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How Love can change everything for the Arizona Cardinals                                                         Anna Carrington/Imagn Inage s By Walter Mitchell Check out this "Cardinals Overtime: Love is in the Air" video. It is a ten-minute treat. Cardinals Overtime: Love Is In The Air | Arizona Cardinals 2026 (youtube.com) What stands out to me about Jeremiyah Love and his family is their integrity. Everything they do is about choosing that hardest path to putting in the honest hard work that it takes to keep getting better. No BS. No corner cutting. No hidden agendas. No special treatments. Jeremiyah Love turned down millions of dollars to go, work his tail off and patiently wait his turn at Notre Dame.  When you watch this video, you can see how genuinely excited he is to be a new member of the Arizona Cardinals. Vice versa, you can see h...
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NFC West Offensive Rankings By Position and Unit Grades By Walter Mitchell I like to post these rankings (with free agent and/or draft pick additions) each year based on the players' and units' PFF grades. QB: 1. Stafford - LA - 92.0 2. Purdy - SF - 85.4 3. Darnold - SEA - 79.0 4. Brissett - ARI - 70.6 RB: 1. Williams - LA - 85.2 2. McCaffrey - SF - 73.1 3. Love* (R) - ARI - 93.1 at Notre Dame 4. Price* (R) - SEA - 78.6 at Notre Dame TE: 1. Kittle - SF - 90.7 2. McBride - ARI - 81.7 3. Parkinson - LA - 75.4 4. Barner - SEA - 74.6 WR1: 1. Nacua - LA - 96.1 2. Smith-Njigba - SEA - 92.9 3. Wilson - ARI - 76.4 4. Evans* - SF - 69.8 - with TB WR2: 1. Adams - LA - 84.8 2. Kupp - SEA - 73.1 3. Piersall - SF - 71.6 4. Harrison Jr. - ARI -- 68.4 LT: 1. Williams - SF - 91.1 2. Jackson - LA - 84.2 3. Cross - SEA - 77.6 4. Johnson Jr. - ARI - 76.6 LG: 1. Avila - LA - 75.0 2. Seumalo* - ARI - 73.3 - with PIT 3. Zabel - SEA - 61.7 4. Burford - SF - 56.7 C: 1. Brendal - SF - 71.4 2. Shelton -...
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  Jacoby Brissett Should Be a Detroit Lion By Walter Mitchell Last off-season, when Monti Ossenfort signed Jacoby Brissett to a 2-year $12.5M contract with $8M guaranteed, I thought the salary was excessive given the struggles he exhibited with the Patriots during his 5 bridge starts.  What I did not realize at the time was that Ossenfort's intent, at Drew Petzing's passionate behest, was to have Jacoby be the team's Plan B starter in the event that Kyler Murray should once again falter.  From the first pre-season game against the Chiefs where Jacoby came in and, at the back of the pocket with pressure quickly in his face, he promptly threw a dime of a TD pass to Simi Fehoko, Jacoby donned an air of confidence in ways he lacked a year ago in New England. This is when I first began to sense that Jacoby had signed with the Cardinals because, not only did he know and command Drew Petzing's system like the back of his hand, he had been given the incentive to take over as th...
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Bidwill's Playbook: How to Welcome a New Head Coach Credit: Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports By Walter Mitchell Over the past 4 hiring cycles, Michael Bidwill's patterns when it comes to signing and then welcoming a new head coach are very clear. 1. After casting his proverbial wide net that prolongs one tedious search after the other --- the pattern is to jump on the last coach (note: that is - without NFL head coaching experience) available. 2. Make him agree to a number of Bidwillean quid pro quos --- I will hire you if you agree to: a). accept the minimum head coaching salary (as is expected of candidates without prior head coaching experience) b). accept all of the holdover assistant coaches and players we prefer c). allow the GM make a number of your assistant coaching hires d). lavish me and GM with the highest of praise to make them look like the smartest owner/GM tandem in the league e). every chance you get, reiterate how injuries were the main reason for the team's po...
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