Cardinals Face QB Concerns Despite Strong Weapons, Sound OL & Appealing Young Defensive Talent

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🗓️ 19 June 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Arizona Cardinals face a pivotal season as uncertainty at quarterback clouds their plans—can promising young talent push them past the NFC West’s elite? Joe Marino and Kyle Crabbs examine the Cardinals’ retooled offense, spotlighting Trey McBride’s ascent as a franchise cornerstone, Marvin Harrison’s rookie expectations, and Paris Johnson’s presence on the offensive line. Questions swirl around Jacoby Brissett’s future, Gardner Minshew’s role, and whether Carson Beck or a potential trade target like Anthony Richardson could provide answers under center. Defensively, Arizona boasts an influx of developing talent with Walter Nolan, Darius Robinson, and a maturing secondary led by Denzel Burke. The conversation extends to Nick Rallis’s defensive continuity, the impact of Josh Sweat, and the stoutness brought by Roy Lopez and Andrew Billings. A daunting schedule and projected win total spark debate—will the Cardinals surprise or set themselves up for a high 2025 NFL Draft pick?

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0:00.0	The NFC West is a loaded division, but do the Cardinals have enough to make noise?
0:06.6	We're going to explore that right now.
0:13.1	You are locked on NFL scouting with the draft dudes, your daily podcast for NFL and college football scouting, part of the
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0:28.2	What's better than this?
0:29.8	It's guys being dudes.
0:32.2	I'm Joe Marino.
0:33.4	He's Kyle Crabs.
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0:48.5	Joe, happy Friday to you as we get up and rolling here and finish up the NFC West.
0:55.2	I'm not going to try to count off the top of my head how many divisions we've done.
0:58.8	I'm just going to say it's another division down as we can do any work through all 32 teams.
1:03.1	All 32 teams will get their dedicated day on the program.
1:06.7	We're rolling along and we're looking for cornerstone players, quality starters, questions for depth, the season outlook.
1:14.6	And this week was NSC West Week.
1:16.9	We're finishing with the last place team from 2025, the Arizona Cardinals, who have a fair amount of new.
1:24.0	They've got new at head coach.
1:27.5	They've got a general manager on that.
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