 2021, the Cleveland Browns had an issue at cornerback. Like every other NFL club, nobody can have enough good cornerbacks who have the skills to cover their opponent’s best receiver. In the 2021 NFL draft, quarterbacks Trevor Lawrence, Zach Wilson, and Trey Lance, went 1-2-3. The best player in the draft, ...2024
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• Jaguars News (4/3): Trevor Lawrence could sign a Brady-like extension, per report
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• NFL Draft rumors: Giants have ‘heavy interest’ in RB Trey Benson

Trey Benson | Photo by David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Will the Giants be in position to land one of the best running backs in the 2024 draft class? The focus of media and fan attention has been on quarterback in discussions about the New York Giants’ plans for the 2024 NFL Draft. There are, though, other positions in football and other needs for the Giants. One position t...2024
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• Opening Odds: Lions open as road favorites over Cardinals in Week 3
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• Browns NFL Draft INSIGHT: CB Max Melton could fill in at slot corner

Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images Round 3: Cornerback group is the strength of the defense The cornerback group last season was a position of strength for Cleveland Browns DC Jim Schwartz’s defense. So, why would this room need another player? Well, an exceptional cornerback is always welcome on every NFL club’s roster. This group’s resident Pro Bowler is Denzel Ward. On ...2024
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• Giants mock draft: WR1 on most boards falls to the Giants

Marvin Harrison Jr. | Photo by Ben Jackson/Getty Images In this edition of my weekly New York Giants multi-round mock draft, the Giants land a top-tier wide receiver in Round 1 and address quarterback later on. Let’s get to it. Round 1 (No. 6) — Marvin Harrison Jr., WR, Ohio State Four quarterbacks went off the board in the first five picks. Caleb Williams (1 — Chicago Bears); Drake Maye ...2024
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• Senior Bowl Day 1, National Team: Risers from the first practice

Ricky Pearsall | Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images Who stood out at Tuesday’s practice for the National Team? The 2024 Reese’s Senior Bowl practices started in the sun of Mobile, Ala., on Tuesday. The National Team, where New York Giants’ quarterbacks coach Shea Tierney is the offensive coordinator, was the first to practice Tierney receives an up-close and personal look at quarterba...2024
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• Pre-Snap Reads 9/15: Game Day!
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• Chiefs’ rookie Omarr Norman-Lott may soon sign his rookie deal
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• Recently waived Seahawks draft pick signs with Packers
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• How close are the Cardinals to having a Top 5 roster?

Photo by Mike Christy/Getty Images How do the Cardinals compare to the Broncos? According to Sam Monson, here are the top 5 rosters in the NFL in 2025: The best of the best @SamMonsonNFL ranks his Top 5 NFL rosters pic.twitter.com/2zWuOsydRG— Check the Mic with Steve Palazzolo & Sam Monson (@CTM_Show) June 2, 2025 Obviously, Sam Monson is “Rocky Mountain High” on the Denver Bronco...2025
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• Arizona Cardinals’ early favorites to start and why (Opinion)

Photo by Bruce Yeung/Getty Images ROTB Poll: Which do you think will be the closest position competition for the team’s starters? 1st team early favorites: My starting lineup favorites heading into training camp:Offense: * QB Kyler Murray* RB James Conner* TE Trey McBride* TE Tip Reiman* WR Marvin Harrison Jr.* WR Michael Wilson* SWR Greg Dortch* LT Paris Johnson Jr.* LG Evan Brown* C Hj...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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• ROTB Name the College CB Challenge

Photo by Matt Kelley/Getty Images ROTB Polls in which you match the player to his final college season grades In light of the recent speculation that Michigan CB Will Johnson could be on the board when the Cardinals pick at #16, here is an ROTB Challenge for you. Here are the PFF grades for the following players in their final college season. The players are (alphabetical order): Cooper ...2025
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• Rams mock draft: Plugging holes with a needs-based strategy

Johnny Wilson is a rare combination of size and athleticism | Photo by M. Anthony Nesmith/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Identifying high-floor prospects Quite similar to last year’s offseason, the Los Angeles Rams began 2024 by finding themselves needing to fill roster holes. While not quite the salary purge of 2023, L.A. not only has to deal with the huge loss of Aaron Donald, but a h...2024
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• New York Giants miss out on Round 1 QBs in Dane Brugler 7-round mock draft

Let’s see who Brugler ended up selecting for the Giants Dane Brugler of The Athletic is out with a beastly seven-round mock draft that sees the New York Giants get shut out in the search for a quarterback in Round 1. Brugler says the mock is based on a combination of “each team’s needs, organizational trends and prospect-team pairings that make sense based on “30” visits, league buzz and overall i...2024
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• Random Ramsdom: It’s completely normal for LA to be looking at every position in the draft

Photo by David Becker/Getty Images for Netflix © 2024 Los Angeles Rams News and Links for 4/13/24 It’s full blown rumor season (it kinda always is) in the NFL as teams get ready for the NFL Draft. There’s doesn’t even neccessarily need to be facts. People can write an article, or talk on a TV show and boom we have a rumor! An interesting piece of speculation is that the Los Angeles Rams ha...2024
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• NFL mock draft 2024: 2-round projection after free agency frenzy

Troy Wayrynen-USA TODAY Sports Here’s a new two-round NFL mock draft The first wave of NFL free agency has come and gone, and with it we get a better glimpse of what the vision is for NFL teams going into the draft. Player acquisition isn’t only about finding talent, of course, but the formatting of these players into what the goal is for the 2024 season. With most of the big name guys out...2024
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