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Rams Should Not Underestimate Cardinals in 2025
Sean McVay and the Los Angeles Rams have a new threat to worry about for their division crown. As mentioned before, the Arizona Cardinals are building a monster
"The Cardinals have the pieces to make noise based on the many defensive moves they made, but they won’t get far unless Kyler Murray plays better than last season." Wrote Manzano.
"Murray struggled with the deep ball and was comfortable playing as a patient pocket quarterback. Perhaps Murray leans on his legs more to form a stout rushing attack with running backs James Conner and second-year player Trey Benson. Arizona is set at tackle with Paris Johnson Jr. and Jonah Williams, but the team could have a few camp battles for the interior spots."
"As for coach Jonathan Gannon’s defense, this could be a top-10 unit with the depth and talent the Cardinals added on the defensive front. They finally have a quality No. 1 edge rusher in Josh Sweat, who could receive help from 2024 first-round pick Darius Robinson."
It's not that they could, it's more like they will. Gannon has rebuilt his defensive line in the same vision as his Philadelphia Eagles defense and they added Michigan corner to an interesting, veteran defensive back room with Budda Baker and Sean Murphy-Bunting.
"Defensive tackle Walter Nolen, this year’s first-round pick, is an intriguing prospect with plenty of upside. Nolen had a few character concerns heading into the draft, but he’ll get to lean on veterans Calais Campbell and Dalvin Tomlinson. The secondary could receive a boost from rookie cornerback Will Johnson, who surprisingly fell to the second round due to medical concerns. Safety Budda Baker remains a standout playmaker."
Is 10 wins far?
"Be wary of the Cardinals. They smacked the Rams around in their first matchup in Arizona, and if Murray could've hit McBride in his hands and not his face, the Cardinals would've completed the sweep.
Remember, had the Rams lost their second matchup to Arizona, they would have been playing a win-and-in game against Seattle instead of resting their starters in the season finale."
Finally someone has the balls to say it.
Cardinals Predicted For Record Improvement; Playoff Bound?
The Arizona Cardinals are hoping to clinch their first winning season since 2021 in the upcoming campaign. Bleacher Report writer Moe Moton believes the Cardina
"The Arizona Cardinals doubled their win total from the 2023 season. They played at the level of a playoff contender in the first half of the 2024 campaign. However, the Cardinals lost five of their last seven games. Between late November and early January, their offense sputtered in crucial moments," Moton wrote.
"Head coach Jonathan Gannon is "really excited" about Marvin Harrison Jr.'s second term after the wideout had an inefficient rookie campaign, recording a 53.4 percent catch rate.
"Assuming quarterback Kyler Murray worked on his rapport with Harrison, they should be able to take Arizona's offense to another level, specifically in late-game situations. The Cardinals can exploit weaker pass defenses with Harrison and tight end Trey McBride.
"With the addition of Dalvin Tomlinson and Calais Campbell, Arizona will see the most improvement in its run defense, which ranked 20th last season. Edge-rusher Josh Sweat and cornerback Will Johnson can shore up the pass defense.
"The offensive line has to perform well for the Cardinals to reach double-digit wins. Right now, that unit is a question mark, with a few average interior linemen between Jonah Williams, who's coming off an injury-shortened season, and ascending left tackle Paris Johnson Jr.
"Nonetheless, Murray's willingness to make more plays with his legs could offset potential lapses in pass protection."
The offensive line just has to play decent. We have multiple ways to 10 wins. Anything more would probably require a more dominant offensive line.
In Moton's prediction, the Cardinals will lose the NFC West crown to the 11-6 Los Angeles Rams, but their double-digit win total would be enough to get them into the playoffs as a Wild Card
11 wins for the team that won 3 division games by 12 points total with the toughest schedule in the division this year?
With Stafford and McVay who posted 12 and 13 pts of total off vs the below avg 49ers and Cardinals defense in crunch time?
After AZ outscored the Rams 50-23 in 2 games, and were a helmet away from a sweep? Our defense improved more than theirs did.
You could put 15 NFL QBs on the Rams in the 2nd half of the season and they would all make it to the game vs PHI.
