Mike LaFleur’s staff rumors and hiring updates….

[KYCardFan]

The Cardinals retain the worst 2 units on a 3-14 team

Ridiculous

 

[MadCardDisease]

The cardinals retain the worst 2 units on a 3-14 team

Ridiculous

I think the key word is "Retain" as in "under contract" as in "Already Paid"

 

[kerouac9]

I could have swore there was an early game, I think week 2, where Williams, Johnson and Melton all left the game hurt which made the CB room really thin the following week.

Not thin enough to play Elijah Jones Hey-o!

 

[Hoodhero]

Mike McCoy just hired as assistant HC for Raiders. Grass is not always greener on other side lol

 

[PDXChris]

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[some dumb guy]

If you reverse them OLDCardinals doing what they do

 

[jbjarko]

How were the Giant's ST?

 

[BullheadCardFan]

SOC

There it is

 

[BullheadCardFan]

How were the Giant's ST?

The New York Giants' special teams unit struggled in 2025 (covering the 2024 season), ranking 20th overall with significant weaknesses in punting (26th in net average) and punt returns (23rd). While they finished 11th in field goal conversion (88.5%), they were poor on longer attempts and relied on a revolving door of kickers

 

[Cheesebeef]

The New York Giants' special teams unit struggled in 2025 (covering the 2024 season), ranking 20th overall with significant weaknesses in punting (26th in net average) and punt returns (23rd). While they finished 11th in field goal conversion (88.5%), they were poor on longer attempts and relied on a revolving door of kickers

Cool.

 

[Russ Smith]

So pretty likely LaFleur was told to pick Rallis. Not thrilled by that.

But as a Cards fan this long nothing surprises me so I won't hold it against him or against Rallis.

 

[kerouac9]

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MORE LaFleur on Rallis:

“During the interview process, I expressed that he was someone I held in high regard and would be very interested in talking to about the position.”

“They asked me if I’d be okay keeping some of the old guy’s staff”

 

[JerkFace]

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Wow, two coaches hired from the University of Miami.

 

[Cbus cardsfan]

To me, the funniest thing is people making excuses for Rallis.

The defense was putrid last year. If you're giving him credit for the previous year and them playing well.

Give him crap about last year's defense. And it was from day 1 not injury related.

 

[HairZach]

To me, the funniest thing is people making excuses for Rallis.

The defense was putrid last year. If you're giving him credit for the previous year and them playing well.

Give him crap about last year's defense. And it was from day 1 not injury related.

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We started with 4 really good defensive performances.

The Seahawks and 49ers performances were particularly impressive especially with the state of our CB room at that point. We were down to CB6 as CB1 at the end of the Panthers game.

They did give up a few 30 yard drives for a field goal at the end of the a couple games. I know to younger guys that means it was a bad game by the defense. But you'll as you get older and get a better understanding on the game you'll realize why that's wrong.

But luckily our headcoach understands that Rallis is good, and that's the guy whose decision actually matter.

 

[FB94]

Lots to debate about Rallis. Was he hamstrung by JG with the philosophy and lack of aggression. Was it injuries, or all of the above. Rallis has no excuse now as ML will let him do his thing defensively. Rallis will thrive or die on his on merits this time. I for one want to see an aggressive attacking style.

 

[Proteus]

First of all - it's not vs MLF its vs McVay.

2023 we gave up 26 and 37

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Mike LaFleur was the Rams offensive playcaller in the 45 points scored game though.

 

[Cbus cardsfan]

Rallis is great. Awesome retention!!!

 

[Harry]

Cool… now explain why we’re also keeping the O-line coach.

A few guesses. He got a lot out of Fryar. It’s a big adjustment to the speed/power lines blockers face in the NFL. He should learn from the adjustment. He sent some pretty successful guys to the NFL. He didn’t have much to work with in AZ. Hernandez didn’t look like himself post injury. Brown obviously had a major personal issue. Froholdt wasn’t good enough to compensate for the G deficiencies. Williams was done. Worth taking one more look.

 

[Proteus]

I'm calling ******** on Gus Bradley... totally lost believability with saying he could call plays. No way ML was gonna walk that back after his introduction.

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Mike LaFleur will be calling the offensive plays not the defensive plays. Bradley and the other defensive coordinator candidates would be calling the defensive plays.

 

[Proteus]

Has MLF brought in anyone else from the Rams?

I don't think he has so far. Weird.

 

[Proteus]

HAHAHAHAHAHA I win! Ball knowers win! Rallis is a better candidate than every other other potential DC we interviewed. We were interviewing the Rams def pass game coordinator? The one part of their defense that is terrible?! I figured Mike was a smart guy and would keep Rallis. In one of his interviews he talked about how one of Rallis's defensive gameplans in 2023 broke 2025 MVP Matthew Stafford's brain. I believe the quote about Stafford was "He said he couldnt figure out what they're doing at all in coverage, he told us to just run the ball". In 2024 we held the Rams to 10 and 13 points.

I am officially excited for this regime.

As far as blaming him for draft disappointments. I've been watching football for a long time. It's almost never a case of coaches "failing to develop" when a 1st or 2nd round guy is bad. Teams switch coaches all the time and the disappointments tend to stay disappointments. Its just fans coping that maybe their roster is secretly more talented, if only the right coach could unlock [insert Day 1/2 draft bust]! It doesnt work like that. Look at the Bengals. Highly respected DC Lou Anarumo got fired because all the Bengals highly drafted players sucked and they were the worst in the league. Lou went to the Colts and immediately elevated them, while the Bengals defense stayed just as bad as it was. Maybe Darius Robinson or Max Melton will click in year 3, but Aubrey Pleasant vs. Nick Rallis is not the deciding factor in that.

The Frye move is a headscratcher.

If it's the players drafted that are the problem, then shouldn't we have fired Monti too then?

 

[Cbus cardsfan]

There has been 10 coaches hired. Has any one of them retained a coordinator?

 

[Redsz]

RUMOR FWIW via PHNX - Cardinals offered the DC job to one of the Hawks/Rams positional coaches and were turned down. Rallis was the "break glass" option.

 

[GeorgiaCard88]

For what it’s worth I think rallis is a good coach and has potential to succeed in the nfl. Why I don’t like this is:

-this staff lost the players- the defense was totally deflated and not even trying in the second half of the season- how is that message going to change? We needed new messaging/energy

- rallis lost all of his defensive staff- how is someone in their mid 30s going to fill out this staff last second now?

-was it rallis or was it Gannon? I was hoping to never figure that question out