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Red Rain Pre-Season 53-Man Roster Bottle Opener Ahead of Hall of Fame Game By Walter Mitchell By now, many of you have seen the Cardinals' first depth chart of the pre-season. It is as follows: There are so many issues that I have with this initial chart that I think it would be easier to provide a 53-Man Roster calculation. QB (2) Jacoby Brissett, Carson Beck It's been perplexing to understand Mike LaFleur's signing of Gardner Minshew, as Minshew does not physically match LaFleur's QB profile. Jacoby Brissett and Carson Beck fit the profile practically to a tee and they have been the strongest passers in camp, by a wide margin. Minshew should clear waivers (g-ted salary) and could be signed to the practice squad. Either landing on the 53 or practice squad, he gets to keep his guaranteed $5.1M.  RB (4) Jeremiyah Love, Tyler Allgeier, James Conner, Bam Knight Trey Benson was not at practice yesterday and no one as yet appears to know why. James Conner's leadership is...
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Why Cardinals' Defense Should Play the Entire Pre-Season in Cover 1 (Man Up) By Walter Mitchell What's astonishing about the Arizona Cardinals' sheer reluctance to play man-to-man pass coverage is the fact that since 2013 ever since Michael Bidwill took over as team president, all of their head honchos on defense such as Todd Bowles, Steve Wilks, Vance Joseph and Jonathan Gannon cut their NFL teeth coaching defensive backs.  Pass Coverage Grades and Man-to-Man Coverage Percentages since 2013: 2013 Todd Bowles --- #4 --- 25.4% 2014 Todd Bowles --- #22 --- 42.2%- 2015 James Bettcher --- #6 --- 43.3% 2016 James Bettcher --- #11 --- 42.2% 2017 James Bettcher --- #14 --- 15.0% 2018 Steve Wilks --- #24 --- 25.0% 2019 Vance Joseph --- #31 --- 32.0% 2020 Vance Joseph --- #24 --- 18.3% 2021 Vance Joseph --- #17 --- 15.1% 2022 Vance Joseph --- #23 --- 15.1% 2023 Jonathan Gannon --- #30 --- 15.6% 2024 Jonathan Gannon --- #17 --- 15.1% 2025 Jonathan Gannon --- #27 --- 15.1% The profoun...