2025 Cardinals Preseason Thread

[Adrian]

Arizona Cardinals Address Starters Playing vs Raiders

Will the Cardinals play their starters in their preseason finale?

www.si.com

 

[Adrian]

Cardinals 53-man roster projection after Denver week

After an extended week in Denver that culminated in a 27-7 loss to the Broncos, here's an updated projection of the Cardinals' 53-man roster.

arizonasports.com

 

[MadCardDisease]

Cardinals 53-man roster projection after Denver week

After an extended week in Denver that culminated in a 27-7 loss to the Broncos, here's an updated projection of the Cardinals' 53-man roster.

arizonasports.com

That looks pretty close to me. Interesting that they have Crawford over Blount as the last safety. Crawford has really had a strong preseason though.

 

[kerouac9]

Arizona Cardinals Address Starters Playing vs Raiders

Will the Cardinals play their starters in their preseason finale?

www.si.com

Spoiler

They will not[\spoiler]

 

[MadCardDisease]

Spoiler

They will not[\spoiler]

Thanks for saving me from having to click on that link!

 

[Shane]

Thanks for saving me from having to click on that link!

Not really what it says though

 

[Cheesebeef]

Arizona Cardinals rookie OL Hayden Conner to "miss some time" with knee injury

Conner hurt his knee three plays into the Cardinals' preseason loss to the Broncos on Saturday.

cardswire.usatoday.com

Guess this wasn’t a “fake injury” after all. Still very perplexed by that thought bubble.

 

[oaken1]

He's lucky that he has 2nd round capital associated with him or he would be at risk of being on the outside looking in next week. As the saying goes the #1 ability is availability.

I think the only reason he isnt outside looking in is due to the amount of guarantees in that second round contract.
I understand letting a guy heal...get healthy...and being patient and excited about a young players potential and development.
But Damn.
we are on pace to get fewer games from him than years in his contract...or so it seems...Im sure he actually played in more than 4 games...
and how can he be showing coaches potential/improvement from the tub?
I was one of the few fans excited about his potential and willing to wait for him to heal mostly because he was so damn young. But the youth angle is deteriorating .....and im curious why it seems to take him so much longer than average to rrehab frrom these injuries.
dude should be back and fighting for a roster spot.

 

[oaken1]

didn't deserve it's own thread but damn

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they call that a fight?? By whose definition?
holy crap. Im old fat and out of shape...if I ever put out a performance like that I would be ashamed to ever show my face again.
Two tweeker ******* at 3am Walmarrt would work those dudes over but good.

 

[Shane]

I think the only reason he isnt outside looking in is due to the amount of guarantees in that second round contract.
I understand letting a guy heal...get healthy...and being patient and excited about a young players potential and development.
But Damn.
we are on pace to get fewer games from him than years in his contract...or so it seems...Im sure he actually played in more than 4 games...
and how can he be showing coaches potential/improvement from the tub?
I was one of the few fans excited about his potential and willing to wait for him to heal mostly because he was so damn young. But the youth angle is deteriorating .....and im curious why it seems to take him so much longer than average to rrehab frrom these injuries.
dude should be back and fighting for a roster spot.

It is a bit perplexing that such a young guy who injured his knee in early pre season last year isnt on the field yet. Yet Stephon Diggs who had the same injury in week 8 of the regular season. Is 31 YO and has been back since the beginning of TC and from all reports looked very good. At a position where they do way more cutting no less.

Even more perplexing is the fact that the team hasn't even commented on it at all.

 

[MadCardDisease]

Not really what it says though

I'm not falling for that banana in the tailpipe lol

 

[Shane]

I'm not falling for that banana in the tailpipe lol

No Im not joking. It says undecided.

 

[Cheesebeef]

It is a bit perplexing that such a young guy who injured his knee in early pre season last year isnt on the field yet. Yet Stephon Diggs who had the same injury in week 8 of the regular season. Is 31 YO and has been back since the beginning of TC and from all reports looked very good. At a position where they do way more cutting no less.

Even more perplexing is the fact that the team hasn't even commented on it at all.

Actually, Bidwill did comment on BJ earlier in the offseason. I believed he said he would be DOMINANT.

 

[Adrian]

3 Arizona Cardinals Who Need Strong Bounce-Back After Loss

On Saturday night, the Arizona Cardinals displayed a dismal showing of football against the Denver Broncos on the road. That came after a tough week of joint practices and plenty of questions swirling.Arizona simply looked under-prepared, low-energy and slow in their 27-7 loss.

www.yardbarker.com

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

think im gonna get hammered during the last preseason game - drinking game - instead of name that tune we're going blame that tune - sacks bad passes interceptions drink drink drink

 

[Shane]

think im gonna get hammered during the last preseason game - drinking game - instead of name that tune we're going blame that tune - sacks bad passes interceptions drink drink drink

Like you need help getting inebriated. I mean we have drank 2X together. I know

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

Like you need help getting inebriated. I mean we have drank 2X together I know

but it's the last preseason game - I don't want to remember it

 

[BACH]

Arizona Cardinals roster projection, depth chart with one week until cut day

For much of the summer, it felt like the Cardinals had too many good players for 53 spots. Now, the challenge is finding 53 deserving players.

This one fits my thinking of the final 53.

I would only make minor changes.
I would one carry 9 OL. Connor hasn’t shown me anything to justify a spot on the 53 or that he can’t go to the PS. Fryar will probably keep the seat warm until Jones comes back from PUP. There is a huge drop off after the top 9 IMO. Fryar is the one player that has shown some promise that he could develop. Two solid but unspectacular games playing both LT and RT.

I would move that extra spot to Safety. Too much talent and we need the depth if there are as many 3 S formations as expected.

I would keep Jones over Clark at CB. If they are at the same level, why keep the player that has proven that he is a 5th cb and not the player with potential.

I agree on the 4 TEs.

 

[Garthshort]

My guess is:
* Defense-26
* Offense-24
But I don't remember the offense/defense breakdown for the past two years.

 

[BACH]

Guess this wasn’t a “fake injury” after all. Still very perplexed by that thought bubble.

Never said the injury was fake. But this could definitely be a minor thing that “just” keeps dragging on until he lands on the IR for the year.

See Gaines and Jones for reference

 

[kerouac9]

I would move that extra spot to Safety. Too much talent and we need the depth if there are as many 3 S formations as expected.

Cards like keeping extra safeties for special teams, as well.

The Athletic Football Show host was at Cardinals camp and he mentioned that the coaches think/consider/play Garrett Williams as a safety and

 

[eastcoastDave]

im ready to extend our punter - seriously - i looked it up - gillikin's island is s small stretch of field surrounded by a defense in front and an enzone in back - if we can pin teams and if our defensive front is as pushy as advertised and if ifs were buttercups the cardinals would put reece's out of business

Lot of “and ifs” in this post.

 

[Chopper0080]

Injuries are going to shape the final roster a lot. Hayden Conner. Christian Jones. Walter Nolen. Justin Jones. Bilal Nichols. BJ Ojulari.

If Jones goes on the IR, Fryar definitely makes the final 53.

If Conner goes on the IR, Gaines makes it.

If Jones goes on IR and the Cardinals don't activate Nolen or Nichols from PUP, the Cardinals probably go with 5 DL for the first few weeks. Maybe they keep Mustipher or Simmons.

If Ojulari is activated from PUP, I think Xavier Thomas is cut. He hasn't looked like much in his reps.

 

[ASUCHRIS]

i think the fear is the "second stringers", like Nolan/BJ look like question marks whether they can be any kind of impact players this year, especially BJ. That signifcantly weakens our depth up front. And after injuries to Starling and Bunting, our corner depth is zero and even two of our starters, Melton and Johnson, are question marks. And outside of Sweat, our LBers are pretty meh, at best.

But the Nolan/BJ stuff is the biggest reason why i fear this D isn't going to be what I hoped it would. A very good/great D-line/edge group makes every piece of the defense behind them better and I was expecting at least Nolan to provide some needed beef/push to help with the rotation. Missing all of camp will at least set him back a bit in the regular season and the longer he's out, the more I worry about another Robinson scenario. Not to mention I saw next to nothing out of Robinson last season when he did finally play and he was a ghost out there in preseason. My hope was strength in numbers and that at least 1 of those 3 guys could be a really solid contributor if not an impact maker and jury’s really out on all of them for one reason or another.

I think what we learned last year is that you can't expect much out of rookie D-linemen, even if healthy to start. I expect Robinson to basically be a rookie, and after the many false starts of last year with Robinson, I'd be happy if Nolen even plays this year. I have no expectations for him at this point.

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

I think what we learned last year is that you can't expect much out of rookie D-linemen, even if healthy to start. I expect Robinson to basically be a rookie, and after the many false starts of last year with Robinson, I'd be happy if Nolen even plays this year. I have no expectations for him at this point.

nah this is the year it comes together - next man up because others will get banged up as the season progresses - enter nolen and bj - i still believe