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Nick Rallis' Defense Is Too Slow, Passive, One-Dimensional and Underutilized courtesy of nfl.com By Walter Mitchell This past week Darren Urban of azcardinals.com predicted the Cardinals starting lineups on defense and offense. A guess at the Cardinals' starting defensive lineup for the 2026 season-opener against the Chargers (azcardinals.com) Here. are his defensive predictions: * SOLB Zaven Collins * SDE Walter Nolen * NT Roy Lopez * WDE Darius Robinson * WOLB Josh Sweat * MLB Mack Wilson Sr. * LCB Will Johnson * SS Budda Baker * FS Dadrion Taylor-Demerson * SCB Sean Muprhy-Bunting * RCB Denzel Burke Yikes.  Here are their 2025 tackling grades: * SOLB Zaven Collins - 38.8 * SDE Walter Nolen - 73.8 * NT Roy Lopez - 53.0 * WDE Darius Robinson - 52.9 * WOLB Josh Sweat - 69.3 * MLB Mack Wilson Sr. - 41.9 * LCB Will Johnson - 51.2 * SS Budda Baker - 47.4 * FS Dadrion Taylor-Demerson - 74.8 * SCB Sean Muprhy-Bunting - 29.3 (2024) * RCB Denzel Burke - 34.5 Note: One can readily se...
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  Mike LaFleur's Best Chance to Succeed with Cardinals? By Walter Mitchell In my opinion, Mike LaFleur's optimum chance to succeed with the Cardinals is by finding the best veteran QB who fits his "supreme toughness and back of pocket ability to throw dimes to all areas of the field" to run his highly sophisticated offense.  A few weeks ago, I heard that the Cardinals liked Jaguars' DC Anthony Campanile a great deal. However, they were not fully on board with his choice for OC, Shane Waldron.  Before anyone immediately agrees that Shane Waldron would not have been a good choice for OC, it's important to understand the following: 1. Shane Waldron is a Sean McVay offensive protégée who served as McVay's passing game coordinator from 2018-2020, succeeding Matt LaFleur in that role. In 2019, he was also named the Rams' QB coach, succeeding Zac Taylor.  2. In 2021, Waldron was hired as the Seahawks' OC, succeeding Brian Schottenheimer.  Seattle Seahawks...
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 2025 NFC West Honor Roll By Walter Mitchell Per the 2025 NFL player grades determined by the staff at PFF, here is the 2025 NFC West Honor Roll for players who logged over 500 snaps: Summa Cum Laude 1. 96.1 WR Puka Nacua - LAR 2. 92.9 WR Jaxson Smith-Njigba - SEA 3. 92.0 QB Matthew Stafford - LAR 4. 91.4 RB Kenneth Walker III - SEA 5. 91.1 LT Trent Williams - SF 6. 90.7 TE George Kittle - SF 7. 90.1 CB Devon Witherspoon - SEA  SEA - 3; LAR - 2; SF - 2 Magna Cum Laude 8. 87.3 - RG Kevin Dotson - LAR 9. 86.1 - NT Poonah Ford - LAR 10. 85.4 QB Brock Purdy - SF 11. 85.2 RB Kyren Williams --- LAR 12. 84.8 WR Davonte Adams - LAR 13T. 84.2 RT Colton McKivitz - SF 13T. 84.2 LT Alaric Jackson - LAR 15. 83.6 DE Byron Young - LAR 16. 82.1 DE DeMarcus Lawrence - SEA 17. 81.7 TE Trey McBride - ARZ 18. 81.0 RT Abraham Lucas - SEA 19. 80.8 DE Jared Verse - LAR 20. 80.3 DT Kobie Turner - LAR  LAR - 8; SEA - 2; SF - 2; ARZ - 1 Cum Laude 21. 79.8 S Julian Love - SEA 22. 79.0 QB Sam Darnol...
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