I don't think this thread is on the level. I don't know why we'd be encouraged to join this debate again when the conversation in many, many threads have been about taking/intentionally non-competitive.
That said, I think the tanking discourse hints that the public believes the front office and coaching staff are smart. No one can look at the offseason moves we've made and believe that our main objective was to build a team that's competitive in 2023. So either you had stupid people trying to compete or smart people trying not to compete.
Houston was looked at as a stupid franchise, so they were treated as unserious people, not active tankers.
Many here believe that Monti and Gannon are being dishonest when they say that "every move we make is driven by helping the Arizona Cardinals win." That's just not true.
We entered 2023 free agency with top 10 cap space and exited it worse than when we came in.
We drafted two players in our top three picks who were going to be injured through the offseason program.
None of these are moves highlighting a team that wants to compete.
Even people like
@Krangodnzr were saying that maybe we'd bring in someone like Rock Ya Sin to help the secondary. Never happened.