2025 Cardinals Preseason Thread

[MadCardDisease]

Looks like I might try and attend camp on Friday afternoon.

 

[Cheesebeef]

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Lol… oy.

 

[Metcalf Rules]

Lol… oy.

The Card first rounders and their calves? Sheesh.

 

[PDXChris]

Buuuutt...with Darnold learning a new system getting the hags in the first month is an advantage

Seattle's line is still a weakness with their only upgrade being a rookie and Darnold being bottom 5 under pressure last season. That is a must win for sure!

 

[PDXChris]

Agreed. I think the main casualty if the season is a bust would by KM.

Kyler or lack of OL depth or a disastrous combo of the two.

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

The Card first rounders and their calves? Sheesh.

gotta change your name vato - we can all do the vote thing

 

[Goodyear Card]

Walter Nolen III Sidelined With Calf Injury, Heads To PUP

Ojulari, Nichols will also start camp on PUP list

www.azcardinals.com

 

[MadCardDisease]

Walter Nolen III Sidelined With Calf Injury, Heads To PUP

Ojulari, Nichols will also start camp on PUP list

www.azcardinals.com

Oh he injured it training before camp. Wonder when that happened?

 

[Zeem_Freeze]

Oh he injured it training before camp. Wonder when that happened?

He was full go in OTAs right? I know some of the rookies skip certain drills before they have signed their contracts.

He must've hurt it over the last month or so. It's a bummer but I feel like rookies often get injured. The stress they put their bodies under training for the combine is a different kind of stress vs. daily football.

Fine tuning the machine for top speed and strength is different than training for a 6 month football season.

 

[SECTION 11]

JFC

 

[BACH]

Kyler or lack of OL depth or a disastrous combo of the two.

There is actually great depth on the OL. The problem is starting level players at RG and RT

 

[TruColor]

I've got tickets for the Red & White scrimmage again...hopefully I can actually go this year

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

There is actually great depth on the OL. The problem is starting level players at RG and RT

i do the comedy around here

 

[Chopper0080]

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This is the way.

 

[BACH]

i do the comedy around here

Not kidding. Beachum and Jones are good for your #3 and #4 options.

Brown is good for back-up C.

Multiple back-up guards with starting experience.

Nothing wrong with he floor. It’s the ceiling that is the problem.

 

[Cheesebeef]

This is the way.

From the article:

“Gannon added, and he was unsure if Nolen would be healthy enough once the regular season begins.”

Good lord…

 

[PDXChris]

Not kidding. Beachum and Jones are good for your #3 and #4 options.

Brown is good for back-up C.

Multiple back-up guards with starting experience.

Nothing wrong with he floor. It’s the ceiling that is the problem.

We have 5 starters on this roster and 3 are tackles. The rest are unproven or journeyman. Could they be ok, sure? But there is zero evidence to prove that right now.

 

[Cheesebeef]

We have 5 starters on this roster and 3 are tackles. The rest are unproven or journeyman. Could they be ok, sure? But there is zero evidence to prove that right now.

I still find it really bizarre that we sat on, what, 25 million bucks in cap room and are going into the season with pretty big questions on the O-line while making no upgrades at the skill positions either this offseason.

 

[CardNots]

I still find it really bizarre that we sat on, what, 25 million bucks in cap room and are going into the season with pretty big questions on the O-line while making no upgrades at the skill positions either this offseason.

Having a new OL coach generates questions and unknowns. Worries me more than the assembled players.

 

[oaken1]

There is actually great depth on the OL. The problem is starting level players at RG and RT

Gotta disagree. We are good at OT...maybe not so good that I wouldn't draft another... but Jonah is solid if unspectacular so long as he is healthy... and Jones showed strong improvement with the forced playing time last year..he may be better than Williams by mid season..and almost certainly by next...
RG...is a question mark.
Adams gained a ton of experience and got better. How he handled his off season will determine his quality...if he gained enough strength to stop Seattle from bullying him then he will be fine...the teams attempt to sign Freis demonstrates a lack of faith but likely also served to light a fire under his ass.
Depth behind Adams could be an issue. The team has apparently decided to save Gaines for Frodos backup so we will never know if he could play guard.
If it were me... I would start Jones at RG..we can kick him out to RT if Jonah goes down...use Adams as the backup RG and save Beach to backup PJJ

 

[oaken1]

Having a new OL coach generates questions and unknowns. Worries me more than the assembled players.

Agree. Our last guy was good and got the best from his players.
Keeping him could have been a bigger benefit than any FA..
But I will give the new guy the benefit of the doubt until we see the product on the field

 

[Shane]

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Darius Robinson 2.0

 

[oaken1]

Darius Robinson 2.0

Things that make you go , HMmmmm......

 

[Stout]

There is actually great depth on the OL. The problem is starting level players at RG and RT

How is that?

 

[kerouac9]

I still find it really bizarre that we sat on, what, 25 million bucks in cap room and are going into the season with pretty big questions on the O-line while making no upgrades at the skill positions either this offseason.

I think they did this because they want the flexibility for 2026. Even with carryover, the Cards have just $13.5 million in cap space going into next year. We don't have a ton of FAs to fret about (Jonah Williams and Jalen Thompson are likely gone to be replaced by 2024 draft picks), but Garrett Williams and Paris Johnson Jr. will be extension-eligible.