Defensively Speaking 2026

[maroon]

I think people are sleeping on the defense this year, the secondary is good, the d line did not have Billings, Robinson and Walter together last year, We are one good bookend pass rusher away from being a handful, just my opinion.

 

[Mr X]

We are a 3-5 win team with this defense and schedule.

 

[kerouac9]

We are a 3-5 win team with this defense and schedule.

Probably but let’s get through the preseason first. I have money on the Cards over 4.5 and if this can be a top 12 offense it might be a fun ride.

 

[Garthshort]

WTF are you talking about? We're discussing cornerbacks.

Sorry, thought it was all picks.

 

[ASUCHRIS]

No reason Darius Robinson should still be on this team, let alone starting.

He was the "big prize" from trading down from Will Anderson. At the very worst, you're expecting a decent rotation player that flashes - he's arguably not even an NFL player.

Just incredible mismangement of assets.

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

DRob, Done ROBed his paychecks. Complete bust.

Horrific pick by Monti. Fell in love with his measurables.

 

[maroon]

You can tell next to nothing about a defense in preseason or the team really. 2003 Cardinals went 4-0 ended up 4-12 2009 0-4 ended up 10-6 made the playoffs. The point is people jumping on this defense now, just wait a bit until the first 4 regular games, then we'll know but until then, we haven't got much to go by in preseason.

 

[kerouac9]

DRob, Done ROBed his paychecks. Complete bust.

Horrific pick by Monti. Fell in love with his measurables.

DRob will likely fine a career after the Cardinals where he’ll be in a four-down system and play three-technique where he played well his senior season.

Drafting him to play edge/five-technique was such a massive self-own of the kind we’ve come to expect from AwesomeFart

 

[BirdGangThing]

keep sleeping on d-rob - who i'm now gonna start calling d-mob - rallis likes him and nolen - d-mob made some plays last year too but has him typecast as a bust/bum

he wasn't some top 10 pick but he has played both tackle and edge- that'll allow him and nolen to cross streams on pass rushing schemes - i think he'll be fine

 

[oaken1]

You can tell next to nothing about a defense in preseason or the team really. 2003 Cardinals went 4-0 ended up 4-12 2009 0-4 ended up 10-6 made the playoffs. The point is people jumping on this defense now, just wait a bit until the first 4 regular games, then we'll know but until then, we haven't got much to go by in preseason.

this is generally true. Thats why you have to look at individual performances. We aint scheming anything to try and win for sure.
But when your ILB stands in the same spot for 6 seonds and just watches his guy run up to him, make a cut, then catch the pass...and the entire time said ILB never even twitches...until his guy takes a few more steps... thats just bad.
if your DB cannot cover a WR without grabbing him with both hands when he cuts..thats bad

 

[Chopper0080]

No reason Darius Robinson should still be on this team, let alone starting.

I won't be shocked if LJ Collier "starts" over him. I thought he did last night. I will disagree that he shouldn't be on the team but that has more to do with the roster than his play.

 

[some dumb guy]

DRob will likely fine a career after the Cardinals where he’ll be in a four-down system and play three-technique where he played well his senior season.

Drafting him to play edge/five-technique was such a massive self-own of the kind we’ve come to expect from AwesomeFart

I like AwesomeFart....LOL

Edit: The nickname is what I mean

 

[BirdGangThing]

sweat on the edge - lopez - nolen and d-rob on the other side with burch and stills coming in to give sweat and d-rob breathers

idk about billings - i like collier better backing up nolen

bj and pappoe gotta go - sharar and keys please but it's the simon mack show

cornerbacks - we'll probably see them all - we did last year

but murphy-bunting and dtd haven't looked the part to me in preseason

 

[HairZach]

I think people are sleeping on the defense this year, the secondary is good, the d line did not have Billings, Robinson and Walter together last year, We are one good bookend pass rusher away from being a handful, just my opinion.

We are going to be a bad defense until Darius Robinson gets cut. He's been the PFF worst DT in the NFL 2 years in a row and he was beyond awful last night.

He is not worth a roster spot, every snap he takes is a huge hole for the offense to exploit. He is the Isaiah Simmons of DL, they just target him whenever possible.

 

[BirdGangThing]

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[DVontel]

I won't be shocked if LJ Collier "starts" over him. I thought he did last night. I will disagree that he shouldn't be on the team but that has more to do with the roster than his play.

Brother, he is awful. It’s legit 10vs11 when he’s out there. I’m positive a UDFA would come in & have more positive results.