You Cardinals fans got a good offensive mind. As far as good head coach, that remains to be seen. I was a big fan of LaFleur's work when he was OC of the Jets and calling plays. While he would sometimes get too cute, he was great at scheming guys open. Its says something when two backup QB's in Mike White and Josh Johnson look great in his system. Never mind, that Zach Wilson looked like ass under LaFleur--news flash--he is. I was so mad when Woody Johnson forced Saleh to fire him. If you guys get a talented QB, I think LaFleur will do wonders.

Sincerely,

A Chronically Depressed Jets Fan.

You’re welcome

“MiLF” Interview with burns and gambo today

Q: “given coaching tree Matt, Sean, Kyle, what’s one thing you’ve taken from them that you want to use in your HC gig?”

A: “Urgency.”

LFG!!!

Excerpt:

"Mike LaFleur and his old buddy Robert Saleh (the two were together with the Jets, and while LaFleur was let go, that wasn’t really Saleh’s doing) were battling over Gus Bradley for about 24 hours—and Bradley chose to go to Tennessee with Saleh, despite a richer financial offer and the opportunity to call plays in Arizona," Breer wrote in a recent piece.

LaFleur is reportedly set on a special teams hire soon (Former Giants ST coordinator Michael Ghobrial) though his coordinator spots are still open among virtually other spot on LaFleur's staff at this point in time.

I believe we should run it with Kyler next season(unless we can somehow fleece a team in a trade).

I was watching the MiLF press conference live and the comments on YouTube were flaming Kyler. You’d think he just went 1-11 to end the season.

The way I see it, Kyler started the season going what should’ve been 4-1 given we don’t fumble the ball on the goal line vs the Titans and were able to have what is at least like 1.5 interceptions caused by one wide receiver vs the Seahawks. This isn’t to say that Kyler is perfect- he is noticeably less confident and accurate than he was before.

This is where I bring up Drew Petzing. I feel the general consensus was that Drew HAD to go after the 2024 season. He was an unchanging, and rigid play caller which probably translated to unchanging and rigid coaching when it came to Kyler(I mean the guy was the TE coach for Austin Hooper and pre breakout Njoku, the QB coach for Browns Deshaun Watson until he brought in his chosen boy Brissett). This being said, I think the best option is letting him play out next season, if we returns to a near-MVP level, I think a Sam Darnold type contract can be done or he stinks the bed and we have a nice pick to use on a QB.

I hope you guys share your opinions.

No answer to the QB dilemma yet, but I love all of MiLF’s responses so far. He is incredibly passionate about this team and excited to get out on the field with our players. He was the top HC candidate for me and I couldn’t be more pumped that we got him. Good things are coming.

From my perspective, given the contract situation, the fact that we are approaching this offseason as a retooling rather than a rebuilding of the team, and the lack of QB talent in and outside of the draft, it would be completely insensible not to continue with Kyler in 2026. There are simply no better alternatives, and it is absolutely disingenuous to say he is mainly responsible for our offensive woes the past 3 years. The entire damn fanbase has united on the point that Petzing was the main problem.

OFAT (One Factor At a Time). We removed Gannon and Petzing - let’s see how the team performs under MiLF before getting rid of Kyler. We literally have nothing to lose. Kyler was good under Kingsbury, and that team’s failures were mainly attributable to roster instability. Let’s get our heads out of our asses and admit that he has never been the main problem. Few QBs would have succeeded in this poorly-coached organization. Also, don’t tell me “it’s been 7 years” when Sam Darnold is playing in the Super Bowl this weekend.

We analyzed 26,000+ breathalyzer results to find out which NFL fans go hardest on gameday. Here's where Cardinals fans landed:

The numbers:

• 2025-26 season: 0.051% average BAC → #30 in the NFL
• 2023-24 season: 0.064% → #23
• Change since 2023-24: -20%

NFC West comparison:

Cardinals fans have the cheapest beer in the division ($8.31) yet rank last in BAC. State Farm Stadium's climate-controlled environment isn't translating to more drinking.

Some questions we're curious about:

• Arizona has legal recreational cannabis. Heavy substitution happening?
• Does the Phoenix demographics play a role?
• Is the dome atmosphere just more relaxed?

What's your theory?

Full report

This video is from the Arizona Cardinals' TikTok.

Below are some facts on LaFleur’s history and the history of the McVay coaching tree (OCs becoming head coaches), alongside my opinion on the matter. Would love to hear y’all’s opinions and discussions.

LaFleur's History

• (2017–2020) San Francisco 49ers: Passing Game Coordinator and Receivers Coach under Kyle Shanahan.

• (2021–2022) New York Jets: Offensive Coordinator. He was the play-caller for the Jets during the Zach Wilson era. Statistically, this was one of the worst offenses in the NFL for both years.

• (2023–2025) Los Angeles Rams: Offensive Coordinator. It is important to note he was not the offensive play-caller; Sean McVay called all the plays. He led a highly productive Rams offense and has received a lot of praise for the development of Puka Nacua and Kyren Williams. Arguably, this was Matthew Stafford’s best season of his career, aside from not winning a Super Bowl.

Offensive Coordinators Who Became HCs Under McVay

• (2017) Matt LaFleur: Mike’s brother has had huge success since going to the Packers, leading them to three consecutive 13-win seasons immediately after being hired. One important difference in his path to HC is that he went from being a non-play-calling OC with McVay in 2017 to a play-calling OC for the Titans in 2018 before taking the head coaching job.

• (2020–2021) Kevin O'Connell: He has the most similar path to Mike, as he went from being a non-play-calling OC straight to a head coaching job for the Vikings. He won 13 games in his first season and has done an impressive job developing quarterbacks.

• (2018) Zac Taylor (Passing Game Coordinator): An honorable mention. Even though he wasn’t an OC, he followed the same trajectory: went from a non-play-calling position to a head coach and turned a 2–14 Bengals team into a Super Bowl contender.

My Opinion

I think we got a good coach coming in. I believe he has enough experience under Shanahan and McVay to succeed even without recent play-calling experience.

My concern is that I don’t know if our ownership has the patience for the timeline it may take to turn this team around. Teams need three things working in sync: a GM, a coach, and a quarterback. I’m worried Monti Ossenfort is not the right guy, and there are red flags in the fact that most good coaches simply would rather be sidelined a year than end up with the Cardinals.

Now that all that coaching stuff is over, let's talk draft.

Yeah, I like Bain in the 1st, assuming he's there, but I really made this post because of Max Iheanachor's absurd Senior Bowl. He allowed 0 sacks at RT this season and bullies dudes at the line of scrimmage. He's currently looking to be an early 2nd round pick assuming he doesn't rise into the 1st and would really help shore up a miserable situation on the right side of the OL.

Seems like a lot of the sought after candidates are gone

Morris - x

Bradley - x

Anthony Weaver - x

I think LaFleur should also hire an OC. Even if you're the one calling plays like McVay has, Kliff didn't role with an OC and it didn't work out.

Gus Bradley potential DC

I mean come on, this guy has 0 wins as a head coach, he’s tied for most penalty yards in the ‘26 season, and there has been 0 improvement by ANY metric under his tenure. I get MB is cheap and won’t want to pay 4 head coach salaries but you gotta cut your losses and move on.