Top 5 All Time biggest mistakes of the Arizona Cardinals
The 2017 and 2018 first round selections at the time were what set the team back.
In 2017, the team drafted a linebacker over a quarterback. That was Haason Reddick over Patrick Mahomes and Deshaun Watson. Before I get attacked on that they were picked before the Cardinals had a chance, Steve Keim could have moved up, but decided not to. It would’ve been the perfect year for it as Carson Palmer was in decline and could’ve helped be a gap guy for either of these two.
Instead they sat put and drafted Reddick, who didn’t really do anything until this past season. Reddick was the school’s first ever linebacker to go in the first round, and to be honest it was a terrible pick at the time. It showed that instead of getting a dynamic playmaker, or a QB who literally beat Alabama (thank goodness) with his own arm in the national championship, they thought otherwise.
Fast forward into next year, after Palmer’s retirement- this is when the war room thought it would be a good idea to get a quarterback. I went into this draft thinking that Josh Allen could be a good fit, but really wanted Lamar Jackson to be a “Cardinal” in both his college and pro days.
Instead, we got the awkward Josh Rosen. Especially his
at how he was going to be better than the players taken before him. Rosen’s only accomplishments in his career that are worth anything are his comeback of 34 points against Texas A&M, and beating Aaron Rodgers in the snow at Lambeau. I attended that game in person and it was definitely an unexpected victory. Don’t forget that
called him out over his attitude as the team prepared to enter the 2019 NFL Draft.
Of course, now the team has Kyler Murray. It’s debatable on who is the better overall athlete, and maybe Murray is better in the passing game. I still think height is a huge difference here, but when you throw in the fact that Jackson struggled mightily this past season throwing the ball? Maybe it’s a moot point as of this writing.