Rock bottom, Bird Gang.
For the Arizona Cardinals, the days of NFL MVP Finalist Carson Palmer connecting with 11-time Pro Bowler Larry Fitzgerald in NFC Championship games are over.
After a forgettable season, future Hall of Famer JJ Watt is spending his first year in retirement just like us. Indulge in Taylor SwiftQuarterback Kyler Murray is still recovering from surgery after tearing his ACL during a game against the New England Patriots in December. expected to miss beginning of the season. The team also hasn’t filled the huge hole left by former Pro Bowler He AJ Green and record-holder kicker Matt Plater.
Grit your teeth, beak, Red Sea. The Cardinals are the team most likely to break hearts this season. New research from NJ Beta sports gambling clearinghouse in New Jersey.
With odds of 200-1, the Arizona Cardinals are the least likely team to win the 2024 Super Bowl, according to Las Vegas oddsmakers.
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Researchers weighed year-over-year winning percentages, injuries, roster age, number of Pro Bowlers, and recent postseason performances in determining the Cardinals are most likely to disappoint fans this fall. bottom.
The Cardinals have the oldest roster in the NFL and have since slipped from an 11-6 playoff team in 2021 to a 4-13 loser in 2022 and the worst year-over-year winning percentage of any franchise last year. was recorded.
Arizona currently ranks 32nd in most major country rankings. ESPN, sports illustratedand pro football networkSpoiler alert: there are only 32 clubs in the league. Even with a new head coach and general manager named Jonathan Gannon and Monty Ossenfort, the team seems destined for failure.
Not surprisingly, according to Data from DraftKingsthe Cardinals are the least likely team in the NFL to win next year’s Super Bowl at odds of 200-1.
“Since the beginning of last season, the Cardinals have had bad news,” said avid fan Soren Schneider. phoenix new timesIn that bad news: starwide receivers DeAndre Hopkins suspended for 6 games and now may have one foot out of the doorthe status of Murray’s knee injury is unknown, and center Rodney Hudson has just recently retired key players.
“It’s just like that … sometimes you’re just out of luck,” Schneider said. This isn’t the case for us — we’ve been dealing with injuries all season.”
Cheating or just bad luck?
A recent survey by NJ Bet shows that Cardinals fans disproportionately believe the NFL is being manipulated against them.
Overall, 1 in 6 NFL fans believe the game is cheating. But the survey found that more Cardinals supporters (one in three him) feel the same way, ranking him in the top five most delusional fanbases.And half a Cardinals fan At the very least, I believe the referee will play the favourite.
“As Arizona sports fans, I always think the phone is against us,” said Phoenix resident Santino Di Santo. new times.
The idea isn’t as crazy as it seems. In 2008, NBA referee Tim Donaghy said he was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison after he was arrested. Admitted to manipulation in 2007 Western Conference Finals series against the Phoenix Suns. It’s not that the Suns need help being one of the most cursed teams in the NBA.
Fans like DiSanto, who vividly remember the frustration of being cheated out of a trip to the NBA Finals more than 15 years ago, have similar concerns when it comes to the NFL.
“When the Cardinals play against someone in our division, we always feel like we’re being asked for a holding or a false start, but they get around it,” he said. especially [Los Angeles] Rams. ”
DraftKings lists the Cardinals’ odds of winning the NFC West this year at 20-1. That’s worse than the Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers. The odds of a team entering the conference for the first time since his 2008 are 100-to-1, also the worst in the NFC.
“This division now belongs to the 49ers, and the Seahawks aren’t going to retreat any time soon. The Cardinals have eliminated their coaches and general managers early in a long-term extension if they don’t know how bad they are.” wouldn’t have sports illustrated Reporter Connor Orr.
Kingman Cardinals fan Jim Dee joked that he hopes the NFL will be found to be rigged. laughed.
Other fan theories
And like New Mexico Cardinals fan Josh Martinez, he blames the team for its own failures. Still, Martinez added that it is likely to beat the Red Sea.
“I would say ‘influenced’ rather than ‘manipulated,'” he said. “The game goes so fast that it’s impossible to completely rig it. That said, I think the referee has too much power to turn the match in one team’s favor. A bad call here, a missed call there… I call it a practical joke.
Whether the sport is being rigged against our beloved hometown team, or if the Cardinals need to chatter for a while to get into rebuilding mode, here in the desert is a long NFL season. will be
But hey, at least we have a Kick-Ass mascot.
