Red Rain Podcast 213: Rams and Cardinals Playing Cat and Mouse



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  1. NSCardMay 7, 2026 at 12:14 PM

    While I believe in the football gods, I have a hard time believing that what Arians said is still having an effect on today's outcomes. I also thing that Kliff working for the Rams is simply McVay understanding Kliff's talents and him being a friend, and the fact that the Cardinals were his old employer is not really a factor. I don't think McVay is too worried about the Cardinals.

    Walter, your unwillingness to accept the Cardinals injuries as a factor in their poor performance on defence is perplexing to me given the evidence to support it. Even when Kyle tried to make that point, you dismissed him.

    After the Cardinals had a historical year for injuries (2nd most injured team since 2001 behind the 2021 Ravens), most of which was special teams and defence, it should be undeniable that their defence would be impacted.

    You have used the stat of the same starters starting both the first and last game of the year except for one (M, Wilson I assume). This stat ignores the fact that many of our projected starters and heavy contributors were injured to start the year such as Nolan, J. Jones, SMB, Star Thomas and Ojulari.

    It also ignores the complete and udder carnage that happened between those games, often resulting in injuries for part of the season but simply made it back before seasons end. Players that were injured and returned or returned only to get injured and miss the rest of the season (likely still playing injured in some cases include; G. Williams ( 8 games), Thompson (3), Rabbit (6), Budda (1), Browning (2), Clark (2) Hall(1), Johnson (5), Melton (6), Nichols (4), M. Wilson (9) and Robinson (3) - who you said started every game but he was injured after the Titans game (partically torn Pec was the word) and battled through the injury.

    I also think you have underestimated the deflating effect the injuries were having on a team that was expecting to compete but was watching their season slowly getting flushed down the drain. Or the effect of the special teams injuries, giving teams their first drive on the day from the 1 yard line or having the defence start on their own twenty yard line after their offence just got them back in the game.

    The 49ers are a poor comparison for what the Cardinals endured this past year.

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