2025 Cardinals Preseason Thread

[MadCardDisease]

Time to start a new thread for the Preseason.

 

[MadCardDisease]

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[Shane]

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Only a total of nine practices open to the public? Lame AF

 

[Cheesebeef]

This season’s a playoff W or bust.

Excited to see if this franchise can rise to the moment.

 

[kerouac9]

This season’s a playoff W or bust.

Excited to see if this franchise can rise to the moment.

I think if they make the playoffs and get bounced by 10 points or fewer everyone gets extensions. Barring a late-season collapse where we start like 10-2, finish 11-6 and then lose by two scores in a game that isn’t as close as the final (call it a Kyler Special).

If we start slow for some reason though… Katie bar the door.

 

[Crimson Warrior]

We have winnable games against NO, TEN and CAR in our first five.

What would suck is if we lost both early division match ups. Weeks three and four. SF on the road and then the hags at home on Thursday night. Need to at least a split those two.

 

[slanidrac16]

We have winnable games against NO, TEN and CAR in our first five.

What would suck is if we lost both early division match ups. Weeks three and four. SF on the road and then the hags at home on Thursday night. Need to at least a split those two.

They’re all winnable… until we lose.

 

[oaken1]

We have winnable games against NO, TEN and CAR in our first five.

What would suck is if we lost both early division match ups. Weeks three and four. SF on the road and then the hags at home on Thursday night. Need to at least a split those two.

I tend to like us more on the road against the division. Especially Seattle... of those two I would guess we catch the niners by surprise then come home and have a letdown game against the hags...they always beat us at home and the short week only strengthens their cause.
It will say a lot about the team if we can win them both.

 

[oaken1]

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

 

[BACH]

This season’s a playoff W or bust.

Excited to see if this franchise can rise to the moment.

That should be the goal.

 

[BullheadCardFan]

I think if they make the playoffs and get bounced by 10 points or fewer everyone gets extensions. Barring a late-season collapse where we start like 10-2, finish 11-6 and then lose by two scores in a game that isn’t as close as the final (call it a Kyler Special).

If we start slow for some reason though… Katie bar the door.

Oof

 

[Stout]

This season’s a playoff W or bust.

Excited to see if this franchise can rise to the moment.

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

 

[CardNots]

Basically throwing out past performance in given situations out the dang window.

I’m going with what I see on the field to develop my seasonal anxiety

 

[football karma]

Barring a late-season collapse where we start like 10-2, finish 11-6 and then lose by two scores in a game that isn’t as close as the final

thats basically a 2021 replay

another one of those and Kyler's rep would be etched in stone

maybe a bit unfair as in 2021, every unit on that team was bad the last 6 weeks or so, but still

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

only time of year i wish i still lived on the west side

 

[Crimson Warrior]

It will say a lot about the team if we can win them both.

I try not to put too much stock into early season games, but this team has veteran leadership on both sides of the ball, and they're not going to "grow up" as the season progresses. So I think you're right.

I think we'll know a great deal about this team after week four. Jesus that's scary.

 

[ASUCHRIS]

only time of year i wish i still lived on the west side

At least Mikey got a sweet deal on the land! Who cares if 75%+ of the valley has no interest in going to Glendale?

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

At least Mikey got a sweet deal on the land! Who cares if 75%+ of the valley has no interest in going to Glendale?

pretty sure it was bow tie but yeah

 

[Shane]

At least Mikey got a sweet deal on the land! Who cares if 75%+ of the valley has no interest in going to Glendale?

Did he though? Iirc correctly he doesn’t own the land or the stadium? Am I wrong?

I thought it was owned by the Arizona sports and tourism Authority?

 

[DVontel]

I expect the defense to be a little shaky to start, but reach their potential midway through the season.

 

[ASUCHRIS]

Did he though? Iirc correctly he doesn’t own the land or the stadium? Am I wrong?

I thought it was owned by the Arizona sports and tourism Authority?

I poked around on google but didn't find anything definitive. I'm confident someone around here will know!

(The highlight of my searching was Bidwill bringing up no results and autocorrecting to Bidwill)

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

I expect the defense to be a little shaky to start, but reach their potential midway through the season.

maybe our secondary? because upfront i think it's going to quickly become a competition of who can get to the quarterback quickly - we have several competitors who all want minutes - got damn im stoked about our front

 

[Adrian]

https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/nfl/cardinals/2025/07/23/arizona-cardinals-nfl-training-camp-preview/85330889007/

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/nfl/cardinals/2025/07/23/arizona-cardinals-nfl-training-camp-preview/85330889007/

good stuff

But as the season went on, Benson began to look more comfortable spelling Conner. In Weeks 1-8, he averaged 3.9 attempts per game and 3.8 yards per carry. In Weeks 9-15, he averaged 5.3 attempts per game and 5.4 yards per carry — before suffering a season-ending ankle injury.

 

[oaken1]

Did he though? Iirc correctly he doesn’t own the land or the stadium? Am I wrong?

I thought it was owned by the Arizona sports and tourism Authority?

The land was donated to the team by the Pendergrast family IIRC for....other considerations...ie, giving their son a coaching job