Cardinals Projected to Have "Disastrous" Start to 2023

Expectations are low for the Arizona Cardinals in 2023.

We're just a week out from training camp, and it feels as if the headline of the Arizona Cardinals won't be good has been written so many times, it could very well be etched into the Rosetta Stone before the season begins. 

There's a lot working towards the Cardinals in terms of conventional wisdom, most of which was touched by Bleacher Report when they listed Arizona has one of the teams set up for a disastrous start to 2023:

"The 2022 Arizona Cardinals were 3-8 in games that Kyler Murray started. In other words, they were bad. Then Murray tore his ACL and they went from bad to something worse. They went 1-5 in their final six games with a combination of Colt McCoy, Trace McSorley and David Blough starting," wrote Alex Ballentine.

"The late-season collapse was enough to get Kliff Kingsbury fired. Now the Cardinals will go about rebuilding with a defensive-minded coach at the helm. Jonathan Gannon parlayed his success as the Eagles defensive coordinator into the head coaching gig.

"It's going to be hard for the team to show much improvement in Gannon's first season.

"Murray is still recovering from the torn ACL. Though he's reportedly chomping at the bit to get on the field, there isn't a clear timetable for his return. That leaves either Colt McCoy or rookie Clayton Tune as the likely early-season starters.

"Even when he does get back, he's going to have the challenge of getting up to speed in the middle of the season while playing in a new offense. He talked about a similar challenge last season. ... It's going to be evident early on that this is a rebuilding year for the Cardinals."

In terms of their schedule, Arizona's beginning to the season is no easy stretch. 

Their season begins with a road trip to the Washington Commanders before hosting the New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys in back to back weeks. They then travel to play the San Francisco 49ers before returning home to face the Cincinnati Bengals. 

There's a real possibility they could begin the season 0-5 out of the gates. 

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