It’s really difficult and almost a waste of time to predict how a season may go. Every year teams over perform and under perform from the previous season. Add injuries or lack thereof, and it becomes an exercise of futility to make preseason predictions. But, that’s what fans do & that’s what makes lack of football during this time of the year more bearable. I, more than most, understand why it’s impossible to NOT be negative when it comes to this franchise. I’ve been a fan now into 7 decades. Many times during every one of those decades this franchise looked like it was ready to go to the next level. And pretty much every single time, they didn’t get there. Why? Multiple reasons, too many to delve into here. All this being said, this is a different time. This franchise has NEVER taken the approach of sustainable success before. Whatever short term success they ever had under Winner (60’s), Coryell (70’s), Hanifan (80’s), Tobin (90’s), Whiz (00’s), BA (10’s), and KK (20’s), it was short term because those rosters were never built to be sustainable long term. There’s no guarantee that MOJG get there, but they are exemplifying winning behavior. When you look at teams that go deep into the playoffs, and eventually win Super Bowls, they are lucky to avoid the kind of injuries that derail seasons. Can the Cardinals get fortunate in that area? Probably not, but we have more depth now than I can ever remember in my lifetime. Can this team, as currently constructed, win 12 games? I believe they can, but only time will tell.