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The list is very long for sure...Let’s face it, when a team loses in the manner the Cards have lost lately...When a professional sports team demonstrates zero desire to fight... When a team clearly gives up on its coach... yea, the list of issues can be extensive. Such is the case with the Cardinals.
But what stings the most - at least for me, is the brutal reality that as bad as this team has been for two straight seasons now, we are about to enter an even longer period of prolonged ineptitude.
Beginning with the coaching - we all know what needs to happen. Might not happen during this season, but the entire coaching staff needs to go. 100% turnover. There simply can’t be any of them left on this team come January/February.
Worse, we have zero young players to build around... No young core any team needs in order to build a winning foundation. None! Jones, PP and DJ are it. We have one marginal OT in Humphries who still has a ton to prove.
Fitz, Palmer, Dansby, Veldheer, Rucker, Bethea, Boone, Shipley... Most of the current starters on this godforsaken team will be/should be gone next year...
Reddick?? A total non-factor and IMO, hasn’t shown anything worth getting excited about. Badger? Love him but he’s toast. Smoke? JJ Nelson? Jaron Brown? All way too inconsistent to ever be true, full time threats.
So what stings the most is the reality of being, once again, NFC West basement dwellers for many years now. We suck for sure... but the degree of suck is about to be taken to levels we haven’t seen since the Max Hall, DWreck days... Ouch... [emoji35]
But what stings the most - at least for me, is the brutal reality that as bad as this team has been for two straight seasons now, we are about to enter an even longer period of prolonged ineptitude.
Beginning with the coaching - we all know what needs to happen. Might not happen during this season, but the entire coaching staff needs to go. 100% turnover. There simply can’t be any of them left on this team come January/February.
Worse, we have zero young players to build around... No young core any team needs in order to build a winning foundation. None! Jones, PP and DJ are it. We have one marginal OT in Humphries who still has a ton to prove.
Fitz, Palmer, Dansby, Veldheer, Rucker, Bethea, Boone, Shipley... Most of the current starters on this godforsaken team will be/should be gone next year...
Reddick?? A total non-factor and IMO, hasn’t shown anything worth getting excited about. Badger? Love him but he’s toast. Smoke? JJ Nelson? Jaron Brown? All way too inconsistent to ever be true, full time threats.
So what stings the most is the reality of being, once again, NFC West basement dwellers for many years now. We suck for sure... but the degree of suck is about to be taken to levels we haven’t seen since the Max Hall, DWreck days... Ouch... [emoji35]