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 By Walter Mitchell                                                          graphic credit: Football Forever Ryan Gold, in his 13th year of employment with the Arizona Cardinals, currently serving as the team's Director of College Scouting has incurred the wrath of the NFL for confidential inside info sharing regarding draft picks and for placing bets on NFL and college games.  NFL suspends Cardinals executive for violating gambling policy - ESPN NFL suspends Cardinals executive for violating gambling policy Associated Press Jul 17, 2026, 04:18 PM ET Share Like Open Extended Reactions 56 The NFL has suspended  Arizona Cardinals  personnel executive Ryan Gold indefinitely for violating the league's gambling policy. The league said Friday that its investigation determined that Gold provided confidential, non-public inside inf...

 By Walter Mitchell Talk about a player who is fired up about his teammates, new coaches and the Arizona community, Paris Johnson Jr., in his interview with Bo Brack and Johnny Venerable on the PHNX Cardinals Podcast, lit the match to a blowtorch of jalapeno-hot takes about the 2026 Arizona Cardinals. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQLYNPP8POM&t=4704s The first order of business was to promote PJJ's charity "Putts for a Purpose" which took place last weekend, with the purpose being to raise enough money to build houses for military veterans and students who require financial aid. Paris is working in conjunction with Habitat for Humanity and hand in hand with Kurt Warner who has generously offered to furnish the first house upon its completion.   When it came to talk about his boys, Paris Johnson Jr. was ecstatic about having the chance to elaborate in fine detail about the considerable talent the Cardinals have been building on offense. He's psyched t...

 By Walter Mitchell Having recently watched Trey McBride's guest appearance with Bussin' With The Boys and Paris Johnson Jr.'s interview with the PHNX Cardinals crew, the most obvious common denominator was how the hosts took prolonged lol pot shots at certain people, the Arizona Cardinals and in McBride's case, not only a beat down of the Cardinals, but an unsavory ridiculing of Colorado St. to boot. Link: Trey McBride Recaps Career Journey From Small Town Colorado to Highest Paid NFL Tight End | Bussin' Bussin' With The Boys --- 4 Major Laugh Fest Disses 1. "The Cardinals have no fans" (Trey McBride) . The Bussin' Boys stated that there were sightings of Cardinals' fans during the 2008 Super Bowl but that once the game was over the fans disappeared. Trey explained that most Arizonans are transplants who are fans of other NFL teams. But, thankfully, added at the end that, "Hopefully, we start winning games and we can bring some of those (...

By Walter Mitchell In July each year, ESPN publishes the results of NFL position rankings derived from the votes they receive from team executives and coaches. Thus far, we have learned the following with regard to which Cardinals are ranked or given honorable mentions:  Execs, coaches, scouts rank top NFL guards, centers for 2026 - ESPN QB ---> None   RB ---> None   WR ---> TBA (guess: none)   TE ---> #2 Trey McBride (#1 went to Brock Bowers)  2. Trey McBride, Arizona Cardinals Highest ranking: 1 | Lowest ranking: 5 Age: 26 | Last year's ranking: 4 McBride made a serious case for No. 1, earning more than 30% of the first-place votes. All but two of the votes were inside the top three for McBride, whose 126 catches in 2025 marked the most in a single season for a tight end in NFL history. McBride's 72.9 receiving yards per game were nearly 16 more than any other tight end. His 566 yards after the catch were 90 more than any other player at his ...

Budda Baker: NFL Top 100 7 years in a row and urging FO to "Let's just get it (Jacoby Brissett's 2026 contract) done"...because ballers know and love ballers By Walter Mitchell Two tweets worthy of our discussion --- what are your thoughts? By now, I think you know mine. Tweet #1 Budda Baker @Buddabaker3 · 16h Just want bro to get his shit done… he is not asking for what you think. Bro is asking for below the bare minimum. Let’s just get it done!!! A couple of weeks ago Devin McCourtey, who also has been talking to and supporting Jacoby Brissett, said essentially the same things Budda is saying.  PFT Video: https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/nfl/profootballtalk/why-jacoby-brissett-needs-a-better-contract-with-arizona-cardinals Tweet #2 NFL @NFL · Jul 8 No. 75 on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2026… Watch video here: https://x.com/NFL/status/2074871135485952121/video/1 @AZCardinals S Budda Baker ! @NFLFilms