{"id":645396,"date":"2026-01-01T11:12:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T11:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/645396\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T11:12:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T11:12:16","slug":"with-the-first-pick-6-0-another-cardinals-loss-gets-closer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/645396\/","title":{"rendered":"With the First Pick 6.0: Another Cardinals loss gets closer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Another loss last weekend for the Arizona Cardinals. What does that make now?<\/p>\n

In a weird twist, one more loss this season would break a 127-year record with the only roster to lose 14 games in a single season.<\/p>\n

RELATED: CARDINALS CAN ACHIEVE HISTORICAL STAT<\/a><\/p>\n

Happy New Year\u2019s for a lot of teams, mostly the clubs that have advanced to this year\u2019s playoffs. For the Cardinals, that means cleaning out lockers and going back home and finally get to eat stuff that was off-limits all year. Pizza comes to mind. Like, getting thrown out of Cici\u2019s all-you-can-eat pizza.<\/p>\n

All Cardinals fans can do is wait for next year. Perhaps with a successful free agent period and striking gold in April\u2019s NFL draft, this roster can improve and hit the remainder of the NFC West Division hard.<\/p>\n

Double-digit losses in a season is no joke.<\/p>\n

And now, Arizona has the opportunity to yet again own the first overall pick in next April\u2019s NFL draft. Can the Cardinals end up with the first overall pick in next April\u2019s NFL draft? Where do they sit now?<\/p>\n

Four teams currently own a 3-13-0 record. For the Cardinals to improve their draft position, the following must happen:<\/p>\n

Giants over CowboysTitans over JaguarsRams over CardinalsRaiders over ChiefsJets over Bills<\/p>\n

If the season were to end today, here are the standings from the bottom upwards, including a new #1:<\/p>\n

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Patrick Breen\/The Republic \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Last five games: 0-5. Last game: Lost Giants 34-10<\/p>\n

Winnable opponents remaining: none<\/p>\n

Ranking last week: 31 (up 1)<\/p>\n

Strength of Schedule remaining: .375<\/p>\n

New York Football Giants 3-13-0<\/p>\n

Last five games: 1-4. Last game: Beat Raiders 34-10<\/p>\n

Winnable opponents remaining: Cowboys<\/p>\n

Ranking last week: 32 (down 1)<\/p>\n

Strength of Schedule remaining: .469<\/p>\n

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Michael Chow\/The Republic \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Last five games: 1-4. Last game: Lost Patriots 48-20<\/p>\n

Winnable opponents remaining: none<\/p>\n

Ranking last week: 29 (up 1)<\/p>\n

Strength of Schedule remaining: .688<\/p>\n

Last five games: 2-3. Last game: Lost Saints 34-26<\/p>\n

Winnable opponents remaining: none<\/p>\n

Ranking last week: 28 (up 1)<\/p>\n

Strength of Schedule remaining: .750<\/p>\n

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Joseph Maiorana-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Last five games: 0-5. Last game: Lost Bengals 37-14<\/p>\n

Winnable opponents remaining: none<\/p>\n

Ranking last week: 27 (up 1)<\/p>\n

Strength of Schedule remaining: .688<\/p>\n

Last five games: 1-4. Last game: Beat Steelers 13-6<\/p>\n

Winnable opponents remaining: Bengals<\/p>\n

Ranking last week: 30 (down 3)<\/p>\n

Strength of Schedule remaining: .250<\/p>\n

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Getty Images<\/p>\n

Washington Commanders 4-12-0<\/p>\n

Last five games: 1-4. Last game: Lost Cowboys 30-23<\/p>\n

Winnable opponents remaining: none<\/p>\n

Ranking last week: 26 (unchanged)<\/p>\n

Strength of Schedule remaining: .688<\/p>\n

New Orleans Saints 6-10-0<\/p>\n

Last five games: 4-1. Last game: Beat Titans 34-26<\/p>\n

Winnable opponents remaining: Falcons<\/p>\n

Ranking last week: 25 (unchanged)<\/p>\n

Strength of Schedule remaining: .438<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another loss last weekend for the Arizona Cardinals. What does that make now? In a weird twist, one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2078],"tags":[375,390,14996,2604,1327,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-645396","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-cardinals","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-arizona-cardinals","10":"tag-arizona-cardinals-news","11":"tag-arizonacardinals","12":"tag-cardinals","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115819548295069890","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}