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Post by CardCore on Sept 2, 2024 10:22:15 GMT -7
The nice part of this article are the player and Rallis videos. Rallis spent his off-season getting to know the first eight opponents. He wanted know, know the play callers and his opponents. The coaches continue to ask the players...do you know, know your position. The emphasis on deep understanding for each individual on the team will help the Cards play better and faster. A couple positive take away's from Roy Lopez: He loves FB, his father is a coach and his family loves FB and the Card coaching staff and how they coach have inspired him to be a coach eventually, he appreciates the coaches love of FB as well as how they coach. There is a building understanding of the quality of the FO and staff, also the players on board and why they enjoy the current state of the franchise. They are hungry dawgs who are ready to shock the league. When you get insight on the many levels of improvements and player buy in the evidence of the process is on track to have success looks bright. The wins are not there yet, but the paving of the road to success is in full effect. There are going to be more growing pains and it is hard to project actual wins and losses, but personally I see all the right changes being made...even more than I would expect. I nominate this (especially the last 2 paragraphs) for "Post Of The Decade." |
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Post by fightingfalcon on Sept 2, 2024 11:11:41 GMT -7
So there is an article on espn plus that talks about who is projected to be what. Cardinals are expected to give up the most points this year with a bad defense ------------------- Projected defenses to allow the most points 1. Arizona Cardinals, 443 points The Cardinals have allowe  d the most points per game over the past two seasons (26.6) and did little during the offseason to suggest things will go much better in the short term.Budda Baker and Jalen Thompson form a quality safety duo, but there are minimal impact players in the front seven and at cornerback. Arizona was smart to address defense during April's draft (DT Darius Robinson, CB Max Melton and CB Elijah Jones were selected in the first three rounds), but they'll all require some development. 2. Denver Broncos, 423 points 3. New York Giants, 421 points --------------------- And here is the latest ranking: 29. Arizona Cardinals Arizona has a potentially dangerous connection between Kyler Murray and Marvin Harrison Jr., but holes along the offensive line, as well as the aforementioned weak defense, are reasons for major concern Link to the ESPN Plus article... www.espn.com/nfl/insider/story/_/id/41001635/2024-nfl-season-predictions-power-rankings-super-bowl-pick “AND DID LITTLE DURING THE OFFSEASON TO SUGGEST THINGS WILL GO MUCH BETTER”… Mike Clay? Does your head…..hurt? Or does it just stay numb? Most folks aren’t just lapping up your SLOP, because you happen to work for ESPN. (In my book you garner ZERO points due to your employer. Get a life CLOWN! Say what sneers you may about Mike Clay -- but it's not fair to suggest that it doesn't at least try to figure out the strengths and weaknesses of each NFL team, and is willing to put his comprehensive projections in print. Check out the 80 page summary/projection he does which reviews every NFL team: Some of his projections: KM: 3566 yards passing; James Conner: 813 yards rushing. Marvin Harrison: 1114 yards receiving. Best chance of a win: Washington, 55%. Least chance of a win: at San Francisco, 11% Overall wins: 5.5 g.espncdn.com/s/ffldraftkit/24/NFLDK2024_CS_ClayProjections2024.pdf?adddata=2024CS_ClayProjections2024 |
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Post by flash on Sept 2, 2024 11:27:23 GMT -7
Let's analyze our Defensive Stats from 2023 and see where we ranked... Passing Defense... Passing Attempts: 506(Ranked 2nd) Passing Completions: 347(Ranked 9th) Passing Completion Percentage: 67.6(Ranked 31rst) Passing Average Yards Per Completion(Ranked 24th) Passing Yards: 3846(Ranked 12th) Passing Touchdowns:32(Ranked 30th) Passing Interceptions: 11(Ranked 21rst) Passing Sacks: 33(30th) Rushing Defense: Rushing Attempts: 521(Ranked 32nd...the most attempts in the league) Rushing Yards: 2434(Ranked 32nd) Rushing Average Yards Per Carry: 4.7(Ranked 29th) Rushing Touchdowns: 19(Ranked 27th) Rushing Fumbles: 4(Ranked 8th...by the way...8 teams had 4 rushing fumbles) So, as you can see from the stats above...we were not the worst except for two categories... Then why did we have the most points against us? TURNOVERS!!! Is it possible with a fumble or interception, our opponent was already in field goal range? Or very close to Touchdown range? Here are our Turnovers last season while Dobbs, Tune and Murray played... Team while Dobbs was QB Interceptions:5 Fumbles:4 Team for one game that Tune played against the Browns Interceptions:2 Fumbles:1 Team while Murray was QB Interceptions 5 Fumbles: 1 If you add up the Turnovers between Dobbs and Tune: Interceptions: 7 Fumbles: 5 As you can see, we had less turnovers with Murray... Could that be one of the reasons we had so many points scored against us? Perhaps we gave our opponents excellent field advantage... Just food for thought...I think our defense is better than last season... It wasn’t turnovers, it was an awful Dline, awful OLB, and awful CB play. Those rankings show we could not stop the run or pass and couldn’t get to the opposing QB. The Dline and Oline need to work together to force the QB into making bad decisions and throw the ball early without going through progressions. They also need to contain the run. The CB coverage needs to give the pass rushers time to get to the QB. Each small upgrade in position group improves the other groups. We didn’t do anything huge to address a single position, but if we upgraded 6 of 11 defensive starters and 4 of 5 position groups like I feel we did, the total improvement could be pretty decent.I am just disappointed that Ojulari, Robinson and Elijah Jones are going to miss time...Jones not as much because he is going to be a back up player...
Did we upgrade our defense this season?
Bunting and Garrett have to be an upgrade over Marco and Hamilton at the starting corners...
Kei'Trel Clark who in several games was one of our starting CB's and was matched up against the better WR's of our opponents...he should be our #4 or #5 CB in this order once Elijah Jones returns which means he will be matched up against our opponents #3, #4 or #5 WR's, not against their #1 or #2 WR. I see that as an upgrade...even though others might not...ha ha ha
Our possible CB Depth Chart:
Bunting/Starling Garrett/Starling Melton/Clark Elijah/Clark Clark/Elijah
Any of those combinations above may end up being...for now though...I think we have better starters and depth for the CB Corp...
Rabbit...I absolutely see him as an upgrade as a backup to Buddha and Jalen... Joey Blount could end up being either our #4 or #5 Safety...from the depth chart...it looks like Buddha and Blount are the Strong Safeties and Jalen, Rabbit and Hall are the Free Safeties...I am not actually sure about the Safety Depth Chart... Hall...he played good in Pre Season except for the penalties...
Dante Stills...only started 8 games last season...if he plays a full season...perhaps he is an upgrade to our Defensive Line as either a starter or backup... Once Robinson comes back...that should be an upgrade to our Dline...
Linebackers...I am not sure what I think of that group yet...
Anyways, I think overall...we did upgrade our Defense this season...however...I am not saying that the upgrades are top 10 players at their position...what I am saying is that these upgrades are better than what we had last season...and I see that as a better defense...sure we can improve the CB and Dline rooms with a top 10 or top 5 player...but that is going to have to wait until next season...
We will find out on Sunday against the Bills how good or bad our Defense really is...I will say that I think that we are going to have a better Defense than last season...but not a great Defense or an Elite Defense...hell...maybe next season we should trade up to get either an elite Pass Rusher or Cornerback(a Patrick Peterson Caliber player...by next season we might be only one elite player from becoming a regular playoff contender...even if we are not a Super Bowl contender after next season...I say two more seasons before we contend for a Super Bowl spot....
That is my take on our Defense...
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Post by End Zone on Sept 2, 2024 11:37:12 GMT -7
As per the Cards VS Bills at least Daniel Jerimiah is on board with the Cards beating the Bills, his 28-24 Card victory prediction is the lone national NFL sports media person to pick the Cards. I saw that forecast. It was dismal as an ARZ fan. 9 of 10 people went with BUF next Sunday. The Cardinals Offense and Defense are two groups on the same team. My chief concern is that the Cardinals Offense does not score enough points to bail out the Defense. The Defense will give plenty points most games. Most of us remember the season opener v.s. the Chiefs in 2023. That was a hard game to watch. |
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Post by CardCore on Sept 2, 2024 14:37:01 GMT -7
“AND DID LITTLE DURING THE OFFSEASON TO SUGGEST THINGS WILL GO MUCH BETTER”… Mike Clay? Does your head…..hurt? Or does it just stay numb? Most folks aren’t just lapping up your SLOP, because you happen to work for ESPN. (In my book you garner ZERO points due to your employer. Get a life CLOWN! Say what sneers you may about Mike Clay -- but it's not fair to suggest that it doesn't at least try to figure out the strengths and weaknesses of each NFL team, and is willing to put his comprehensive projections in print. Check out the 80 page summary/projection he does which reviews every NFL team: Some of his projections: KM: 3566 yards passing; James Conner: 813 yards rushing. Marvin Harrison: 1114 yards receiving. Best chance of a win: Washington, 55%. Least chance of a win: at San Francisco, 11% Overall wins: 5.5 g.espncdn.com/s/ffldraftkit/24/NFLDK2024_CS_ClayProjections2024.pdf?adddata=2024CS_ClayProjections2024 Do you know the Vegas boys have upped the quota for the Cards win total to 7.5? What did he project for Trey McBride? How about the run game....anything on that from him? |
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Post by cbltv on Sept 2, 2024 15:09:46 GMT -7
As per the Cards VS Bills at least Daniel Jerimiah is on board with the Cards beating the Bills, his 28-24 Card victory prediction is the lone national NFL sports media person to pick the Cards. I saw that forecast. It was dismal as an ARZ fan. 9 of 10 people went with BUF next Sunday. The Cardinals Offense and Defense are two groups on the same team. My chief concern is that the Cardinals Offense does not score enough points to bail out the Defense. The Defense will give plenty points most games. Most of us remember the season opener v.s. the Chiefs in 2023. That was a hard game to watch.Will Absolutely Not be the same as the KC game of '23. Mark it down. |
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Post by Dry Heat on Sept 2, 2024 15:19:49 GMT -7
It wasn’t turnovers, it was an awful Dline, awful OLB, and awful CB play. Those rankings show we could not stop the run or pass and couldn’t get to the opposing QB. The Dline and Oline need to work together to force the QB into making bad decisions and throw the ball early without going through progressions. They also need to contain the run. The CB coverage needs to give the pass rushers time to get to the QB. Each small upgrade in position group improves the other groups. We didn’t do anything huge to address a single position, but if we upgraded 6 of 11 defensive starters and 4 of 5 position groups like I feel we did, the total improvement could be pretty decent.I am just disappointed that Ojulari, Robinson and Elijah Jones are going to miss time...Jones not as much because he is going to be a back up player...
Did we upgrade our defense this season?
Bunting and Garrett have to be an upgrade over Marco and Hamilton at the starting corners...
Kei'Trel Clark who in several games was one of our starting CB's and was matched up against the better WR's of our opponents...he should be our #4 or #5 CB in this order once Elijah Jones returns which means he will be matched up against our opponents #3, #4 or #5 WR's, not against their #1 or #2 WR. I see that as an upgrade...even though others might not...ha ha ha
Our possible CB Depth Chart:
Bunting/Starling Garrett/Starling Melton/Clark Elijah/Clark Clark/Elijah
Any of those combinations above may end up being...for now though...I think we have better starters and depth for the CB Corp...
Rabbit...I absolutely see him as an upgrade as a backup to Buddha and Jalen... Joey Blount could end up being either our #4 or #5 Safety...from the depth chart...it looks like Buddha and Blount are the Strong Safeties and Jalen, Rabbit and Hall are the Free Safeties...I am not actually sure about the Safety Depth Chart... Hall...he played good in Pre Season except for the penalties...
Dante Stills...only started 8 games last season...if he plays a full season...perhaps he is an upgrade to our Defensive Line as either a starter or backup... Once Robinson comes back...that should be an upgrade to our Dline...
Linebackers...I am not sure what I think of that group yet...
Anyways, I think overall...we did upgrade our Defense this season...however...I am not saying that the upgrades are top 10 players at their position...what I am saying is that these upgrades are better than what we had last season...and I see that as a better defense...sure we can improve the CB and Dline rooms with a top 10 or top 5 player...but that is going to have to wait until next season...
We will find out on Sunday against the Bills how good or bad our Defense really is...I will say that I think that we are going to have a better Defense than last season...but not a great Defense or an Elite Defense...hell...maybe next season we should trade up to get either an elite Pass Rusher or Cornerback(a Patrick Peterson Caliber player...by next season we might be only one elite player from becoming a regular playoff contender...even if we are not a Super Bowl contender after next season...I say two more seasons before we contend for a Super Bowl spot....
That is my take on our Defense...
The biggest upgrade in my mind was DL, bu that was before Robinson went down. Still, the free agency upgrades were adding 3 year contract free agents Bill Nichols and Justin Jones. Those are two starters who are IMO not studs but are upgrades at DT Nichols. Both Nichols and Jones are ahead of Dante Stills, who is up and coming at only 24 yrs old. Remember who we were using at DT end of last season? Guys like Naquan Jones who we waiver wired from Tenn just to fill a hole. He didn’t even make practice squad this year. Add Robinson back in, hopefully by Game 5, and interior Dline is truly upgraded. Ojulari’s injury is a huge disappointment, but Xavier Thomas may be a surprise steal and it’s time for Collins to step up. |
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Post by fightingfalcon on Sept 2, 2024 16:47:11 GMT -7
Say what sneers you may about Mike Clay -- but it's not fair to suggest that it doesn't at least try to figure out the strengths and weaknesses of each NFL team, and is willing to put his comprehensive projections in print. Check out the 80 page summary/projection he does which reviews every NFL team: Do you know the Vegas boys have upped the quota for the Cards win total to 7.5? What did he project for Trey McBride? How about the run game....anything on that from him? Okay -- Trey McBride -- 83 receptions for 791 yards, which would rank him #5 among tight ends in the NFL For the Running game: Rank #20 in the NFL, with a projected 813 Yards for Conner, 556 yards for Benson, and 192 yards for Demercado. Conner is ranked the #25 running back. So do you think that the smart money was so impressed by the Cardinals pre-season that they increased the line for wins by two whole games, from 5.5 to 7.5? |
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Post by CardCore on Sept 3, 2024 5:51:59 GMT -7
Okay -- Trey McBride -- 83 receptions for 791 yards, which would rank him #5 among tight ends in the NFL For the Running game: Rank #20 in the NFL, with a projected 813 Yards for Conner, 556 yards for Benson, and 192 yards for Demercado. Conner is ranked the #25 running back. So do you think that the smart money was so impressed by the Cardinals pre-season that they increased the line for wins by two whole games, from 5.5 to 7.5? Hey, if you have a soft spot in your heart for this guy, fine, but I take issue with his idea that the Cards didn't do much to improve their status or their positioning in the league. I'm real sure that you are aware that there are those that simply write the Cardinals off as a matter of habit. Every year. That one sentence of his just happens to make him look and sound like one of those type writers. I don't know why the win total increased. Likely due to too many bettors plunking down their cash to take the over. Wouldn't you think? |
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Post by CardCore on Sept 4, 2024 13:20:45 GMT -7
Okay -- Trey McBride -- 83 receptions for 791 yards, which would rank him #5 among tight ends in the NFL For the Running game: Rank #20 in the NFL, with a projected 813 Yards for Conner, 556 yards for Benson, and 192 yards for Demercado. Conner is ranked the #25 running back. So do you think that the smart money was so impressed by the Cardinals pre-season that they increased the line for wins by two whole games, from 5.5 to 7.5? [ How many running yards did he project for K1? |
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Post by fightingfalcon on Sept 4, 2024 13:32:52 GMT -7
487 on 87 attempts, resulting in 5 TDs.
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Post by mab1888 on Sept 4, 2024 14:41:26 GMT -7
I think they will win 7 games last year. Their defense, especially their run defense....is pretty suspect. It really is a shame that Darius Robinson is hurt, hw will be a big addition to the defense.
Offensively, they should be pretty good. I look for Wilson and Dortch to have good years. McBride is just coming into his own.....and Marvin Harrison....is well.....Marvin Harrison.
Would like to see Murray throw out of the pocket more than he did last year. Let's hope that he isn't running around for his life like he has the last couple of years.
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