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i won't say prepare yourselves but it could happen - we've seen both sides of the ball be successful with who we have (just not at the same time) - haven't really lost anyone aside from cc

our defense is nuts - it's been stated several times by several posters - our defense declined in year #3 and that was after monti concentrated on improving it - monti added the best talents available thru free agency and the draft and that ass still somehow came out flat

make it make sense? i can't do that but we all saw what happened in real time - the influx of talent created a false trust - arizona tried to morph into philly by only sending 4 - instead of getting to the qb by any means we sat back and got carved the funk up

how in the world did rallis keep his job? i have my suspicions - namely gannon getting the blame - because i think rallis got to do as he pleased in his first season then gannon got involved - i don't know any of this - it's all speculation from a hippie on a couch

if rallis goes back to being aggressive i think we still have the guys upfront to do it - i think the season exit interviews with players may have exonerated rallis - key players like budda baker who got to personally blitz his ass off in rallis' first year

all im saying is if we get back to the schemes that were working - we have the personnel

offense is nuts too - setting nfl records while going on insane losing streaks - make that make sense? this one's easier

we ran 87 running backs due to injury - our aforementioned defense getting neutered and brissett sucking at the end of games (albeit under extreme attack)

now we have a good looking running back room - 5 guys i like - one with the possibly of being great - the play action alone is going to make brissett better - he might get 3 seconds to throw a deep ball

i can go on about mcbride and wilson and mhj but this is a cards site who's more concerned with the o-line (as am i) - i think we've improved there and they'll look better in some disguised offensive designs - teams knew what we were goung to do last year - that brings us to lafleur

lafleur gets to learn from everything petzing put on display - and there was a lot - petzing experimented his ass off with no running game and a pocket qb but never really had the time for the deep ball

lafleur and love - a hopefully(?) improved o-line and brissett in year #2 with mcbride and wilson - i keep trying to type mhj but he wasn't striking fear in anyone but himself - hoping he balls out this year but khaman

so that's it - my reasoning for why we might not be amongst the bottom - maybe around .500 but wtf knows with this club
 
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I usually wait until camp to hallucinate a successful season. We'll be seeing reports of how awesome our rookies are looking and how a player or two is going to make a massive leap this year and looks like they are in great shape (Marv last year). I'll buy into it. Then the games start....
 

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Screw it. I’m in. What else am I gonna do? “Hi YoutubeTV! Please take tons of my money so I can watch something I know will leave me dejected and ashamed!!!!”

Teams go worst to first first almost every year. And for all of you naysayers, how many of you gamble or buy lottery tickets? there are better odds that the Cardinals will be good this year.

at least this team will be interesting to watch with all the young players we now have
 

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I think we will be better than people think.

I think we will be fun to watch.

But we are still in the toughest division in football without a great QB. There's only so much you can do with that.
 
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technically it was the honey infused cannabutter this morning - melted in my morning espresso before adding the ice and half & half - i call it the stoner-cano

the brownies make me sleepy because the prolonged high temp turns the thc into a sedative high where as the butter is more active - or should i say spychoactive

you guys are lucky - i didn't even get into multi-verse and the parallel crossovers we're currently seeing in different cardinal dimensions taking place simultaneously
 
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pocket qbs mean less improv - less improv might theoretically mean less explosive plays but it might not

we've also learned pocket qbs mean happy wide receivers - or maybe it was just forgotten - regardless we now have 3 pocket qbs - it will be interesting to see all 3 in training camp

pocket qbs are built different - they have to take hits and study - because if they don't study they take more hits (or worse) - but if every qb on the roster has studied the playbook the competition then becomes one of skill

meaning minshew could take brissett's job for all we know - i think brissett's agent knows it too trying to cement his guy as the starter before the season even begins - smart

im just glad we're a pocket qb team again - i blame kyler murray for this and not the cardinals - ok i blame the cardinals too but i miss going shotgun 3 wide with warner or palmer on first down and second down and again on third down if we had to - not because we were playing from behind but because we were snapping necks and cashing checks

and now we have the running back to pull it off - are we going 3 wide to pass or to soften up the middle for jeremiah love? **** you we just scored

or are we going play action only to pass it to love in the middle after the linebacker disappears trying to keep up with mcbride who just cleared the space? **** you we just scored
 
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I think we will be better than people think.

I think we will be fun to watch.

But we are still in the toughest division in football without a great QB. There's only so much you can do with that.
Bet the over big dog.
 

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I dont think we will suck this season.
But I do think we will be a somewhat above average team in the toughest division in football and lacking a star QB

Anything between 4-13 and 13-4 is possible.
But I'm guessing 7-10 to 10-7 is our range
 
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