2025 Week 12 Snap Counts and the GM who Failed

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Sweat
Fiske
Dejean
Lassiter

Monti missed out on all of them by trading down for a player who is apparently struggling to stay on the field already. What a dope.

All moves that reek of "smartest guy in the room" syndrome. You're only the smartest guy in the room if they work.

 

[DVontel]

Sweat
Fiske
Dejean
Lassiter

Monti missed out on all of them by trading down for a player who is apparently struggling to stay on the field already. What a dope.

Tbh, missing out on Fiske doesn’t really bother me cause I doubt he would’ve reached his potential here. We most likely don’t draft Nolen if we drafted Fiske.

But the Lassiter one hurts the most, especially since he’s an outside CB.

 

[NWMike]

This is essentially the same Oline that last year was rated a top ten unit overall and had the Cardinals with the 7th most rushing yards. I think losing Klayton Adams and bringing in a college guy to replace him has had a much bigger impact to this unit than can really be measured. I also think having Connor, Murray and Benson sitting on the sidelines all year also impacts oline play. It's easy to say these guys suck because when you watch it seems that way but when you have a unit that was good last year and wasn't one of the problems on the team I don't know if blaming the GM for lack of talent is the answer.

 

[Chopper0080]

This is essentially the same Oline that last year was rated a top ten unit overall and had the Cardinals with the 7th most rushing yards. I think losing Klayton Adams and bringing in a college guy to replace him has had a much bigger impact to this unit than can really be measured. I also think having Connor, Murray and Benson sitting on the sidelines all year also impacts oline play. It's easy to say these guys suck because when you watch it seems that way but when you have a unit that was good last year and wasn't one of the problems on the team I don't know if blaming the GM for lack of talent is the answer.

Adams was able to get the most out of the OL talent, but that should have been the warning flag right there. Evan Brown was only going to be mid. Fro was not a real player when Monti signed him the first time. Hern was already on the older side. Jonah was injured year 1 and was only signed to a 2 year deal. Monti's job was to draft guys to beat out the stable of journeymen he initially signed. He didn't do that. Then he lost his OL coach and run game coordinator as decided it was a great idea to run it back but with two starters coming back off of significant injuries. I mean, generally speaking older players don't come back better after major injuries.

All of that is on the GM. Dude didn't know that Adams was the brains behind the run game or didn't hire a HC who was smart enough to know it.

 

[BullheadCardFan]

Justin Jones and Bilal Nichols did not.

Oof

Zero value in signing those guys

 

[football karma]

Monti's job was to draft guys to beat out the stable of journeymen he initially signed. He didn't do that.

not to excuse the gm, but there is evidence they knew they had to upgrade:

they went after Will Fries / G in UFA but lost him to Minn

they had real draft interest in Tyler Booker, but Dallas drafted him (Jerry may have done us a favor there in the long term)

it says they knew they needed to be better -- it suggests that Mike had them on a budget lower than the salary cap

 

[Stout]

not to excuse the gm, but there is evidence they knew they had to upgrade:

they went after Will Fries / G in UFA but lost him to Minn

they had real draft interest in Tyler Booker, but Dallas drafted him (Jerry may have done us a favor there in the long term)

it says they knew they needed to be better -- it suggests that Mike had them on a budget lower than the salary cap

Knowing what you need to fix and not fixing it is worse than not knowing. It's criminal negligence.

 

[football karma]

Knowing what you need to fix and not fixing it is worse than not knowing. It's criminal negligence.

i dont want monti put in jail, just replaced

 

[Russ Smith]

The point for me is someone here said it, when you gut the roster of most of the good players and then start from scratch it makes it that much harder to rebuild.

Everytime I see Denver play I get mad at Zach Allen not being on the Cards. Even though he's not great I still would have liked to see us retain Byron Murphy.

But if you do that, gut the roster and get a high pick, you have to nail it. So far not impressed I like Paris but would much prefer Will Anderson. Marv I've been pretty clear on doesn't compete enough for my liking. I like Garrett Williams but we should have taken Achane.

So far I like this years draft much better although we need to see Agent O get out there and play, that lingering groin injury has held him back

 

[pemory09]

I think the lack of contributing players from all those picks is 100% a reason to let him go.

I believe there was a plan from him that was the org was going to let younger, cheaper players develop at the expense of winning in the short term so that in year 3 and beyond, we would have young base of talent on the roster in its prime -- and you can then add some experienced FAs to that to fill holes.

That plan is fine -- and i think the fan base understood it. BUT YOU BETTER WIN IN YEAR 3!

he hasnt, and in fact-- the roster looks nearly as bad as when he started.

Yeah, it appears we’ve literally swapped one poor roster for another. The definition of “rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.”

 

[Goodyear Card]

Arizona Cardinals Week 12 offensive snap counts, observations

A look at how the Cardinals split up their 84 offensive snaps against the Jaguars.

cardswire.usatoday.com

 

[Goodyear Card]

Arizona Cardinals Week 12 defensive, special teams snap counts, observations

A look at how the 62 defensive snaps and 30 on special teams were split up in Week 12.

cardswire.usatoday.com

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

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If STV never got injured, I’m sure he would have been taken Melton’s snaps.

I know you say DeJean, but Lassiter is really the one that got away imo @Chris_Sanders

The real issue is that BOTH got away . . . for an inferior player AT THE SAME POSITION which means his talent assessment sucks.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Knowing what you need to fix and not fixing it is worse than not knowing. It's criminal negligence.

They’re both bad. You’re either stupid or ineffective. Pick your poison.