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Pushing the Pile: A CBS Sports NFL Podcast

Cardinals FIRE Head Coach Jonathan Gannon | What’s Next For Arizona?

Pushing the Pile: A CBS Sports NFL Podcast

CBS Sports, Football, NFL

Football, Sports

4.22.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Mike Renner and JP Acosta react to the Arizona Cardinals firing Jonathan Gannon as their head coach following Week 18. The guys discuss how we got here, expectations for next season, possible replacements and more!



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0:00.0

I hate to do it, but we have another Monday edition of pushing the pile.

0:19.2

I mean, someone else got fired.

0:20.7

Today, Shale, brought to you by Fandville Sportsbook. Make every moment pile. I mean, someone else got fired. Today's show

0:21.1

brought to you by Fandall Sportsbook. Make every moment more. This time at Jonathan Gannon,

0:26.1

the West Coast is waking up and they're saying, we don't want the head coaches we had this past

0:30.5

year. Arizona Cardinals head coach out after three seasons, 15 and 36 in his tenure there,

0:37.0

three and 14 this past year.

0:39.1

And I think the most damning thing, 28.7 points per game, that's the most by the Arizona

0:43.8

Cardinals since 1958.

0:46.7

After all the additions they made this offseason on the defensive side of the ball, in bolstering

0:52.3

that defensive line, you know, adding to the cornerback

0:55.4

room, they were 26th in EPA per play against still. Losers of nine straight heading into the

1:01.5

barn. This one, I think we both agreed down the stretch here. This one had to happen.

1:08.9

It sucks because Jonathan Gannon was my preseason coach of the year,

1:12.2

candidate. I thought he was, I thought the Cardinals were going to make the playoffs. But even within that,

1:16.9

you know, it's sort of telling how poorly coached this team was, especially on the offensive

1:22.1

side of the ball, given how much talent they have on the roster. Trey McBride just set the record

1:27.3

for receptions for a tight end in the season. Michael Wilson had a great finish to the season. Whatever you can get out of Marvin Harrison, Jr. He's played really well to finish the season before getting hurt. And then defensively, Walter Nolan, before being, when he's healthy, like, he played well. Will Johnson was good when he was healthy. Josh Sweat was having a great year. But I think that all of this

1:47.9

it sort of leads to coaching. And again, we talk about the theme,

1:52.8

this coaching cycle has been development. It has not been,

1:56.7

the young players have not developed as much. And for the Cardinals,

1:59.8

they could never really get out of their own way with their quarterback.

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