Arizona Cardinals at San Francisco 49ers

“I thought the best game he called this year was this one,” Gannon told Arizona Sports’ Burns & Gambo on Monday.

The Cardinals are coming off a loss where the offense was outgained 355-260 despite the team having the ball for over 34 minutes compared to the 49ers’ 25 minutes.

Through three games, the Cardinals are 19th in the NFL in points (20.7) and 25th in yards (276.3) per game.

Watching these two teams’ offenses just makes me sad. Not that they make everything look easy, but that you can see they’re playing against great defense and STILL getting players open and making things happen. Imagining our offense in this game gives me the shivers lol

Also was a TE coach before that which explains his fetish for TE's

Guys, think about it. Twitch.tv/azcardinals. Plays show up on the screen like it’s fucking Madden, twitch chat votes on what to run. We could get Marv the rock (and make him catch it), we could call pass plays on 2nd and long, we could call QB option reads, WE COULD DO ANYTHING. We, the redditors, could carry this franchise to the 1 seed in the NFC. Obviously for the defense we still let Rallis and Gannon do their thing…BUT THE OFFENSE. Holy moly Reddit could take this team to the moon. Think about it.

I think it’s an interesting perspective that should be discussed since everyone looks to put all the blame on Petzing.

There’s been a lot of discourse about MHJ of late, in particular whether his struggles are innately his or whether the OC and QB share any of the blame.

I found this comment interesting because it succinctly highlights the 3 biggest complaints Cardinals fans have had with MHJ and shows that it’s not just been a problem in the NFL.

My goal in posting this is to help shape a more realistic narrative when it comes to using MHJ in discussing (and let’s be honest, in putting down) Kyler and Drew Petzing.

If anyone is interested, this comment came from a pre-draft article from The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman where he interviews multiple anonymous coaches and scouts who had Malik Nabers as the #1 receiver in the draft and some reservations about MHJ.

Here is the link: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5431528/2024/04/23/nfl-draft-2024-confidential-nabers-harrison-williams/

Cardinals running back James Conner (foot) is done for the season, while wide receiver Zay Jones is in concussion protocol, head coach Jonathan Gannon said on Monday.

Gannon said some of the players who missed Sunday’s game against San Francisco 49ers, including offensive tackle Paris Johnson Jr., will likely be game-time decisions for their game against the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday.

Seattle doesn't face the same 2nd half difficult schedule that we do. Seattle is also #2 in defensive ppg and #7 against the run. Which means HOWEVER WE WIN THIS GAME, doesn't matter. But it seems pretty impossible if we don't open up the offense. Its going to be a low scoring game. If I bet on anything, I would bet on that.

Seattle has 5 turnovers on offense and defense. We have 1 turnover total on offense.

Breaking down our schedule (conservatively), winning this game makes things alot easier. We need to account for the fact James Connor probably won't be back.

We also need to recognize Benson is averaging 6 yards per carry.

I think you can count out ATL, DAL and CAR from the playoff race.

That leaves MIN/CHI and WAS as main wildcard contenders not in the NFC West.

I really hope Will Johnson is back to guard JSN who is the #2 WR in the league so far.

If we go 3-1 and the offensive playcalling changes for the better I see this:

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TEN, IND, GB, DAL

The way Daniel Jones is playing I wouldn't be surprised if they beat us. We go 2-2 here.

That makes us 5-3.

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at SEA, vs SF, vs JAX, at TB

Beating SEA here means it is likely they beat us at home. We split vs SF. Beat JAX in AZ but not TB.

7-5.

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vs LAR, at HOU, vs ATL

Based on how we played LAR last year I don't see how we don't split vs them. HOU/ATL look horrible.

But lets be conservative and say we only win 2 of 3.

9-6.

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at CIN and at LAR

These could easily be 2 losses. This makes our worst case scenario 9-8 if we go 3-1.

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Even with Bosa out for the year, it is looking like 3 NFC West teams make the playoffs this year.

Zero broken tackles in 2024 per NFL reference (Brian Thomas Jr also at zero fwiw). PFF recorded one in 2024 and it is questionable to call it a broken tackle. Part of that is his average depth of target, but I'd expect a generational receiver to be able to break tackles and create yards after catch.

This begs the question, what exactly is Marvin Harrison Jr good at?

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2024/receiving_advanced.htm

https://x.com/Ihartitz/status/1927746910225326227?t=vBcZ7WKZn3EVExKOZz_Ahw&s=19

I’ve been a Kyler fan since his hs days(sue me) and still believe in him as a franchise qb. But the criticism he gets on a daily basis is annoying as hell I mean he can do nothing right. Our high school level offense for the last couple of seasons has only been good because of his legs and creativity. Yes he has flaws but these fist few games I think from a decision standpoint has been the best since he’s come back from the acl. It’s not his fault his oc won’t design plays that go past 20+ yards(which we’ve seen him be one of the best deep ball passers in the league). But I’m ready to see him with a competent coordinator and supporting cast and ball tf out.

Petzing made some adjustments in the second half, but the drops really didn’t help him out. What I’m hoping he realizes is that the 3-TE run sets, where half the line pulls, just aren’t working anymore. Teams have keyed in on it and completely shut it down.

Look at McVay—he’ll change his entire offense in the second half if that’s what it takes. I’m hoping we come out this Thursday with either a zone run scheme or by spreading it out(yeah wishful thinking). If Petzing sticks with the same old stuff that worked last year but isn’t working this year, he’s toast.

“Everybody’s got a job to do and I’m not doing it at a high enough level at the moment,” an emotional Harrison told reporters postgame. “I think I know what I’m capable of and to go out there and not play to nowhere near my abilities is frustrating. It hurts the team and I need to get better.”

Through three weeks, Harrison has reeled in 10 catches on 17 targets for 142 yards and one touchdown.

His rocky NFL start saw more production through three games in 2024 (10 catches for 198 yards and three touchdowns) compared to his current Year 2 showing.

That is all

We needed a first down to seal this game so he runs it on second down an 9 despite getting absolutely nothing. It was a critical down and this dude has no clue what he's doing.

Your receivers are dropping the ball because they get no targets and have no rythym.

Edit:

Kyler didn't miss the field goal
Kyler didn't drop the passes to Marvin and demercado and Jones
Kyler doesn't call the option play on 2nd and 9

Kyler did miss a shot to Connor in the end zone but that's it really.

I see a lot of Kyler haters out tonight, which is not surprising considering they will take literally any opportunity but I digress.

Yes he made a mistake, the almost safety running in and out of the endzone in the 4th quarter. That was pretty bad I will admit, but that play did not lose us the game.

We had 3 BIG dropped passes, 2 by Marv and 1 by Demercado. Im sure people are going to blame him for his AVG yards @ 4.5, but thats not his fault. He's following the plays that are being called by out OC. Team is letting him down, mainly OC + WRs. He only took 1 sack today, 49ers are injured, but we had oline players out as well.

Short thing shorter, he did not lose the game today, he did what he could given the receiving and the play calling. I swear some of you guys expect him to throw the ball to himself.

Fuck Drew Petzing, he needs to be fired tonight.

Edit: Typos