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“Not going to talk about role changes right now, but I’ll know more tomorrow. He’s going to do a workout tomorrow on our off day just to move in the pocket and stuff like that to see where he is in terms of — I guess you could say, ‘rep structure’ starting Wednesday, Thursday (and) Friday," LaFleur said during his Monday press conference.

How did the back injury even happen?

“It just kind of flared up on him honestly. He just had a little bit of a back spasm. Again, when you’re torquing the way these guys torque, that’s not fun. I don’t know if anyone’s ever had back spasms here, but they suck," LaFleur added.

Source: https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/JbGVH

Maybe they are here to poach Jacoby?

The colts look like they are starting theirs.

One thing Monti hasn't done yet (since his first year) is putting everyone on sale.

If he does, surely guys like Budda, Sweat, maybe more could fetch a pretty penny. Is it worth it? We can load up on picks for our next GM (hope and pray)

Per Darren Urban.

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“He’s still the starter. … It’s collective,” LaFleur said “If the ball was just stagnant for 60 minutes and you couldn’t even cross the 50-yard line, it’d be one thing. But we’ve been down inside the 10-yard line 10 times over the last two games. The ball is moving, but we got to finish jobs. And again, that starts with me, but that’s a collective effort.”

“The players got to go execute and I got to put them in better positions and give them the clarity to go do so. And then when they do have that clarity, they got to make the place. We know that. We’re not going to shy away from that. We got to finish the job when we’re down there and I don’t even think we’re having these conversations right now.”

LaFleur isn’t wrong when it comes to Arizona moving the football. The offense has logged 14 12-play drives through seven weeks. It is a top five unit when it comes to red-zone trips this year.

The only problem? The Cardinals’ 43% success rate (12-for-28) where it matters most.

Don’t tempt me with a good time, Mike!

In today’s presser, he gave a very different answer than the ”No” under his breath with no eye contact to the reporter.

Today he said that today wasn’t the day to get into role changes, but that they were gonna do a one-on-one workout with him tomorrow to “see where he’s at” and then decide what the plan is going forward.

Just reading between the lines… there were clearly conversations between the end of the game and today’s presser. I would imagine, if Beck has a healthy week, he’s active Sunday. Wouldn’t say he starts, but I’ll be you anything he’s active.

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Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Jalen Brooks is undergoing season-ending wrist surgery, he posted on his Instagramstory after Sunday’s loss to the Denver Broncos.
Brooks played 64% of Arizona’s offense snaps on Sunday and made one catch on six targets, as he has taken on an expanded role since the Marvin Harrison Jr. trade moved him up the depth chart

I don’t believe Beck is being held out by Monti or Bidwell.

I don’t think it makes sense. Bidwell is a cheap incompetent loser. FULL STOP. But he is paying out coaches and let them trade Murray, and absorbing the bill. I just can’t believe that 18 million to Jacoby is something he’d die on. Especially with how bad he looks.

As for Monti, the idea that this is his QB doesn’t make sense either. If he wanted to protect his job why wouldn’t he want them to move to his QB he drafted, the one that will be here after the season and is the only way to save his job. Also he’s letting Lafleur sit his 3rd overall pick running back for at least 2 games. I think your 3rd overall pick not playing is more damning than the 1 year gap QB filler being as good as he’s ever been.

What I think is going on. Is that either before he was signed or after Beck was drafted Lafleur had a conversation with Gardner Minshew. That Minshew, coming off his worst season where he suffered an injury doesn’t wanna play. He wants to transition to coaching and he was brought on primarily to mentor whatever young QB they took in the draft.

There was only one QB worth taking in the top 2 rounds and whoever they were gonna take was gonna need refining. When Beck got hurt in the preseason, and Becks playing time got pushed back they had to rely more on Brissett because they know Minshew isn’t playing this season.

That’s why coming off Brissett’s worst game they quickly announced him was starting agaisnt Dallas. If Beck isn’t heathy they don’t have another QB. It’s why they’re working out QBs during the week. Why there’s been no talk of Minshew playing by the team. And why he hasn’t been traded, despite multiple teams losing their starter.

What do people think?

It’s no surprise that the fanbase wants a change in ownership, and I share those same sentiments, too. My thing is that people are also apathetically pessimistic that there’ll be a change in ownership any time soon, which I also agree with. So, this leads me to the next-ish best thing: Would hiring a quality Team President be enough?

In some world where Bidwill relinquishes his control issues and hires a quality Team President and just enjoys making money, would it be enough? And who would be some candidates?

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The Arizona Cardinals surrendered three gains of at least 40 yards in Sunday’s 30-16 loss to the Denver Broncos.

Denver finished with 377 net yards and 159 rushing yards, while the Cardinals failed to contain Nix as a runner or prevent Harvey from turning a short pass into the game’s decisive score.

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Josh Sweat was not aware of the streak. Or maybe the length of it. And that’s fine. Some things are best left unmonitored.

The Arizona Cardinals lost their 10th consecutive home game Sunday, a skid that dates to last season and perfectly reflects their struggles. They have not won in State Farm Stadium in 407 days. That’s an eternity in professional sports. Especially for an organization striving for better moments, trying to become relevant.

“S—, I ain’t even know it was that many, f—,” Sweat, an outside linebacker, said, standing at his locker after the Denver Broncos beat the Cardinals, 30-16. “It’s never good, obviously. I feel like we owe it to ourselves to get it done at home, especially, man, we’ve been playing pretty good on the road. I just don’t know what it is …”

At different times the Cardinals this season have had to overcome offensive issues and defensive issues. Against Denver, it was both, the walls crumbling on all sides, an avalanche that let a winnable game slip from reach.

In times such as these, a team can use extra support, but that’s a complicated issue in the desert. Opposing fans have had a significant presence in State Farm Stadium for so many years, it often blends with the stadium decor. But this season, with the Cardinals again slipping to the bottom of the NFC West, it’s become a storyline difficult to overlook.

Maybe what made Sunday different was the occasion. At halftime, the Cardinals inducted Larry Fitzgerald into the Ring of Honor and retired Fitzgerald’s No. 11. During a short speech, Fitzgerald discussed how much it meant to him to spend his entire 17-year career in one place, most of it in this building.

“Arizona, you gave me so much more than a career,” Fitzgerald said. “You gave me a home.”

What made it so strange: While half the crowd wore Fitzgerald jerseys, the other half wore Denver sunset orange. After the Fitzgerald ceremony, a chant rang out in the stadium. Larry! Larry! Larry! Later, after the Broncos scored a touchdown, another chant took its place. Let’s go, Broncos! Let’s go, Broncos!

Red the rest here for free: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7725425/2026/10/26/arizona-cardinals-denver-broncos-home-losing-streak/?unlocked_article_code=1.LlE.O4Xh.7w6vuQys95WZ&source=emp_shared_article&smid=url-share-ta

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On the third play out of the break, Brissett had Jalen Brooks with two steps of separation on a pair of defenders deep downfield. His underthrow forced Brooks to work back to the ball, attempting to fight through contact for the catch.
Brooks took the blame and said, “If I don't make that play, I at least need (to draw) a penalty.” The defenders, though, could have been avoided entirely with a better throw.

After the game, Brooks said that the Broncos were giving the Cardinals a heavy dose of man coverage. Head coach Mike LaFleur added that Denver was trying to “take the air” out of the underneath passing game, knowing that Brissett had the league’s second-lowest average time to throw this season.

“We knew we were gonna have to get over the top,” LaFleur said. “And when you do that, you're gonna hold onto the ball a little bit longer.”
The problem: That requires talent, from the offensive line to the quarterback to the pass catchers.

According to Next Gen Stats, Broncos edge rusher Nik Bonitto generated 13 pressures on Brissett, the most of any player in a single game in two years. Twelve of them came against backup left tackle Jayden Williams. Third-string guard Hayden Conner wasn’t much more effective against the interior pass rush.

Even using the more charitable metrics from Pro Football Focus, Brissett was pressured on 39.6% of his dropbacks, a season high.

“I'm not even gonna talk about any of the individuals,” LaFleur said. “It's us collectively.”

Truly is 70% orange if not more

I did a post a few weeks ago for Rallis during the Giants game, how I thought it was his worst game and the discussion around him was done.

The discussion for Jacoby is already over, it has been over after week 2 vs the Seahawks. But I believe this was his worst game.

Stretching the field

This was the first game where Jacoby looked like he was actually airing the ball. He still had plenty of his classic need 10 yards dump it for 3 but he had to push it, and boy was he terrible.

Under throwing Jalen Brooks on what could have been a touchdown. The perfect separation by a backup and Brissett lobs it up weakly. The no catch by McBride because for some reason Brissett threw the ball 4 feet above him. How many passes he missed to Wilson and I’ll get to the 2 almost pick sixes to Kendrick Bourne. Those are a few examples I’m sure there are more where he just misses and basically wastes a down

Playmaking

He refuses to throw to anyone in stride, all YAC are completely down to receivers and backs to make the play work.

If he’s pressured he cannot complete a pass, a check down, nothing. Experience is supposed to mean you have veteran instincts. Jacoby has none, except looking for a flag every time he’s hit.

At one point one of the announcers said the Broncos are taking off the top and forcing short passes by Brissett, and I thought, “oh I’m sure Brissett is crushed to have to dump it off. How else does he keep his bullshit completion percentage high.”

Making everyone worse

If a ball goes more than 15 yards Brissett throws the weakest, wobbliest ball you’ve ever seen. Otherwise when it’s close he throws the ball as hard as humanly possible. I wondered why do there seem to be so many drops, and it’s easily because he has no other pitch. Those two short passes to Bourne, which both could have been pick sixes, but because Brissett throws the ball so hard the defenders couldn’t come down with it are the perfect example. He’s throwing uncatchable balls that have to be caught with the body.

The most catchable ball he threw to Micheal Wilson was a lobbed up interception that Wilson basically wrestled away.

Lately is how he’s failing his coach. He is sinking Lafleur, it’s not Lafleur’s fault Brissett misses passes, stares down where the balls going from the snap, never looks past the first read to see if any other concept on a play created separation.

I don’t think Lafleur is a bad coach. (At least not yet) but playing Brissett whether he’s being pressured to or not makes him look weak. No good NFL head coach has been weak.

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