Red Rain Podcast 222: 53 Reactions, Hoorays and Bummers
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Urge Michael Bidwill to Sell Petition --- We Need Your Signatures By Walter Mitchell and Joanna J. Love Link here: Walter B J Mitchell @WBJMItch Boost Demand Michael Bidwill sell the Arizona Cardinals - Sign the Petition! https:// c.org/fc5sNWYtDw via @Change We have 334 signatures thus far and will need every signature we can get. Thanks to all of you for participating in this cause. The Issue To: The NFL - Urge Michael Bidwill to Sell the Team or Step Down as Team President We Arizona Cardinals' fans would like to urge the NFL to ask Michael Bidwill to sell the team or to at least hire a new Team President in order to put the troubled franchise's key decision-making in the hands of someone more competent, trustworthy and charismatic. For the following reasons: Key Allegations and Lawsuits (per Google) Arizona Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill has faced multiple high-profile allegations of verbal abuse, harassment, discrimination, and gross misco...
Fun Episode Today!!!! Hope you enjoy
ReplyDeleteJust found your show and podcast! Love the deep analysis vs just being screaming talking heads
DeleteAppreciate the support!! Look forward to chatting with you here with us at Red Rain
DeleteWelcome to you, KYAFAN!
DeletePappoe who couldn't find a role with one of the worst D in football was quickly picked up by a defensive savvy HC in Tennessee. They brought back Starling Thomas but not E Jones. Head firmly up their collective ass when it comes to evaluating talent, developing talent and have zero problem kicking high draft picks to the preverbal curb.
ReplyDeleteThird on waivers with a gutted front seven — and zero claims. Twenty-nine players changed hands, Arizona took none. LaFleur's "time on task" line is just we didn't feel like it.
ReplyDeleteBut the waiver wire is the small crime: this front office cannot hold onto the players it spends real draft capital on. A second-rounder, two third-rounders, two fifth-rounders — Day 2 and Day 3 picks Monti Ossenfort personally selected — all gone or shelved in three years. Draft-and-dump, and when a body breaks down, it stays broken: BJ Ojulari tore his ACL in a Cardinals training camp and never came back, and Trey Benson, a third-round back, has now landed on IR in back-to-back seasons.
That's not bad luck — the NFL's own players told you why. Arizona graded dead last, 32nd of 32, in the 2025 NFLPA report card. A report that ranked them worst in football, the weight room got an F, the locker room an F-, and the strength staff's individualized training graded dead last in the league. An owner who won't spend, a facility so far behind the replacement doesn't open until 2028.
Ossenfort draft picks already gone or shelved:
BJ Ojulari — LB, 2023 2nd round (41st) — cut
Elijah Jones — CB, 2024 3rd round (90th) — cut
Christian Jones — OT, 2024 5th round (162nd) — cut
Owen Pappoe — LB, 2023 5th round (168th) — cut, claimed by Tennessee
Trey Benson — RB, 2024 3rd round (66th) — waived/injured, on IR again
YOU MAKE THE CALL — what's the real problem?
☐ Poor drafting
☐ Poor player evaluation
☐ Poor player development
☐ Poor injury prevention (training facilities & staff)
☐ All of the above
You furgot pour owner, pour field conditions, pour desert climate....*slap* shut up ERauch. Go fix me a turkey pot pie!
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DeleteMy answer: poor player development on defense, poor training facilities and staff and taking risks drafting players with injury red flags. Great post, Sam. Thank you.
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