Monti and His Coaches BLOCKING Team's 2026 NFL Draft Pick Developments


By Walter Mitchell

One of the surefire ways to impede the development of an NFL team's draft picks is to do precisely what Monti Ossenfort is doing this year by favoring his own free agents over the rookies --- and/or overdrafting at a position 

Cases in point:

1. Tyler Allgeier RB1 --- Jeremiyah Love RB2 (#3 pick in 2026). To this day, J. Love has never been listed on the team's depth chart as RB1, even when he was healthy. Not only has the coaches' plan for Love looked thoroughly uncreative, it speaks volumes that in New York with 4 downs to win the game from the 3-yard line, despite his HC saying afterward Love was a full GO, he, who scored a nifty bounce out TD versus the Chargers during his first drive as a pro, was kept off the field for all 4 plays. 

2. Chase Bisontis (#34 pick 2026) --- was this a concession that the GM had already given up on Isaiah Adams (pick #71 in 2024) and Jon Gaines II (pick #122 in 2023), not to mention Hayden Conner (#211 pick in 2025)? Given the team's glaring needs on defense, adding a 4th drafted guard in 4 years seemed superfluous. This is one of the ways GMs fail at roster building --- by over-addressing certain positions in the draft at the expense of under-addressing positions of higher need.

3. Gardner Minshew QB2 --- Carson Beck QB3 (#65 pick 2026) --- fact is, in Monti's 4 years as GM he has mishandled every QB under his watch. The handling of Carson Beck --- not signing him until the first day of training camp --- then benching him for the final three pre-season games while Gardner Minshew and Kalen Slovis got hundreds of snaps was imo outrageous. The whole lingering rib injury claim was a sham. Dude played a stellar level of ball after he suffered the injury and did not look the least bit inhibited by it. Now they had to have a special workout for him, when he should have been the QB2 all along. 

4. Kaleb Proctor (#104 pick 2026) --- IR --- was expected to be in the DT rotation --- adding to the uncanny list of DT draft pick injuries (Robinson-calf, Nolen-calf) under Monti's and his trainers' watch.

5. Kendrick Bourne WR2 and Zay Jones WR3? --- Reggie Virgil (#143 pick in 2026)


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While the connection that Jacoby Brissett was making with Zay Jones before Jones' injury last season was good, signing him now when MLF has yet to untap Simi Fehoko (most under-rated WR on the team and a bona fide red zone threat at 6-4, 225, 4.39-4.42 speed) and Reggie Virgil (who has flashed playmaking ability and slippery deep speed) while already having a Zay Jones-type of WR in Kenrick Bourne feels redundant and superfluous.

6. Jack Gibbens WLB1 --- Cody Simon (#115 pick in 2025), Karson Sharar (#184 pick in 2026)

7. Elijah Wilkinson RT1 --- Jayden Williams (#217 pick in 2026) --- Jayden Williams, one of the great 7th round steals in the draft looked in the pre-season like the best, most athletic RT on the roster.

Another disturbing mishandling of a major talent is what the GM coaches have been doing to S Dadrion Taylor-Demerson (#104 pick in 2024) who was a perfect choice to succeed Jalen Thompson. First by signing Andrew Wingard in free agency and then after the Rabbit played a strong game (72.6) in the win over Rams starting for the injured Wingard, the coaches thought it would be a good time to replace Rabbit at FS with Garrett Williiams for his first start ever (53.1) at free safety versus the Broncos. 

Tackling Grade versus Rams: Taylor-Demerson 79.4 in 18-16 W

Tacklinmg Garde versus Broncos: Garrett Williams: 29.4 in 30-16 L

Pass Coverage Charts

Over the past 4 years, Monti has drafted 7 CBs and 3 safeties. Look at these pass coverage charts:

CBs



                                                                              Safeties



                                                                         Linebackers



This is a major reason why the Cardinals have given up the most points per game this far this season.  

What a waste of valuable draft capital by putting these players in the hands of incompetent coaches.

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