After an 8-9 campaign for the Cardinals in 2024, Arizona looks to climb up the NFC West in 2025. With a third place finish last season in the NFC West, the Cardinals forecasted some promising stars for the future.
It's hard to believe but Kyler Murray is entering his seventh year in Arizona as the Cardinals starting quarterback. Murray has stuck with the Cardinals through the thick and thin as he enters his third season with Jonathan Gannon calling the plays for Arizona.
The Cardinals have done a great job surrounding their franchise quarterback with talent all around him. It seems like year after year James Conner just continues to get better, despite entering his ninth NFL season. During his 5 seasons as a Cardinal, Conner has provided consistent success on the ground game.
Through the air, Kyler Murray will have Trey McBride and Marvin Harrison Jr. by his side. After an underwhelming first season for Harrison, many expect the young wide receiver to break out in 2025.
This is especially due to the fact that this offense also contains Trey McBride as he constantly is known as a huge threat in the passing game. McBride is coming off his first 1000 yard season and got rewarded with a four-year contract extension this offseason.
Arizona ranked 11th in the NFL in total offense in 2024. After retaining their top weapons, the Cardinals will look to put up similar numbers to a year ago. What unfortunately did not rank as high was the defensive corps for the Cardinals.
Arizona addressed this problem and bulked up on defense this offseason. The first five draft picks the Cardinals had in the 2025 NFL Draft were made up of defensive players. Arizona took arguably one of the best cornerback prospects in this previous draft in Will Johnson.
Johnson will be inserted as a potential starting cornerback for the Cardinals in 2025. They also selected Walter Nolen, a defensive tackle out of Ole Miss. Along with Nolen, Arizona added Josh Sweat and Dalvin Tomlinson to bolster their front seven even further.
Most of the glaring gaps on the defensive side of the football were filled with lots of talent and promise for 2025. On paper, Arizona looks much improved from a year ago, but will it be enough to get out of the tough NFC West and clinch a top 7 seed in the NFC?
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