Realistic 8th Ranked Cardinals NFL Power Rankings

[ASUCHRIS]

Point is...Last season nobody won the nfc west because they were good.

Half of the NFC west made the playoffs - why did they make it?

 

[Mulli]

Half of the NFC west made the playoffs - why did they make it?

Played the Cardinals twice, heYO

 

[oaken1]

Half of the NFC west made the playoffs - why did they make it?

Because as a whole the nfc was weak...like three decent teams and then everyone else.

 

[ASUCHRIS]

Because as a whole the nfc was weak...like three decent teams and then everyone else.

One of those decent teams took down a potential dynasty.

 

[oaken1]

One of those decent teams took down a potential dynasty.

They did...with a stellar defense.
But I wouldn't consider Mahomes and Reid done just yet

 

[Cheesebeef]

The 2024 NFC West title? Are you serious?

Lol.

 

[ASUCHRIS]

They did...with a stellar defense.
But I wouldn't consider Mahomes and Reid done just yet

The Eagles dominated on both sides of the ball - it wasn't particularly close. I'm not counting out the Chiefs moving forward, but I'm not on board with this narrative that the entire NFC was garbage.

 

[kerouac9]

Point is...Last season nobody won the nfc west because they were good.

Is that how the not-good Rams won a playoff game?

 

[CardNots]

One of those decent teams took down a potential dynasty.

It was the definition of a beatdown…

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Haven’t they won the division and playoff games?

Cmon mulli, no fair answering questions with facts that make the question look ridiculous.

 

[oaken1]

Cmon mulli, no fair answering questions with facts that make the question look ridiculous.

In context, k9 was hyping niners and Rams for winning super bowls.

And in all honesty I would rather have 1 Lombardi over 10 division banners...that's just bling for Mike to hang in the stadium so he feels like a success...

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

In context, k9 was hyping niners and Rams for winning super bowls.

And in all honesty I would rather have 1 Lombardi over 10 division banners...that's just bling for Mike to hang in the stadium so he feels like a success...

Understood but you literally asked what had those teams won that the Cardinals hadn’t. It was funny because the answer was so obvious.

 

[cardinals2025]

I agree that the Cardinals are being underrated nationally... but as for "obvious east and west coast bias"... two of ESPN's top four, and five of the top ten ranked teams are in the midwest.

Because they would look like idiots if they put the East and West coast teams above those teams.

And people would call them out on it.

Meanwhile, Cardinals fans race to the bottom of the negativity barrel and pessimism has become a virtue.

So the national opinion will never change, especially as we continue to sell our tickets to the other team.

I can't tell if we are the Suns or the Cardinals right now. Can someone clarify?

 

[cardinals2025]

So I would say that's absolutely fair and it's the same on both sides. We have very passionate fans here who are 100% way cooler off the board than here. @kerouac9 is one of the nicest dudes I have ever met but here he gets...a little spicy. Hopefully people read this and try to be more considerate in the future.

Also Kyler Murray will overrun any thread he is in. He is the most divisive pro athlete to ever play in the state of Arizona. He's Joe Henry / Voldemort at this point. Say his name and it takes over everything. I even fell into it but I was talking more about the organization 's support for him than the player.

Nothing about what he says is spicy or interesting.

 

[BritCard]

I mean, they were in the Super Bowl two years ago. Kyle Shanahan is 18-16 over the past two seasons. The 2024 49ers were 4th and 8th in offensive and defense yardage, respectively. They were 2-6 in games decided by seven points or less.

It's wild to say that 12-22 Gannon deserves the benefit of the doubt that you won't give to Kyle Shanahan.

Because they have won multiple playoff games in 4 of the 8 seasons since 2017. Shanahan is 70-62 as the HC of the 49ers. They have gone to two Super Bowls. They have earned the benefit of doubt by actually winning and not on hopes and dreams.

What does any of this matter? They were also 6-11 last year and lost a bunch of talent. Shanahan is a very modest 70-62 after 8 seasons of shooting for the stars. He has as many losing seasons as winning ones. Their two best offensive players are 37 or have chronic injury issues. It's not all roses.

Plus, since when was predicting who will be good down to just looking at their recent history and ignoring everything else? Since when did "They were good 2/3 seasons ago" have any relevance in the NFL? The whole point of this is to look at the whole and you completely dismissed the Cards being division challengers while bigging up the Niners.

 

[cardinals2025]

The problem is when. Kyler is elite in garbage time and when were up 2 scores but sucks when the pressure is on.

Stafford is nails when it's crunch time.

Yeah we can't repeat getting back to the playoffs like we did in 2020 with an 11-6 record despite the fact he sucked at the end of the year.

Especially when 10 wins is enough this time. Thats completely impossible.

Especially when our defense is better than the defense in 2020.

We will see Marvin Harrison and Trey Benson improve.

No Kyler has to do worse than blow the end of the year to fudge up getting to the playoffs after this team starts playing well this year.

He has already proven when he has an above average defense, he is good enough to make the playoffs.

This will be the 2nd attempt.

 

[kerouac9]

What does any of this matter? They were also 6-11 last year and lost a bunch of talent. Shanahan is a very modest 70-62 after 8 seasons of shooting for the stars. He has as many losing seasons as winning ones. Their two best offensive players are 37 or have chronic injury issues. It's not all roses.

Plus, since when was predicting who will be good down to just looking at their recent history and ignoring everything else? Since when did "They were good 2/3 seasons ago" have any relevance in the NFL? The whole point of this is to look at the whole and you completely dismissed the Cards being division challengers while bigging up the Niners.

Wait--so were the 49ers good last year, but lost a lot of talent, or bad last year, and so lost a lot of bad players? Do you think Kyle Shanahan was coaching so poorly that he had a top 10 offense and defense (by yardage), and his coaching was holding the players back from success?

 

[Mulli]

Wait--so were the 49ers good last year, but lost a lot of talent, or bad last year, and so lost a lot of bad players? Do you think Kyle Shanahan was coaching so poorly that he had a top 10 offense and defense (by yardage), and his coaching was holding the players back from success?

Yes!

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Nothing about what he says is spicy or interesting.

This is my new favorite poster. Why? I couldn’t tell you. But he is my flavor of the month right now. The board needs more levity.

 

[BirdGangThing]

This is my new favorite poster. Why? I couldn’t tell you. But he is my flavor of the month right now. The board needs more levity.

he goes hard in the paint