5+ mon, 2+ week ago (168+ words) The Arizona Cardinals have completed their offseason program for 2025, wrapping up mandatory minicamp. It concludes an offseason of major moves on defense in free agency and the draft. I was a guest on Proline TV's Arizona Cardinals offseason report card to discuss offseason moves, draft picks and insights for what the depth chart will look like during the season. Host Greg DePalma and I ran down the Cardinals' moves in free agency, where the new additions fit, who will have the biggest impact. The biggest impact will come on defense as the offense remains largely the same. We run down the Cardinals' draft picks and where they will figure in as rookies in 2025. I talk about how linebacker Cody Simon and cornerback Will Johnson are the two rookies likely to have the biggest roles. I wonder how the deep defensive…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago (412+ words) The Arizona Cardinals have begun their offseason and have two months to re-sign players scheduled to become free agents before the new league year begins in March. One key player and defensive captain, linebacker Kyzir White, suggested on social media that he won't be back with the Cardinals in 2025. He posted this on his Instagram account: He said thank you to the state of Arizona. This is a typical goodbye social media post. White will be a free agent after two seasons with the Cardinals. If you check the comments, you will see notes of support and sadness from teammates, all seeming to be well-wishing goodbyes in terms of being a teammate. Head coach Jonathan Gannon told reporters in his season-concluding press conference on Monday that change is coming. "Everybody knows in this building change is inevitable. That's going to…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago (423+ words) The Arizona Cardinals lost five of their last seven 2024 NFL regular season games when things seemed to be going well early on. Will the Arizona Cardinals win the NFC West in 2025? Cardinals' fans are hoping their team can live out their potential in 2025. The Arizona Cardinals loss five of their last seven 2024 NFL regular season games when things seemed to be going well early on. Operating under new leadership in head coach Jonathan Gannon still didn't inhibit quarterback Kyler Murray from making costly mistakes down the stretch. Nor did offensive coordinator Drew Petzing develop enough dynamic running plays to make third downs more manageable for the team offense. The most gut-wrenching defeat for the Cardinals came on Dec. 22 when defensive coordinator Nick Rallis had his defense give up a whopping 243 rushing yards to the Carolina Panthers. The Panthers finished 5-12 on…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago (419+ words) Arizona Cardinals defensive coordinator Nick Rallis has to be exhausted knowing his unit left in all on the line in Week 3. Cardinals DC Nick Rallis can't keep being the hero with his headset Rallis and the Cardinals rank No. 5 opponent points allowed For three consecutive weeks, Arizona Cardinals defensive coordinator Nick Rallis has been asked to save the day, repeatedly. Even with the casualties that caused injuries to rookie defensive back to Will Johnson and Garrett Williams, his unit did its part by standing up to the San Francisco 49ers defense countlessly in Sunday's 16-15 loss. With 5:19 left to go in Week 3, Rallis schemed a combo coverage to bait quarterback Mac Jones into an errand throw that allowed for Cardinals defensive back Dadrion Taylor-Demerson to grab his first career interception. Sequentially, the Cardinals' offense took over on their own 39-yard line, needing…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago (233+ words) The Cards Wire staff make their expert picks and predictions for the Cardinals" Week 15 showdown against the Patriots. The Arizona Cardinals seek to snap a three-game losing streak Sunday at home against the New England Patriots, who also are mired in a three-game losing streak The Cardinals are favorites in this game and should, on paper, match up favorably It is time for game predictions The Cards Wire staff gives their expert picks and predictions for this game Patriots at Cardinals Week 15 expert picks and predictions Jess Root The Patriots are a little on the dangerous side because they are playing better, but they are still an offense that is limited in weapons and a defense that doesn't stop the run well Arizona should, after playing Seattle twice and Minnesota, find moving the ball and scoring much easier against the…...

5+ mon, 3+ day ago (159+ words) The yearly "NFL Top 100" player series that is released every offseason for the last 14 years, will begin on Monday, June 30 for the 15th consecutive year. Starting Monday, beginning from player 100, two players will be revealed each weekday at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. ET on X Orginals and NFL+, meaning players 100-91 will be announced. Arizona Cardinals fans will want to pay attention next week. According to Cards Wire's Howard Balzer, a Cardinals player will be announced as one of the 10 revealed next week. Who will it be? Two obvious players should make the top 100 " tight end Trey McBride and safety Budda Baker. Baker was No. 89 last year. McBride, coming off a 111-catch season, surely will be higher than in the 90s. Perhaps defensive lineman Calais Campbell will make the cut. In any case, pay attention next week to find out which Cardinals player mad the top…...

8+ mon, 4+ week ago (446+ words) The new podcast talks about the Cardinals' team report card and what Michael Bidwill, Monti Ossenfort and Jonathan Gannon have recently said. Arizona Cardinals team report card reactions, combine talk The new podcast talks about the Cardinals' team report card and what Michael Bidwill, Monti Ossenfort and Jonathan Gannon have recently said. As the new league year approaches, the NFLPA released all 32 team report cards, grading the working conditions of the players, as graded by the players on each team. As we know, the Arizona Cardinals' team grade was the worst in the league. In this edition of the podcast, cohost Seth Cox and I discuss and react to the grades and the announcement of a new facility in Tempe that the players knew but public did not until the team felt it necessary to announce after the report card....

8+ mon, 5+ day ago (555+ words) Deanna Ratnikova created the GO Deck to show the joy of the outdoors can be found in urban environments and doesn't require that much time or money. Deanna Ratnikova could write a book about finding nature in the midst of a city. Instead, she wrote a deck of cards. Ratnikova grew up in East Tennessee, but the idea for the GO Deck came to her when she was living in San Diego, California during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ratnikova's cycling hobby " which for her was both a social activity and an opportunity to be outdoors " became less alluring under social distancing guidelines. So she started going on walks and hikes around San Diego. Instead of enjoying nature in a group, Ratnikova ventured out solo, or with her 3-year-old daughter, Lea, with whom she hoped to share her love of the outdoors....

8+ mon, 2+ week ago (185+ words) NFL free agency begins Monday at 9 a.m. Arizona time with the "legal tampering period" in which teams are permitted to communicate with and negotiate contracts with players whose contracts will expire ... Arizona Cardinals 2025 free agency tracker Tracking all the moves the Arizona Cardinals and their free agents make with the start of free agency. NFL free agency begins Monday at 9 a.m. Arizona time with the "legal tampering period" in which teams are permitted to communicate with and negotiate contracts with players whose contracts will expire with the beginning of the new league year on Wednesday. There has been plenty of action over the last few days with teams re-signing their own players, agreeing to trades, releasing players and signing players who have been released. The Arizona Cardinals are expected to be active in free agency, as they have more cap space than…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago (104+ words) This part of the offseason brings lists and rankings of all sorts for the NFL. CBS Sports' Pete Prisco put together his yearly rankings of the 100 best players in the NFL for 2025. Only one Arizona Cardinals player " tight end Trey McBride " made the top 100, coming in at No. 42. How many of this top 100 list will the Cardinals see in 2025? Let's have a look. The Cardinals will face 39 of the players in the top 100. None come from the New Orleans Saints or Carolina Panthers. The rest of the opponents from Weeks 3-18 have at least one....