Jonathan Gannon's Rocky Tenure with Arizona Cardinals

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00:00Most recent of the bunch would be Jonathan Gannon

00:02out in Arizona.

00:05It is, I think, one of the sneakiest,

00:10awful teams in recent memory.

00:12What do I mean by that?

00:13The Arizona Cardinals lost as many games

00:16as the Vegas Raiders picking first overall.

00:19Arizona started the season 2-0 and 3-5.

00:23And I know 3-5 is not necessarily, you know,

00:26something to write home about.

00:27So that third victory was a double-digit win

00:31in Dallas off a bye.

00:33We thought, hey, maybe there's something here.

00:37This group went out and lost their final nine games.

00:42And I guess despite that, I mean, it was all Jacoby Brissett.

00:49I know the defense was bad.

00:50I've never thought Jonathan Gannon was working with,

00:53you know, pocket aces in Arizona.

00:55They made the move to get rid of Jonathan Gannon.

01:00What do you make of that decision?

01:02I thought it was good.

01:03Now, I'll say this.

01:05Do you like any coach in the league?

01:08No, fair enough, fair enough, fair enough.

01:10Hang on.

01:11This is coming from a guy that backed Arizona

01:13to potentially win the West at plus 420.

01:17And they started out at 2-0.

01:18So I was all bought in to Jonathan Gannon in Arizona

01:22at the start of the year.

01:23I was wrong on my assessment.

01:24Because when they finished the year at 8-9,

01:27had an opportunity to win and sneak into the playoffs last year

01:31and lost the Carolina game,

01:33you thought they would be motivated.

01:35You thought that everything was set to potentially make that type of run.

01:39And they had the pieces.

01:40Marvin Harrison Jr. in year number two.

01:42Trey McBride, one of the top tight ends in the NFL,

01:46a 1,000-yard receiver.

01:47They had James Conner.

01:49And I understand the injuries.

01:51I get that.

01:52But there was defensive talent, too, in Walter Nolan.

01:55And I know he checked out with an injury just about three weeks ago.

01:59I get all of that.

02:00But there was no defensive progression.

02:03This team allowed chunks of yards to a number of different teams.

02:07Their offense in games outside of Jacoby and Prichette throwing it 50 times

02:13couldn't coach up the offensive line to run the football consistently.

02:17They were one of the worst rushing attacks in the NFL.

02:20And that wasn't due to James Conner just being out of that lineup.

02:24The offensive line was completely terrible.

02:26And the play calling was as well.

02:28So when you couple all of that and you say we have young talent

02:32that the head coach isn't getting through to,

02:34yeah, he deserves to be chopped.

02:36Especially when you lose nine games down the stretch.

02:39So, again, you have a franchise quarterback in Kyler Murray

02:43that they made the decision to move on from.

02:46You have that to worry about.

02:48What are you going to do?

02:49And this head coach looks clueless throughout the regular season.

02:54And let's not forget, you want to throw in the DiMarcardo situation.

02:58Maybe he wasn't a locker room guy.

03:00But, again, at the end of the day, where is the positives?

03:04The negatives outweigh all the pluses for this football team.

03:08You can't win three games with this talent, Kev.

03:11You just die.

03:12Joe, they were the most injured team in football for the final month.

03:16You say this talent.

03:18You say this talent.

03:20What are we referring to?

03:21Okay?

03:21Okay, well, again.

03:24Because Will Johnson and Walter Nolan are rookies.

03:27And, by the way, I know Walter Nolan ended up injured.

03:30Trey McBride obviously broke out, but that's what, you know,

03:33wasn't a first-round draft choice.

03:34Marvin Harrison Jr. has not worked out.

03:36They were able to get Michael Wilson to break out for this team.

03:39Who are the superstars that I'm supposed to be banking on here

03:43for Jonathan Gannon to win football games with?

03:44Well, we're making it sound, Kev, like we're starting Russell Wilson

03:48and we're starting Garvin Carroll.

03:49We're starting Jacoby Brissett, Joe.

03:51Okay, but Jacoby Brissett, again, Kev, at the end of the day,

03:56threw the football and they were able to move it.

03:58The defense gave up tons of yards.

04:01Tons.

04:01They were abused week in and week out.

04:04And we're going to attest that to a ton of injuries?

04:07It's just all injuries.

04:08Yeah, a ton of injuries and not a lot of talent.

04:10I'm sorry, I do not think that Arizona has entered into any of these

04:17Jonathan Gannon seasons where, I mean, Joe,

04:19we look at the rest of the NFC West, right?

04:22Yeah.

04:22And they put three teams in the postseason.

04:24The gap in what those teams have, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Seattle,

04:30talent-wise is massive to me.

04:33Okay, so let's just look at the wide receivers.

04:36Outside of JSN, who does Seattle have as a pure number two?

04:41Who cares?

04:42They got the guy who led the league in receiving yards.

04:44JSN's one of the five best receivers in football.

04:46Okay, all right.

04:47And Trey McBride is a thousand-yard receiver at the tight end position.

04:49Okay, Joe, but what else does Seattle have?

04:51One of the most talented defenses in football.

04:53Marvin Harrison Jr. was a number one draft pick for them.

04:56Yeah, they got the pick wrong.

04:57I mean, it's hard to argue they didn't get the pick wrong.

05:00Did they not get the pick wrong?

05:01I don't know, did they?

05:02You thought they got the pick wrong in real time.

05:03You thought it should have been really neighbors.

05:04Well, I like neighbors, but that doesn't take away that Marvin Harrison

05:08wasn't valued or looked at as a pure number one.

05:12He was.

05:13I just like neighbors more.

05:15But you're telling me 600 yards from Marvin Harrison Jr.?

05:18Joe, but what about the defensive talent, though?

05:20What about the – he's a defensive guy.

05:22Yeah, I like Will Johnson.

05:24I like Walter Nolan.

05:25I like Will Baker.

05:26Those are rookies.

05:28These guys are supposed to turn this whole thing around?

05:30That and bringing Josh Sweat in from Philadelphia?

05:32Yeah.

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