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 What a Scam :"  I've never run this style of offense before." Mike LaFleur By Walter Mitchell Last night while watching the Panthers versus the Packers on Thursday Night Football, I was thinking of how much Jonathan Gannon screwed the Cardinals while he was the head coach. The defense that the Packers were playing last night is night-and-day more aggressive and disciplined that Gannon's ever was in Arizona. This disparity is as wide and deep as the Grand Canyon. Yes, Gannon has more developed talent to work with in Green Bay, but as was the case with Vance Joseph in his first season with Sean Payton, now that for the first time in 4 years he was surrounded by experienced front office execs and coaches, someone in Packers' organization was able to show Gannon how to address and correct the flaws in his defensive schemes.  Now, having heard this week on the Burns and Gambo Show from Mike LaFleur that he has never coached the current style of offense that he has th...
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Monti and His Coaches BLOCKING Team's 2026 NFL Draft Pick Developments By Walter Mitchell One of the surefire ways to impede the development of an NFL team's draft picks is to do precisely what Monti Ossenfort is doing this year by favoring his own free agents over the rookies --- and/or overdrafting at a position  Cases in point: 1. Tyler Allgeier RB1 --- Jeremiyah Love RB2 (#3 pick in 2026). To this day, J. Love has never been listed on the team's depth chart as RB1, even when he was healthy. Not only has the coaches' plan for Love looked thoroughly uncreative, it speaks volumes that in New York with 4 downs to win the game from the 3-yard line, despite his HC saying afterward Love was a full GO, he, who scored a nifty bounce out TD versus the Chargers during his first drive as a pro, was kept off the field for all 4 plays.  2. Chase Bisontis (#34 pick 2026) --- was this a concession that the GM had already given up on Isaiah Adams (pick #71 in 2024) and Jon Gaines I...
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    Red Rain Pick 3 vs Spread Competition Week 8 By Walter Mitchell and Duane Risner Updated Standings: 12 Wildcat 10 NSCard, Walter 9 ***CCF, Jethro Bodine, ERauch, Kyle NFL Week 8 odds: Point spreads Carolina Panthers  (+4) at  Green Bay Packers  (-4) Baltimore Ravens  (+3.5) at  Buffalo Bills  (-3.5) Tennessee Titans (+10.5) at  Cincinnati Bengals  (-10.5) Arizona Cardinals  (+6.5) at Dallas Cowboys (-6.5) Minnesota Vikings  (+3) at  Detroit Lions  (-3) Indianapolis Colts (+7.5) at  Jacksonville Jaguars  (-7.5) Las Vegas Raiders  (+1) at New York Jets (-1) Cleveland Browns  (+4) at Pittsburgh Steelers (-4) Atlanta Falcons (+1.5) at  Tampa Bay Buccaneers  (-1.5) Los Angeles Chargers (+7.5) at Los Angeles Rams (-7.5) Kansas City Chiefs (-1.5) at  Denver Broncos  (+1.5) New England Patriots (-7.5) at  Miami Dolphins  (+7.5) Philadelphia Eagles  (+4) at ...
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Red Rain Podcast 230:  Cardinals Stampeded by Broncos, PFF game grades top plays analyses, homage to Larry Fitzgerald YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb5-htFlreI Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6nIRbkxC9vIlZHzPhJEKPj?si=e1a643655ff348bc&nd=1&dlsi=bb8b9720e6f140fa Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/red-rain-episode-230-den-30-ari-16-thank-you-fitz-cardinals/id1572161044?i=1000798219774 What are your thoughts about the game?
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 OL Injuries: Cardinals vs Rams and NFC West By Walter Mitchell This past off-season on the Red Rain Podcast, one of the top priorities that we kept addressing was the need for the Cardinals to figure out how and why so many of their players have been getting injured --- particularly along the offensive line.  We are convinced that the Cardinals training staff and their strength and conditioning program have been an issue, as have the subpar training facilities --- plus we have always been concerned about the sometimes-slippery grass field at State Farm Stadium on which the Cardinals practice during training camp and play 10 games in each year. One team that we kept pointing to with regard to the way they train their players is the Rams. Seemingly every year when we watch the Rams in the playoffs, they have a vast majority of their starters in the lineups, particularly along their offensive line. Games Started --- Cardinals OL vs Rams OL --- 2026 / 2025 / 2024 LT Paris Johnson...
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  Maserati Marv's Reasons for Patching Out of Arizona By Walter Mitchell Today, Josh Weinfuss of ESPN posted an insightful article on ESPN about how Marv wanted out of Arizona, 4 games into his third season. Here's the link to the full article: https://x.com/joshweinfuss/status/2113645801520136319?s=20 Here is Weinfuss' tweet: Josh Weinfuss @joshweinfuss · 2h "I think Marv was not happy, [and] I'm sure maybe he wanted a fresh start.” The trade that sent Marvin Harrison Jr. from the Cardinals to the Texans was set in motion weeks before it was agreed to on Friday, Oct. 9. What’s clear is that MHJ wanted out. But why? I went inside Harrison’s short tenure in Arizona and the trade that ended it. Funny phrasing from Josh --- "I'm sure maybe he wanted a fresh start." _________________________________________________________ Let's begin by predicting what Marv was envisioning as a career path when he entered the 2024 NFL Draft, so certain of being...
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