Red Rain Blog for Arizona Cardinals Fans

Why keeping Nick Rallis is apt to set back the Cardinals for another 2-3 Years   photo by Caitlin Epes/Arizona Cardinals By Walter Mitchell Note: it pains me to feel compelled to document the reasons why Nick Rallis should have never been retained as the team's defensive coordinator because I consider Nick Rallis to be a bright, articulate and diligent coach --- but it is going to be extremely difficult for him to thrive as a DC in the NFL  until he can move off from the Eberflus/Gannon "caution and cushion" style of defense --- which to this point in his career has been the only system he really knows inside and out.  In my opinion, what would be best for him would be to go learn a new system under the guidance of one of the more proven defensive coaches in the league. He's had no help here coaching-wise in Arizona. Jonathan Gannon was clueless and he hung Rallis out to dry. Reasons why keeping Nick Rallis as the defensive coordinator is apt to backfire: 1. His ...

 Bidwill's Belly Flop into his so-called Wide Net By Walter Mitchell If Michael Bidwill was going to create the kind of splash that would have had a chance to put a halt to the rapidly plummeting ticket sales, he has adroitly managed to do the reverse. How many of the remaining Cardinals' fans are going to pay good money to watch this inferior, poorly coached product at home for 9 games in 2026 and be humiliated each week by the rabidly vociferous opposing fans who have successfully caused the Cardinals' offense to have to use a silent snap count in their own building? To put the embarrassment of being a loyal Cardinals' season ticket holder in added perspective, last year the Cardinals' fans were treated to a 1-7 home record (watching the team lose the last 7 games in a row) while giving up a whopping 29.1 points per game. No one can simply unsee the plethora of missed tackles, wide open receivers and blown coverages in the red zone. And for all of that torture tha...