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The forced relocation of long time season ticket holders to build an experience similar to Waste Management Open is enough of a reason to start this thread.

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I don't understand the dark side and therefore I don't want any part of it. Thank You, but I'll see you on the bright side.
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Gonna bump this up. Usually I do a post about what I'm looking forward to each season and causes for optimism, but my tank is pretty low right now.

First, Michael putting in this on-field suites and casitas is such a transparent cash grab.

Second, hiding all the players throughout the preseason is good and fine, but it's hard to build up enthusiasm from eight-second highlights of MHJ catching a nine-yard out on air from Cards social/Donnie Durin.

Third, this pass rush could be exceedingly bad. Like, worse than our run defense was last year. We're depending on Xavier Thomas, who had double-digit sacks if you add his last three years in college together (he was in college six years), to add juice to the pass rush.

The front office and coaching staff worked hard to build a foundation that probably has a six-win floor (I've said this many times: winning four games in a season is almost always a choice). But imagining a scenario where this team wins 10 games is exceedingly difficult.
 
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These are the dumbest things I have ever seen in a football stadium. Bring back the bleacher seats. And get people off of the sidelines, too.


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So dumb - and ugly.

They must pay a lot for those though to remove the bleachers which were always full of football fans.

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My fav part is the seating area behind the bleachers - let's pay an ungodly sum to sit in the equivalent of a crappy bar patio where we can't see the game at all! Poverty move by a poverty franchise.
I assumed those were just extra seating for people in the casitas (especially pre/post game). Like, who would actually pay money for those to be their seats?!
 

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So dumb - and ugly.

They must pay a lot for those though to remove the bleachers which were always full of football fans.

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Did they do something behind the stands in the opposite end zone Sec 119-121ish? Enclosing it and adding more seats or something ?
 

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These are the dumbest things I have ever seen in a football stadium. Bring back the bleacher seats. And get people off of the sidelines, too.


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It's really sad.
 
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Did they do something behind the stands in the opposite end zone Sec 119-121ish? Enclosing it and adding more seats or something ?
Nothing yet that we could see, and we are in that area for much of the game. They finally set up a nice little area for the team's representatives to discuss ticket options with fans. In all the previous season's they basically had a folding table, some pocket schedules, and a couple of reps just standing around. Now they had a fancier display area, a TV, etc. and a small space to discuss the plans with them. I'll grab a pic next game.
 

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I put this in another thread but it really belongs here. A pretty trusted gambling site did their sims for future win totals and the SB winner and the most common outcome for the Cardinals was 4-13.

Can you imagine that season? Where do you go from 4-13, 4-13, and 4-13? That would be the worst 3 year stretch since the early 70s
 

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I put this in another thread but it really belongs here. A pretty trusted gambling site did their sims for future win totals and the SB winner and the most common outcome for the Cardinals was 4-13.

Can you imagine that season? Where do you go from 4-13, 4-13, and 4-13? That would be the worst 3 year stretch since the early 70s
Here's the thing, Bidwill sucks. No amount of ineptitude would surprise me.
 

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I put this in another thread but it really belongs here. A pretty trusted gambling site did their sims for future win totals and the SB winner and the most common outcome for the Cardinals was 4-13.

Can you imagine that season? Where do you go from 4-13, 4-13, and 4-13? That would be the worst 3 year stretch since the early 70s
you are giving way too much credit to a guy whose sims also had the Jets and the Lions in the super bowl
 

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I put this in another thread but it really belongs here. A pretty trusted gambling site did their sims for future win totals and the SB winner and the most common outcome for the Cardinals was 4-13.

Can you imagine that season? Where do you go from 4-13, 4-13, and 4-13? That would be the worst 3 year stretch since the early 70s
Very Texans like … then made the playoffs. To be clear, not hoping to mirror that path.
 

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I put this in another thread but it really belongs here. A pretty trusted gambling site did their sims for future win totals and the SB winner and the most common outcome for the Cardinals was 4-13.

Can you imagine that season? Where do you go from 4-13, 4-13, and 4-13? That would be the worst 3 year stretch since the early 70s
What site is that and is that the futures line they set?
 

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