TEMP CHECK: Arizona Cardinals HC Jonathan Gannon Has Team CLOSE, But Unable To Win Close Games

TEMP CHECK: Arizona Cardinals HC Jonathan Gannon Has Team CLOSE, But Unable To Win Close Games

There’s a lot of moving parts, a lot of questions, a lot of potential reasons why the Arizona Cardinals are two and four. It’s time for a full-blown Jonathan Ganon temp check. Let’s You are Locked On Cardinals, your daily Arizona Cardinals podcast, part of the Locked On podcast network. Your team every day. Cardinals. Alex Clancy here. Follow me on Twitter, Clancy’s Corner. Call the podcast at locked onazcards. Thank you for making lockdown on Cardinals your first listen free wherever you get your podcast and on YouTube part of the locked on podcast network your team every day. Today’s episode brought to you by FanDuel. Uh right now new customers can bet just five bucks and if your bet wins you get $300 in bonus bets to use across the app. So talked a lot about Jacobe Brassette. Talked a lot about the defense giving up more than 19 points that they were averaging. So everybody’s running for the hill saying it’s the defense’s fault to when is Kyler Murray coming back? Should Kyler Murray play? Should Kyler Murray wait till after the by-week? Whatever it is. I think it’s time to do a Jonathan Ganon temp check. No ulterior motives, no, you know, perceptions ahead of time. Let’s just break it down together. And I, you know, I brought a friend. I brought a I brought a dude, Donnie Drew, sports illustrated writer for Arizona Cardinals. Once again, bro, it’s been a while. It’s been a while. Um, I haven’t been doing guests really because there’s been so much content and now it’s like if I have to talk about Jakob again by myself, um, I’m going to run into a wall. So, I want to get your thoughts. Um, first off, let’s do a temp check on what it’s like around the facility. Let’s do that. I wasn’t going to ask you this, but like you, the boys at PHNX, you know, there’s a handful of guys who are there every day. Talk to me about it. Yeah, I think at least before this week, the the vibes are still positive. Like I at least like before last game, I couldn’t really get a a a good grasp of like the skies falling, fire everybody. Like that that was not the uh the volume around the facility, I would say. Um and I I think because like they haven’t been blown out every game, Alex, like they they they’ve been in every single game. They’ve lost um they’ve still lost all of those games. I think there’s maybe a level of uh for lack of better words, frustration around it where it’s like, hey, like we’re trusting this process. We’re doing things like we’re supposed to. We’re tweaking the little things and like we’re we’re obviously competitive. We can obviously win these games, but we’re not um once or twice. And I gave him the benefit of the doubt with the backto-back NFC West games, you know, two games within five days of each other, one of them on the road. Like I I I can swallow that. The last two have just been atrocious. Um, and you know, you you talk about a team that was supposed to have playoff aspirations in 2025 that was supposed to be the quote unquote easy part of the schedule. They have the the NFL’s toughest chunk of schedule remaining. Um, you were supposed to be 4 and two, 5- one entering this by week. And barring a miracle against the Green Bay Packers, you’re going to be two and five. There’s going to be a lot of soul searching you need to do. Um, what I will say though is I think Jonathan Gainon has those guys trained, ready to play every week. I don’t think they’re ready to give up on this season. I think there is a lot of football left, but the, you know, the problem with that and like Suns fans will will recognize this a lot and like I’m not comparing them directly, but like this exactly reminds me of Frankle when he got to the Phoenix Suns and he was like, “Guys, like we have a lot of time to figure this out. Like nobody’s panicking, nobody’s worrying.” And he said that and the season just went deeper and deeper and that same message was being repeated and nothing changed. Nothing changed. And and I’m I’m kind of getting deja vu here again, Alex, because every week we listen to Jonathan Ganon talk about we’re not panicking. We’re going to trust the process. You know, I’m okay with this. I’m okay with that. I Well, you’ve lost four in a row, John. Something’s got to change, man. Something has to change. Yeah. I mean, I uh after the Tennessee loss, my cold open was, “Are you worried now?” I said it like five times like we still not worried like are you not worried? So I can complete can completely appreciate what you’re saying and with with the Jonathan Gan and Tempche bad teams figure out a way to lose games they’re supposed to win. So the Cardinals are either the best bad team in the league or the worst good team in the league. And I don’t know what it is and it doesn’t really matter because losing four games by a combined nine points like good teams figure out how to win games. Not only when you’re up with two minutes left on the road in San Francisco. Not only when your team took Dramamine for the first three quarters on offense against Seattle, came back, you kicked the ball out of bounds. It’s not on Chatter Island, but I mean they were a go route incompletion away from going to overtime in that game to being up 21-3 with 10 minute or 8 minutes left in the second quarter against the worst team in the NFL and not scoring another offensive point. Like that doesn’t happen with good teams and the fact that Jacobe was like the so the temp check for me starts with this past week. It’s like okay so you go in with no Kyler Murray against one of the hottest teams in football at top the AFC. You go toe-to-toe and there was no give up with that team which is great. Okay. And we saw a drive under five minutes fully competent Jacobe Brassette march him down the field and be you know an errand throw and a stumble away from from taking the lead. Like we haven’t seen that all year from Kyler Murray. So that’s why my brain’s in a blender because it’s like okay it’s been bad coaching and it’s been very good show up ready to play coaching. I don’t know which one will win if the Cardinals go to two and seven or two and eight after the pie. Yeah. And I think that’s what’s so perplexing about all of this is like you you see the upside with this team. Um the the Colts offense and granted like the the Cardinals defense allowed a season high 31 points this past week. But like the the Colts have dropped 40 burgers the last two out of three games entering this past weekend. Like nobody’s was really able to find an answer for them. Uh but but but the fact that they were arguably like a missed penalty flag away from um either Trey catching that ball or getting a fresh set of downs with under a minute left and beating the Colts on the road, like that would have said something. That that absolutely would have said something. And I I think what what perplexes me is it it’s both sides of the coin, but the NFL is such a black and white business. Like you are what your record is. Jonathan Ganon has said that over and over again. And I I think Cardinals fans are past the point to where yeah, they’re playing hard. That was a cool thing in 2023 whenever they gutted the roster. That was kind of a cool thing last year before they ended up six and four top of the NFC West before the by-week and then everything just fumbled. And what really gets me is that I love that you brought up good teams win those close games because we saw the Cardinals before the by-week last year win those close games. Kyler led numerous game-winning drives in 2024 and they didn’t change anything offensively. They they they lost Clayton Adams, which I I think I I thought it was going to be a big loss. I did not think it was going to be this titanic of of a loss to be quite honest, man. Uh but like some point in bringing it all back, it it’s I think it’s even frustrating and perplexing for the Cardinals themselves because they’re they’re doing this on a weekly basis to where like they’re hanging with good teams. The 90s are a good team. Seahawks are a good team. The Colts are a good team. Granted, they were six inches away from Amari de Marcado crossing the end zone and like blowing the Tennessee Titans out, but but they didn’t, you know, and as for as great as they played the last four weeks, they haven’t been able to come up with wins. And if you don’t win in the NFL, what’s the NFL stand for? Not for long. And we are going to keep having these conversations until something changes. And my biggest fear with this Cardinal coaching staff is no major changes are going to be made and everybody’s going to go down with the ship. Awesome. Uh that’s great. That’s great to hear. But because here’s the thing is like the fascinating part is with that specifically before we pivot to Jacobe versus Kyler again is Jonathan Ganon has already succeeded in something that will last which is the culture meteoric shift from what it was before. And I think that’s pretty obvious and that’s something that’s very difficult to do in a dysfunctional crapbox organization that’s never won more games than they’ve lost. Like they’ve they’re the losingest franchise in the history of football, I think. Um and they’ve also been around the longest. So that’s not necessarily fair, but um he’s changed everything. Klay Campbell came back. Okay, that was enough. If Klay Campbell comes back, you know that things are completely different. And maybe that was his purpose on this journey. and maybe his purpose is up and maybe you need to bring somebody in like a vet head coach who can come in and and do something with this team that he’s incapable of doing. I don’t know if that’s I don’t know if that’s a thing or not. That’s not something we can have a conversation on yet. But what he has done is something that many others have failed at and that’s something that should be taken away. But having said that, this isn’t sitting around the corner saying kumbaya. This is go win more football games and you lose you’re going to be out of a job. And he’s not doing that. I I I was very vocal this off season and and I’m I’m a JG guy through and through like like I really am. And I think when you evaluate the the temperature of Jonathan Gamin seat, I don’t think he gets fired at the end of the year. I I think he he would have to lose out for for them to really like consider that. Um but I I think it’s as warm as possible without his job being in danger. And I I think he feels the pressure. I think his coaching staff feels the pressure. I think the locker room feels that pressure a little bit. And w with with Jonathan Ganon, my only gripe with him is when you play the CEO role and you let the offense call the offense, you let the defense call the defense. You kind of take on that that game management role where you don’t step on anybody’s toes, you have to be willing to interject and step in whenever you feel like you need to. Yeah, I don’t feel like he’s done that so far. I feel like he is a little bit too trusting in a horrid offense that that that was just awful leading into last week. Um, and I’m sure we’ll talk about how different the offense looked with with Jacobe at the helm and maybe what takeaways we have from that. I’m I’m a Jonathan Gana guy. Like I I will never not be and like you said the the culture thing is very real. Like like you you cannot buy that. You cannot bring in just anybody off the street and have that happen. And that’s arguably the most important part of building something sustainable. But we have yet to see that next step taken. Yeah. Yeah. No, that’s right. I mean, and I didn’t even think about this. I mean, I’ve thought about this, but you know, not as much maybe as we thought. And we’ll go to the offense here right after, but it’s like normally more times than not, a first-time head coach is surrounded by, you know, Jim Schwarz and Ken Wizenhunt, like like old head coaches who have who are great at what they do on that side of the ball to kind of cocoon him. I mean, Aaron Glenn was in was in Detroit with uh with with Dan Campbell, like to cocoon him with, hey, we’ve done this before. Lead the way and we’ll take care of our sides. And he hasn’t done that. I mean, it’s worked with Nick Rouse and it’s TBD on on Drew Petting. 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That’s the only good thing that Bo Brock has ever done is that nickname. Um, so, uh, all right. So, did it feel like for the start, first five weeks of the season, you were running uphill with 20 lb weights like Shawn Marion used to wear when working out, and then the beginning of the Colts game on offense, that weight was lifted and you were walking downhill. Like, did it feel like it’s like, “Oh, oh my god, what is this? This is It’s like your, you know, the Matrix and stuff. Like, this is what it’s supposed to look like.” Explain to me why that happened. Yeah, I feel like the training wheels came off. Um, and I I’ve been if if we really want to get into it, I think one of Drew Petting’s biggest downfalls as an offensive coordinator is he tries to not adapt to the weapons around him, but more so tries to have the weapons adapt to his system. I think great offensive coordinators, they look at what they have and they say, “Okay, how can we amplify our strengths here?” Um, and while I think Drew does try to do that, I unfortunately think the offense he runs in Arizona is just so black and white. Hey, here’s what we’re doing. You need to mold to this. You need to fit inside this in order for for you to work here. Um, I think Drew Petting system is better operated by a quarterback that’s more of the Joby Jacobe Brassette mold than the Kyler Murray mold. Um, but to to give Jacobe credit, he stood there in the pocket. He delivered numerous times with guys pressuring him right up the middle. Took hit after hit after hit. showed a little bit of mobility. Uh the the poise, the the command, like I was thoroughly impressed with Jacob’s play even regardless of the loss and even the interception he threw, I don’t think was his fault. I think Z Jones was bumped. That kind of threw everything off. Yeah. Um but I I think and Jonathan said it yesterday like they did tweak the offense to Jacob’s needs and I’m I’m sitting there and I’m like, “Okay, well if if you can do that for Jacobe, we can do that for Kyler.” But we’ve had what at least two full years of Kyler Murray um in in the the offense now and it’s just it doesn’t look like it’s working. And if if if you want to look at the differences like I I would be curious though, Alex, I would like to see them take that same approach with Kyler. Let Kyler throw the ball for for 40 passing attempts next time he’s out there. We’ll see how much better the offense looks because we can make the argument that fourth quarter of the Seahawks game where they were down by two scores and Kyler was just just orchestrating everything. The offense looked good then. So I I think there is something to be said about not wanting to run Michael Carter and Amari de Marcado and Bam Knight into a wall over and over again. Get the ball in the hands of your playmakers. This is 2025. This isn’t 1950. Like get get the 40 rushing attempts out of there. You don’t have James Connor. you don’t have Trey Benson. Clayton Adams is gone. Like, that’s clearly not the bread and butter anymore. Very, very clearly. And the the quicker people calling the shots in the organization realize that, the better off they’ll be. And I think Sunday was the perfect case study of that. Jacob Brassett’s got that old man strength. You know, he’s like, it’s like if Joe Flacco was the quarterback for the Cardinals. Same thing. You know, it’s just like I mean, Jacobe is a little bit more mobile obviously. I think he’s got he’s got better touch at this point in in his career than Joe Flackle. But like I don’t think Kyler Murray can throw those go routes like Jacobe Brassette can. And I don’t think that that like it was obviously obviously clear the differentiation between the ball that Jacobe Brassette is throwing to Michael Wilson down the sideline and what Kyler Murray has thrown this year. You know, out like I I it it was shocking to me. I think I think our friend uh Bo Brock had had pointed out that there were seven players with 20 plus yards on Sunday and that was the amount of plays combined the last like five weeks leading into that game. Yeah, it’s crazy. I mean it’s like he had and I do have so I do the squad show with J Douglas who’s a former offensive lineman and I played seven years he played with Tennessee with Ryan Tanahill. He played um played with a couple other quarterbacks who were more mobile like Taylor Hineki and Marcus Mariota and and he’s got fascinating insight with Kyler Murray. I’m like, is it easier to block for a dude that just stands there or for a dude that’s going to evade the pocket almost immediately? And he’s like, if you got a dude that’s can sit in the pocket, you just have to build one pocket and not have to move with the guy behind line of scrimmage, it’s exponentially easier. I do think Will Hernandez being back added massive amount of uptick. Like Evan Brown playing left guard healthy again, getting Isaiah Adams the hell off the field. Like it helps. But it cannot be understated in a vacuum for that one game that offense snap one to the final snap looked exponentially more competent than anything we’ve seen from Kyler Murray this year. Like we’ve seen five quarters in five games of greatness. One and a half against Carolina, one against Seattle, one against Tennessee in the first quarter I think against against the Saints. But by and large it’s been a crapbox offense, Donnie. like there’s no momentum. There’s no juice and there all there was was juice on Sunday. So that excites me and terrifies me. And also, let me ask you this before we come over to the defense as I go long-winded here. I wonder if it’s the new car smell and not as good as what we’re like what our action potentials are saying just because it’s such a stark difference or is that the best version of the offense and you got to play fantasy football and throw the best quarterback out there for this offense? Like I Yeah, I think it might be a little bit of the the new car because we have to remember like game planning for an offense with very little tape with Jacobe Brassette in the Cardinals uniform. That’s tough. That is very and like I I don’t think people give a lot of credence to that, but like you you don’t know the tendencies. You don’t know what the play calling is going to be. Like it it really is hard. I I think we’re going to find out very very quickly what kind of offense this is with Jacobe Brassette if he has to play next week against a very very good Green Bay Packers team that’ll have some actual game film on what Drew Petting likes to do with Jacobe Brassette and what uh Jacobe likes to do within the offense. But I think that being said, I’ve been very of the the mindset that Kyler Murray has not been the problem this year. I I I I do not think Kyler has been the biggest issue with this team. But also just looking at it in a vacuum like you, how can you not walk away impressed with what you saw yesterday? And then you you have to take it even further step back and say, okay, was that Jacobe? Was that kind of Drew like opening the the floodgates for the offense? Like really like move the ball down the field? Is it both? Like it it’s so hard to tell from a one game sample size, but like what can’t be argued was the offense had its best day. It truly had its best day. And like Alex, like if if Jacob’s forced to play again next week and he has another good showing and like the offense looks competent, it it looks how it should be. If you’re really in the business of winning football games in 2025, we have to have conversations. You don’t you don’t have to make that move, but we have to at least talk about it because what you’re getting from player A compared to player B is just not the same. But that’s working under the assumption that Jacobe one plays again next week and two has another stellar showing. And if he can do that, if he can have similar success against a very very good Packers defense with Micah Parsons likely to backfield every other play, we got to talk about it. Yeah, you know, we do. I mean, it’s the thing that cannot happen because it means Kyler Murray will no longer be an Arizona Cardinal, which may very well be the case. We don’t know. It’s still early in the season to to figure out, but like say Jacobe Brassette starts and then whatever they win or lose, whatever it may be, and then Kyler Murray comes back week nine and he looks terrible and then you bench him for Jacobe Brassette. That’s it. That’s a wrap. Like, no longer will Kyler Murray be an Arizona Cardinal after this season. So if you win on Sunday and Jacobe Brousette looks good and then Kyle Murray comes back in week nine and and ex you know uh excrementss the bed and your season is over because of it. What are we doing? You know so I mean again these are all super down even quote unquote down the road a month from now is a different world than where we are now. We need to determine on if first of all if Kyler’s healthy, if he’s healthy, I still think I understand you start him on Sunday and for sure, you know, if the Cardinals are two and five going into the by-week, I’d be hardressed to think that unless they’re moving on from both coordinator or you know, Drew Presing at the end of the year, there’s no reason to fire him now. You may as well just ride it out. Um, but yeah, so many so many moving pieces. the defense. Okay, this has been a point of contention for me with a lot of my viewers because they’re blaming the defense more than I am. Um, and we’ll talk about it with Donnie Drum from, you know, SI next. This episode of Locked on Cardinals brought to you by Oh, yeah. FanDuel. Um, they’ve got an offer you don’t want to miss, man. If you’re a new customer, you can bet five bucks and if you win, you get $300 in bonus bets. 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Uh because this Panthers team just isn’t worth the the struggle, weekly struggle. Uh and of course, they’ve won, the Panthers have won two games since the Panthers podcast is shut down, but that’s neither here nor there. Um the defense, Mina Kims had the stat of the year on her show. Uh she had Dominic Foxworth on and it was the Arizona Cardinals EV defensive um EVA EPA for the first three quarters was first in the NFL and it was 27th in the fourth quarter. And I hold that directly correlative to the offense just not showing up in the second half of games and them being on the field a lot longer. They gave up 31 points. um you tweeted out, I mean the first drive and the last drive were like it was matted on easy and that’s something that we’re not accustomed to this year. Is that a oneoff? Is that just a really good offense the Cardinal went up against with I mean the best running back in the NFL through through six weeks? I want to say no. And I I think the only reason why I want to say no is because you look at what transpired in the first two weeks against teams like New Orleans and Carolina. Um, and you you it it it took two stops at the very very end in order for them to walk away with wins. And yeah, the Cardinals were two and0, but you walked away from that two and a start be like, I don’t know, man. Like they they can’t they can’t do this against like the the Niners and the Seahawks. They did it against the Niners and the Seahawks. Both game-winning drives. Um, you know, they they couldn’t get a stop against the the Titans in the fourth quarter whenever they needed it. They couldn’t get a stop in the fourth quarter against the Colts. It’s it’s the same thing over and over and over again. If if we’re going to talk about the offense’s faults and just how like they’re not able to get anything going, we got to look at the other side of the ball, too. Like I I I don’t know what it is. I don’t know what the problem is, but like if if we can call it like we see it, like the Cardinals defense has not stepped up most whenever they’ve needed it to. They haven’t. Are they tired from the offense not being able to sustain drives? I absolutely buy into that. I do. Do I think that’s the only thing holding them back? No, no, I don’t. Um, I would like to see Nick Rallis get a little bit more aggressive with his play calling. I Whatever Rises is in his bag, throwing sim pressures, bringing guys left and right, just like really making things difficult instead of sitting back playing his own defense with a Keem Davis Gaither getting picked apart by by the Indianapolis Colts last week. Like just time and time again. And I do have to give credit at least last week to Daniel Jones. Daniel Jones made a handful of throws where he’s just laced it between defenders with Klay Campbell up his you know what like like he made a handful of big boy throws. I’ve never seen Daniel Jones do that in my life. If you would have told me before the season, hey, do you want to get in a track meet with Daniel Jones? I’m signing up for you. Clearly, we were all wrong that the Colts have one of the best offense in the leagues. But that that’s just a microcosm of what the Arizona Cardinals defense is. Great defense make stops like that. Yeah, the Cardinals have a good defense for sure. Undoubtedly, they’re they’re missing a few pieces as well. Like Garrett Williams being out is such such a big loss. I hope he’s able to return soon. Um no defensive lineman outside of Klay Campbell seems to be getting pressure on on the quarterback. There there’s so many injuries with like Daryus Robinson is playing. Who knows when Walter is Walter Nolan alive? Like I I don’t know. I’ll have to check for him at the facility. It it it’s a lot. It’s a lot. Alex, you know, it it’s a team game. There’s so many integrating parts of it. Like, it’s really hard to look at one thing and be like, “Okay, if they fix this, things will get going again. But so far, the Cardinal defense, which we talked about preseason, had potential to be top 10, like top seven in the NFL, they they just haven’t done it.” Yeah. Well, I mean, dude, they’re giving up 19 points a game up until this past week. Like, what more do you want from a def Like, I don’t know. Like, I get it. The final drives. The final drives. Yes. Like that’s and that’s something that I apologize to every I’m like I haven’t talked about the defense enough. Um I I think it’s because they’ve always kind of been that they’ve been that anchor. Even with Cliff here, they were the strongest part of the defense irrespective of who was there and that was always the issue. Then it’s like well then it’s a Kyler thing. Like that’s why is that not just if the defense is the strength, why is this offense still constructed the way it’s constructed? So, I struggle with a lot of things here. I’ve been a Kyler guy forever. And I still am, but it’s like if it looks like a duck, it talks like a duck. It’s like, okay, maybe that’s just the uncomfortable truth. And maybe a little bit above average just isn’t good enough. And maybe you got to blow it up, but it’s just like I don’t know, man. Like, yeah, Garrett Williams being out is tough. Was it you that tweeted out Walter Nolan on the sidelines in street clothes this this week? No, that that was Tail Mackey. Oh, he’s been he’s been street close since training camp. That that that’s nothing. That that that doesn’t mean anything. Yeah, it’ll be fascinating. I mean, so wrapping this up, okay, going into Green Bay, say they get blown out 3417, something like that. Like the like Jordan Love just picks him apart. Um, and yeah, oh, just side note, Daniel Jones, the crossing route to Alec Pierce and the touchdown pass to Josh Josh DS in the back of the end zone just undefensible th those those two throws. I think they were on the same drive. Um, if they get blown out, does anything change aside from Kyler Murray being quarterback when he’s healthy again? No. No. And I think and it’s so funny because Ganon was asked about making changes during his Monday press conference and he was like you don’t make massive changes. You you go back to what you know is true and then you make tweaks from there. What they believe to be true um is probably a lot different than what Cardinals fans believe to be true. I just I Ganon just has a lot of for better or worse he has a lot of trust in the current people in the building. Um and we’ll see how far that takes him. I I don’t see any big I I would love to if if if they get blown out like something needs to change. It’s been five games in a row, but I don’t I don’t see anything popping like that. Yeah. I mean, it’s I don’t know. I mean, that must mean that they’re just resigned to their fate that, you know, you’ll make changes in the offseason. I wonder if Nick Rouse is cooling off as uh as a potential head coach candidate. I don’t know. I mean, dude, they’ve looked really good for the majority season without one of the best corners in football. Will Johnson is the highest rated highest rated corner on Pro Football Focus this year. Like the sum of the parts isn’t as good as the pieces. And that’s coaching. That’s coaching. So if that’s coaching and you look at a laundry list of coaches who want to get back into the league or who are, you know, coordinators who took a year off of a bad situation, want to get back in the league, like this is a team that everybody would flock to roster-wise. Maybe you change the quarter, but look at the roster. You got Marv, you got Trey, you got a good offensive line, you have Trey Benson, you’ve got that defense. It’s like this would be a coveted role even though it’s the Arizona Cardinals, you would think, right? I Dude, I I think if if you swap the helmets in the jerseys and you you put this roster and this coaching staff on like a like a Cowboys or a Packers or a Steelers, people are like, I want to play there. Like there’s something here that can be brewing. I want to be a part of it. No, but because it’s Arizona, because it’s the Cardinals, maybe a little bit less. Thanks a lot, Mikey B. Uh, tell them where they can find you, dude. Yeah, Donnie Drew on Twitter and follow at si.com NFLardinals. Alex locked on Cardinals. Remember, without you, there is no me. There still will be Michael Bidwell, though, which is unfortunate. We’ll talk to you tomorrow.

Alex Clancy dissects the Arizona Cardinals’ stunning upset over the Indianapolis Colts, focusing on Jacoby Brissett’s game-changing performance that has sparked discussions about a potential quarterback controversy. This episode dives deep into the Cardinals’ offensive resurgence, exploring how interim starter Brissett’s poise and execution have transformed the team’s prospects.

Listeners will gain insights into head coach Jonathan Gannon’s evolving strategy and its impact on both sides of the ball. The show examines the defensive unit’s fourth-quarter struggles and how they nearly cost Arizona the game. Offensive coordinator Drew Petzing’s innovative play-calling takes center stage, with analysis on how it’s reshaping the Cardinals’ identity and influencing league-wide trends.

The podcast features an exclusive interview with Sports Illustrated writer Donnie Druin, who shares behind-the-scenes perspectives on the team’s dynamics and future outlook. Druin and Clancy debate the long-term implications of Brissett’s success and what it means for Kyler Murray’s role upon his return from injury.

Key segments include:

– Breaking down Brissett’s clutch plays and decision-making

– Analyzing the Cardinals’ offensive line improvements and skill position contributions

– Discussing potential roster moves and their impact on team chemistry

– Previewing the upcoming matchup against the Green Bay Packers and its significance

This episode offers fans a comprehensive look at the Cardinals’ unexpected offensive explosion and its ripple effects throughout the organization. Clancy explores whether Brissett’s stellar outing was a flash in the pan or a sign of things to come, and how it might influence Arizona’s quarterback strategy moving forward.

Don’t miss this in-depth analysis that goes beyond the box score, providing listeners with expert insights, statistical breakdowns, and thought-provoking discussions on the Cardinals’ sudden emergence as a force to be reckoned with in the NFL.

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