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Cardinal' PFF Grades, DVOA Rankings Through 3 Games Compared to Giants' By Walter Mitchell ARI - NYG Defenses (PFF grades and DVOA rankings) SLB Collins 90.1 ---- SLB Carter 79.5 LDE Nolen III 53.6 ---- LDE Golston 59.4 NT Lopez 71.4 ---- NT Reader 77.1 RDE Stills 55.0 ---- RDE Harris 26.0 ED Burch 49.1 ---- ED Thibodeaux 51.9 MLB Wilson Sr. 47.0 ---- MLB Edmunds 47.3 WLB Gibbens 55.5 ---- WLB Reese 64.8 LCB Burke 51.7 ----LCB Banks 46.0 SS Baker 53.0 ---- SS Nubin 39.8 FS Wingard 66.2 ---- FS Holland 91.3 NCB Williams 70.5 ----NCB Phillips 61.6 DFEFENSE: ARI 26th --- NYG 23rd RUN DEFENSE: ARI 21st --- NYG 18th TACKLING: ARI 25th --- NYG 16th PASS RUSH: ARI 24th --- NYG 22nd PASS COVERAGE: ARI 25th --- NYG 24th DEFENSIVE DVOA: ARI 31st --- NYG 23rd ARI - NYG Offenses (PFF grades and DVOA rankings) QB Brissett 77.5 ---- QB Winston 54.6 RB Love 69.7 ---- RB Skattebo 55.8 TE McBride 73.2 ---- TE Likely 72.0 WR Wilson 69.9 --- WR Nabers 65.6 WR Harrison Jr. 54.6 --- W...

Cardinals' Cornerbacks Wassup? By Walter Mitchell  Theo Mackie of the Arizona Republic just wrote a very interesting article about the positive flashes that Max Melton and Denzel Burke made last Sunday versus the 49ers. It's a good read. Have at it: https://x.com/theo_mackie/status/2105744844085989572?s=20 Things that make you go hmmm... Theo Mackie @theo_mackie · 45m Thought this was a fascinating answer from Max Melton on what’s driving his growth so far this year: Fascinating --- because Max Melton just basically confirmed what some of us have been seeing for four years: VIDEO EVIDENCE 1. CBs often give way too much cushion in this "caution and cushion" Gannon/Rallis hybrid. Even here at the top left of your screen, look at the 12-yard cushion that Garrett Williams is giving Jaxon Smith-Njigba and yet 20-yards downfield on a "go route" JSN has crossed Garrett Williams' face and has a step on him. Williams winds up slipping and falling just as the pass...