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 Josh Sweat and the Cardinals: Who is holding whom hostage? By Walter Mitchell Ever since Josh Sweat asked the Cardinals to be traded, on January 5th, the day that Jonathan Gannon was fired as head coach, he has not trained a single day at the team facilities with his Arizona teammates.  That's 219 days.  This has been a veritable 219-day hostage. The question is --- who is holding whom hostage?  The Cardinals have maintained from the get-go that they have no interest in trading their best (and perhaps only?) sack artist. The Cardinals keep hinting at Josh Sweat's "injuries" --- perhaps a lingering knee ailment? Yet, Josh Sweat appeared in all of the Cardinals' 17 games last season and at no point did he appear to be rushing the passer at a diminished capacity.  Mike LaFleur this week alluded once again to "injuries" --- as a plural term. Yet, he quickly amended the term by saying, "I shouldn't even it call it injuries." So, what are these ...
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Red Rain Podcast 2019: Canton Highlights, 53 Man Roster Thoughts                                      Saguaro Sam YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufm62GEF8kA Spotify: Red Rain Episode 219: Hall of Fame Game Reactions + The Race for QB2 Between Minshew, Beck and Slovis - Red Rain Podcast with Walter Mitchell | Podcast on Spotify Apple: Red Rain Episode 219: Hall of … - Red Rain Podcast with Walter Mitchell - Apple Podcasts Cardinals' Rookie Performance Grades in HOF Game: * RG Chase Bisontis 85.1 * QB Carson Beck 91.7 * WR Reggie Virgil 80.3 * LB K. Sharar 63.7 * LT Jayden Williams 76.8 * C Ka'ena Decambra 89.0 * WR Harrison Wallace III 76.4 * TE Jameson Geers 56.1 * CB Elijah Culp 66.6 * ED Cameron Robiertson 66.3 * S Wydett Williams Jr. 62.9 * DT Damonic Williams 56.7 Was this the best rookie performance in a Cardinals' first pre-season game that comes to mind?
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TEs and RBs Open All Day and Night in Cardinals' "Soft Cover" Defense By Walter Mitchell Two perfect examples from the Red and White Scrimmage. TE https://x.com/PaulCalvisi/status/2086606866277384414?s=20 RB https://x.com/PaulCalvisi/status/2086613768528859232?s=20 Two perfect examples from the Red and White Scrimmage. Not a single Cardinals' defender in the vicinity. Some will inevitably make the excuse, "well this is a practice." Yeah, it's a practice all right. It happens every freaking game. All day and all night. More on this during today's Red Rain Podcast
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Cardinals' PFF Grades for Hall of Fame Game       photo from nfl.com By Walter Mitchell The PFF grades have been posted. Here they are: Walter B J Mitchell @WBJMItch Boost Cardinals' Starters on Offense HOF Game: QB Beck 91.7 RB Knight 66.4 TE Fairweather 65.9 WR Brooks 91.4 WR Virgil 80.3 WR Wallace III 76.4 LT J. Williams 76.8 LG H. Conner 69.5 C Jon Gaines II 81.9 RG Bisontis 85.2 RT Fryar 55.8 (who had been playing LT all camp and should improve with more snaps at RT) Kudos to HC Mike LaFleur, OC Nathaniel Hackett, QBC Matt Schaub, OLC Justin Frye and entire staff 5:37 PM · Aug 7, 2026 · 2,362 Views Walter B J Mitchell @WBJMItch Boost Cardinals' Grades for Defensive Starters HOF Game SOLB Leota 41.0 DE J. Williams 42.7 NT Billings 68.8 DE Zach Carter 81.5 (4 plays before injury) WOLB Ojulari 52.6 MILB Keys 72.2 WILB Pappoe 69.2 LCB Clark 61.0 SS Taylor-Demerson 66.2 FS Crawford 75.0 RCB King 60.2 NCB Newsome 77.0 8:13 PM · Aug 7, 2026 · 810 Views Walter B J Mitch...
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