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ArizonaCardinals

596-826-41
All time, since 1920
.421
Win percentage
0
Super Bowls
State Farm StadiumUnder a roofBye week 14
The oldest continuously operating franchise in American professional football plays here, which nobody outside the state gets round to mentioning. Trey McBride is the best tight end alive, Marvin Harrison Jr. catches anything thrown near him, and Jeremiyah Love is coming through behind them. State Farm keeps the heat off the grass and the noise inside.
L. CalderonClubhouse Correspondent, Arizona

The fantasy roster, best rated first

16 rated
Key asset
Trey McBride
TE#4
Trey McBride
100.0
Jeremiyah Love
RB#37
Jeremiyah Love
94.3
Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR#85
Marvin Harrison Jr.
83.5
Michael Wilson
WR#120
Michael Wilson
71.5
Jacoby Brissett
QB#176
Jacoby Brissett
53.1
Tyler Allgeier
RB#220
Tyler Allgeier
34.6
James Conner
RB#242
James Conner
23.8
Kendrick Bourne
WR#247
Kendrick Bourne
21.3
Xavier Weaver
WR#317
Xavier Weaver
10.0
Bam Knight
RB#336
Bam Knight
8.6
Jalen Brooks
WR#354
Jalen Brooks
7.5
Carson Beck
QB#364
Carson Beck
6.5
Reggie Virgil
WR#380
Reggie Virgil
5.3
Gardner Minshew
QB#383
Gardner Minshew
5.0
Elijah Higgins
TE#421
Elijah Higgins
1.8
Tip Reiman
TE#455
Tip Reiman
0.3

Fantasy-relevant players only. Quarterbacks, backs, receivers and tight ends, which is what HexMetrics prices. 1 of them sit inside the league's top 25, 2 inside the top 50, 3 inside the top 100.

Roster strength
67.7
25 of 32, weighted starting seven
Team Power
56
27 of 32, both sides
Value-weighted age
25.8
14 of 32, youngest first
Indoor games
13/17
1 of 32, most first

How roster strength is built: the seven slots behind 67.7

HexScore rates a player against others at his own position, so the seven below are not added up: each is weighted by what its slot is worth to an offence, and the weights are in the last column.

QBJacoby Brissett53.128%
RB1Jeremiyah Love94.313%
RB2Tyler Allgeier34.67%
WR1Marvin Harrison Jr.83.517%
WR2Michael Wilson71.512%
TETrey McBride100.013%
FLEXJames Conner23.810%

The case for the 2026 season

Written before Week 1, and not revisited. Written 2026-08-21, before a single snap. Every result, injury and trade after kickoff is missing from it. Read it as a record of the argument rather than as a current one.

The best tight end in football, thirteen games indoors, and a quarterback slot at 53.1

Trey McBride rates 100.0 at his position, 4 of 457, which makes him the highest-rated tight end in football and one of the five best skill players in the league. Arizona play 13 of 17 games indoors, 1 of 32 and the most of any club. And the club rates 67.7 for roster strength, 25 of 32, because the quarterback slot rates 53.1 and carries 28% of the figure. Nobody outside this state is going to read past the third sentence, so I have put all three in it.

L. CalderonClubhouse Correspondent, Arizona

The tight end, priced properly for once

Trey McBride at 100.0 in an air-raid scheme at a 0.64 pass rate with tight-end usage the profile calls high. The tight end slot carries 13% of the club figure, the same as a lead back.

I believe an elite tight end in a pass-heavy scheme is the most efficient way to buy production and the least respected way to do it, and this is the cleanest instance of it in the league: a club that throws at 0.64, uses the position heavily, and has the best one in football. Every ranking that has this club near the bottom is a ranking that has priced that at roughly nothing.

And the reason the club figure is where it is

Quarterback 53.1, 176 of 457. First back 94.3, 37. First receiver 83.5. Second receiver 71.5. Second back 34.6. Flex 23.8.

A club that throws sixty-four per cent of the time with a quarterback slot at 53.1 behind a line ranked 26 of 32 is a club whose scheme and whose personnel are pointed in different directions. That is not a subtle finding and it is not one I am going to argue my way around. The scheme profile's quarterback input reads 0.58 and pass efficiency reads 0.68.

Thirteen games indoors

13 of 17, which is the most in football, and only 4 outdoors. Strength of schedule ranks 11 of 32 counting easiest first.

A fully indoor schedule is worth points that no positional model carries, and this one does not carry it either: the page counts the roof and prices nothing. A club that throws at 0.64 and plays thirteen games without weather is running the version of its offense the scheme was designed for, thirteen times. Take that as the largest unmeasured item on this page and note that it is on this club's side.

The claim, from a market nobody checks

Defensively: pass 27 of 32, rush 20, and a forward-looking composite at 11, which is a sixteen-place disagreement between what the unit has done and what it is projected to do. Team Power reads 56, 27 of 32. The value-weighted age is 25.8, 14 of 32 counting youngest first, with 36% of the rated talent under twenty-five and 16 rated players against a league average of 14.3. The bye is late, week 14.

I am sceptical of national projections for clubs that get no primetime exposure, and I would be saying that whatever the number said. So here is the version that does not depend on being overlooked: the best tight end in football, a top-thirty-five back, the most indoor games in the league, a forward defensive number in the top eleven, and one position that undoes all of it. Fix the one and this is a division club. Do not fix it and the ranking is correct, which is the least satisfying sentence on this page and the true one.

The club record

78 players. Read from www.azcardinals.com on 2026-09-12. Not a HexMetrics rating: this is what the club publishes.

Coaching staff

30 coaches

Coaching Staff

  • Head CoachMike LaFleur

Coordinators

  • Defensive CoordinatorNick Rallis
  • Offensive CoordinatorNathaniel Hackett
  • Special Teams CoordinatorMichael Ghobrial

Offense

  • Assistant Offensive LineChris Cook
  • Offensive Quality ControlBrett Ekkens
  • Offensive LineJustin Frye
  • Bill Bidwill FellowshipWendy Laurent
  • Running BacksMatt Merritt
  • Tight EndsJake Moreland
  • QuarterbacksMatt Schaub
  • Pass Game SpecialistConnor Senger
  • Wide ReceiversTony Sorrentino

Defense

  • Senior Defensive AssistantTeryl Austin
  • CornerbacksZac Etheridge
  • Outside LinebackersMatt Feeney
  • Defensive BacksCristian Garcia
  • Defensive Quality ControlBrent Jackson
  • Defensive LinePete Kwiatkowski
  • Defensive Quality Control CoachAlec Osborne
  • Inside LinebackersRod Wilson

Special Teams

  • Assistant Special TeamsSam Sewell

Strength And Conditioning

  • Head Strength And ConditioningKyle Sammons
  • Assistant Strength And ConditioningMatt King
  • Assistant Strength And ConditioningRich Pruett
  • Reconditioning/Assistant Strength And ConditioningAaron Sanchez
  • Sr. Coordinator, ReconditioningBuddy Morris
  • Director, Football PerformanceShea Thompson

Staff

  • Director, Football StrategyKenny Bell
  • Assistant To The Head CoachJay Razzano

Read from www.azcardinals.com on 2026-09-12.

Depth chart

Offense

  • WR
    1. Marvin Harrison Jr.83.5
    2. Jalen Brooks7.5
  • LT
    1. Paris Johnson Jr.
    2. Josh Fryar
  • LG
    1. Isaac Seumalo
    2. Hayden Conner
  • C
    1. Hjalte Froholdt
    2. Jon Gaines II
  • RG
    1. Isaiah Adams
    2. Jon Gaines II
  • RT
    1. Elijah Wilkinson
    2. Jayden Williams
  • TE
    1. Trey McBride100.0
    2. Elijah Higgins1.8
    3. Hunter Long
  • WR
    1. Kendrick Bourne21.3
    2. Devin Duvernay
  • WR
    1. Michael Wilson71.5
    2. Simi Fehoko
    3. Reggie Virgil5.3
  • QB
    1. Jacoby Brissett53.1
    2. Gardner Minshew II5.0
    3. Carson Beck6.5
  • RB
    1. Tyler Allgeier34.6
    2. Jeremiyah Love94.3
    3. Bam Knight8.6

Defense

  • DT
    1. Dante Stills
    2. Darius Robinson
  • NT
    1. Roy Lopez
    2. Andrew Billings
  • DT
    1. Walter Nolen III
    2. L.J. Collier
  • OLB
    1. Josh Sweat
    2. Jordan Burch
    3. Eku Leota
  • ILB
    1. Jack Gibbens
    2. Karson Sharar
  • ILB
    1. Mack Wilson Sr.
    2. Cody Simon
  • OLB
    1. Zaven Collins
    2. Baron Browning
  • CB
    1. Denzel Burke
    2. Garrett Williams
  • CB
    1. Will Johnson
    2. Kei'Trel Clark
  • CB
    1. Max Melton
  • S
    1. Andrew Wingard
    2. Kitan Crawford
    3. Wydett Williams Jr.
  • S
    1. Budda Baker
    2. Dadrion Taylor-Demerson

Special Teams

  • K
    1. Chad Ryland
  • P
    1. Blake Gillikin
  • LS
    1. Casey Kreiter
  • H
    1. Blake Gillikin
  • KR
    1. Devin Duvernay
    2. Max Melton
    3. Jeremiyah Love94.3
  • PR
    1. Devin Duvernay
    2. Michael Wilson71.5

Full roster

17 of 61 rated
#PlayerPosHtWtAgeExpCollege
Active53
Offense
7Jacoby BrissettRatedQB6-42353311N.C. State
15Gardner Minshew IIRatedQB6-1225308Washington State
19Carson BeckRatedQB6-423324RMiami
4Jeremiyah LoveRatedRB6-021221RNotre Dame
20Bam KnightRatedRB5-11210254N.C. State
22Tyler AllgeierRatedRB5-10225265BYU
14Michael WilsonRatedWR6-2213264Stanford
17Kendrick BourneRatedWR6-12053110Eastern Washington
18Marvin Harrison Jr.RatedWR6-3220243Ohio State
80Simi FehokoWR6-4225286Stanford
81Devin DuvernayWR5-11202296Texas
82Reggie VirgilRatedWR6-318722RTexas Tech
86Jalen BrooksRatedWR6-2205264South Carolina
84Elijah HigginsRatedTE6-3245254Stanford
85Trey McBrideRatedTE6-4246265Colorado State
89Hunter LongTE6-5253286Boston College
58Hayden ConnerOL6-6315242Texas
65Elijah WilkinsonOL6-63153110UMass Amherst
66Jayden WilliamsOL6-430723RMississippi
70Paris Johnson Jr.OL6-6325254Ohio State
71Jon Gaines IIOL6-4320274UCLA
72Hjalte FroholdtOL6-5310308Arkansas
73Isaac SeumaloOL6-43103211Oregon State
74Isaiah AdamsOL6-4315263Illinois
78Josh FryarOL6-5320242Ohio State
Defense
51Roy LopezDL6-2312296Arizona
55Dante StillsDL6-4300264West Virginia
56Darius RobinsonDL6-5290253Missouri
91L.J. CollierDL6-2300318TCU
95Andrew BillingsDL6-13403110Baylor
97Walter Nolen IIIDL6-4300222Mississippi
0Cody SimonILB6-2230242Ohio State
1Mack Wilson Sr.ILB6-1240288Alabama
43Karson ShararILB6-123123RIowa
50Jack GibbensILB6-4242274Minnesota
5Baron BrowningOLB6-3255276Ohio State
10Josh SweatOLB6-5265299Florida State
25Zaven CollinsOLB6-4270276Tulsa
52Jordan BurchOLB6-4280242Oregon
54Eku LeotaOLB6-4257272Auburn
2Will JohnsonCB6-2200232Michigan
13Kei'Trel ClarkCB5-10181254Louisville
16Max MeltonCB5-11190243Rutgers
21Garrett WilliamsCB5-10192254Syracuse
29Denzel BurkeCB5-11190232Ohio State
3Budda BakerS5-101953010Washington
28Andrew WingardS6-0205298Wyoming
31Wydett Williams Jr.S6-120522RMississippi
36Kitan CrawfordS5-11202242Nevada
42Dadrion Taylor-DemersonS5-10200253Texas Tech
Special teams
38Chad RylandRatedK6-0195264Maryland
12Blake GillikinP6-2196287Penn State
59Casey KreiterLS6-12503611Iowa
Active/Physically Unable to Perform1
87Tip ReimanRatedTE6-5271243Illinois
Reserve/Injured5
33Trey BensonRatedRB6-0225243Florida State
57Chase BisontisOL6-631422RTexas A&M
32Joey BlountS6-1195275Virginia
46Jameson GeersTE6-525023RMinnesota
94Kaleb ProctorDL6-229122RSoutheastern Louisiana
Reserve/Injured; Designated for Return2
90Zach CarterDL6-4301274Florida
6James ConnerRatedRB6-12333110Pittsburgh

Practice squad

0 of 17 rated
#PlayerPosHtWtAgeExpCollege
Practice Squad16
Offense
26Evan HullRB5-10209251Northwestern
30Harrison Wallace IIIWR6-019223RMississippi
83Ihmir Smith-MarsetteWR6-1200275Iowa
44Shawn BowmanTE6-4249261Rutgers
47Teagan QuitorianoTE6-6259265Oregon State
63Vershon LeeOL6-4310241South Carolina
67Demontrey JacobsOL6-6325273South Florida
76Matt PryorOL6-7332319TCU
Defense
98Jared Harrison-HunteDE6-4294262SMU
93Cam HorsleyDL6-3312241Boston College
96Damonic WilliamsDL6-130522ROklahoma
48Eugene AsanteILB6-1222261Auburn
49Cameron RobertsonOLB6-426022RSMU
24Starling Thomas VCB5-10194264UAB
27D'Shawn JamisonCB5-9186272Texas
35Kalen KingCB5-11190231Penn State
Practice Squad/International1
69Valentin SennOL6-7310262Connecticut

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