Are the Cardinals ‘close’ to turning a corner?

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I don't understand the obsession with signing Reddick. 4 teams in 7 years, tried to force his way out of the Jets before playing a snap, is 30 and had a half a sack in 9 games, which ranked 14th in his own team.
 

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I don't understand the obsession with signing Reddick. 4 teams in 7 years, tried to force his way out of the Jets before playing a snap, is 30 and had a half a sack in 9 games, which ranked 14th in his own team.
Agree, and he was undersized to begin with.
We need to move on from Hasan as much as it sucks how it worked out with him here that time has passed.
 

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I don't understand the obsession with signing Reddick. 4 teams in 7 years, tried to force his way out of the Jets before playing a snap, is 30 and had a half a sack in 9 games, which ranked 14th in his own team.
I see that as a positive...
 

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The NFL has achieved its goal of parity by teams being mediocre. Good/bad Kyler will not matter as much as if he can play a whole season, because week to week I see a lot of bad Kylers on winning teams. There are no corners to turn in the NFL any longer for the most part, just a circle that cycles through unpredictability from week to week. Stabilize this defense with a little standout talent, and you will win more often than not when playing the motley cast of inconsistent QBs which the NFL has
 

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2024 Cardinals did not have a 10 win roster.

Sure they did.

They are going to finish 8-9 and lost to both the Seahawks and Rams in games we should have won. Not to mentions Vikings, Bills etc

Bunch of games where if we have Burrow or Herbert at QB we win and this team has more than 10 wins.
 

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Sure they did.

They are going to finish 8-9 and lost to both the Seahawks and Rams in games we should have won. Not to mentions Vikings, Bills etc

Bunch of games where if we have Burrow or Herbert at QB we win and this team has more than 10 wins.
That in no way means it is a 10 win roster. The defensive personnel are grossly worse than Nick Rallis had them playing. You cannot count on that level of "coaching them up" year after year.
 

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Sure they did.

They are going to finish 8-9 and lost to both the Seahawks and Rams in games we should have won. Not to mentions Vikings, Bills etc

Bunch of games where if we have Burrow or Herbert at QB we win and this team has more than 10 wins.
Could flip this the other way & say Dolphins, Chargers, & 49ers games “we should have lost” though.
 

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I think Monti will for an EDGE early, but I am not sure what he will be looking for. My hope is that he finds a way to land Carter, Green, Pearce or Princely...one of those guys whose main skill is getting after the QB. What you should worried about is him grabbing a guy like Mykel Williams who is more of a project as a pass rusher. That is fine in round 2, but something I worry about in round 1.

Based on his prior drafts, he is going to reach about a round early on where guys are projected to get what he feels are his guys
 

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That in no way means it is a 10 win roster. The defensive personnel are grossly worse than Nick Rallis had them playing. You cannot count on that level of "coaching them up" year after year.

The roster would have 10 wins with better QB play. It's that simple.

What's a 10 win roster? It's not what a roster looks like on paper. I know that much.
 

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The roster would have 10 wins with better QB play. It's that simple.

What's a 10 win roster? It's not what a roster looks like on paper. I know that much.
First all of all to the person who said Ojulari was a bust because he got hurt, that is ridiculous. He had a very good rookie season and could repeat and improve from that.

We managed to get in the top 15 in sacks and points allowed on defense with our ENTIRE DEFENSIVE LINE HURT. Which included our best "pass rusher" Gardeck.

Our defense scheme is impressive to say the least. What Gannon and Rallis did short-handedly with a massive amount of injuries is hard to believe.

It is also related to the point I will make now. We need an offensive "shot" weapon to stretch the field and we need an assistant to prevent Petzing from making boneheaded calls.

Like the 3rd and 17 WR reverse that never should have been called.

Those of you who think a 4 win season last year into an 8 win season this year is a failure, I don't want to tell you.

It was a disappointing second half of the season.

ESPN had us at 7.5 wins at the beginning of preseason and this is the 2 of 3 years in the rebuild.

I predicted 9-8 with us missing the playoffs. People acting like if we won 10 games we would make a deep run are being a little naive. Yeah I don't like that Kyler and the team got inconsistent.

I also understand the whole picture and at the end of the day we need another offensive weapon to compete. We need overwhelming fire-power.

Its 2025 or bust for Murray imo.

2nd round and he needs to win a playoff game minimum.

Monti needs to make some moves for depth and make the big splash on offense.
 

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He had a very good rookie season and could repeat and improve from that.
CITATION NEEDED. Been showed the pass rush ability of Zaven Collins and the run game prowess of Dennis Gardeck.

When he was able to get on the field.

Those of you who think a 4 win season last year into an 8 win season this year is a failure, I don't want to tell you.

It’s going to be extremely awkward for you if the Cards lose today.
 
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