2024 Arizona Cardinals season
2024 Arizona Cardinals season | |
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Owner | Michael Bidwill |
General manager | Monti Ossenfort |
Head coach | Jonathan Gannon |
Home field | State Farm Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 1–1 |
Division place | 2nd NFC West |
Uniform | |
The 2024 season is the Arizona Cardinals' 105th season in the National Football League (NFL), their 37th in Arizona and their second under the head coach/general manager tandem of Jonathan Gannon and Monti Ossenfort. The Cardinals will attempt to improve on their 4–13 record from the previous 2 seasons, make the playoffs after a 2-year absence, and end their 8-year NFC West title drought.
Offseason
[edit]Signings
[edit]Position | Player | 2023 team | Contract | Date signed |
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CB | Sean Murphy-Bunting | Tennessee Titans | 3 year, $25.5 million | March 14 |
RB | DeeJay Dallas | Seattle Seahawks | 3 year, $8.25 million | |
DL | Justin Jones | Chicago Bears | 3 year, $31.16 million | |
DL | Bilal Nichols | Las Vegas Raiders | 3 year, $21 million | |
T | Jonah Williams | Cincinnati Bengals | 2 year, $30 million | |
LB | Mack Wilson | New England Patriots | 3 year, $12.75 million | |
DL | Khyiris Tonga | Minnesota Vikings | 1 year, $1.75 million | March 15 |
WR | Chris Moore | Tennessee Titans | 1 year, $2 million | March 18 |
C | Evan Brown | Seattle Seahawks | 1 year, $2.35 million | March 20 |
LB | Markus Bailey | Cincinnati Bengals | 1 year, $1.12 million | May 7 |
WR | Zay Jones | Jacksonville Jaguars | 1 year, $1.41 million | May 13 |
LB | Marquis Haynes | Carolina Panthers | 1 year, $0.79 million | August 6 |
CB | Delonte Hood | Denver Broncos | 1 year, $0.79 million | |
LB | Hassan Hall | Carolina Panthers | 1 year, $0.79 million | August 13 |
CB | Daylen Baldwin | Atlanta Falcons | 1 year, $0.79 million |
Re-signings
[edit]Position | Player | Contract | Date signed |
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DL | L. J. Collier | 1 year, $1.29 million | March 8 |
LB | Krys Barnes | 1 year, $1.29 million | March 13 |
LS | Aaron Brewer | 1 year, $1.37 million | |
C | Trystan Colon | 1 year, $1.75 million | |
P | Blake Gillikin | 2 year, $3.7 million | |
C | Keith Ismael | 1 year, $1.1 million | |
CB | Bobby Price | 1 year, $1.29 million | |
T | Elijah Wilkinson | 1 year, $1.82 million | |
WR | Greg Dortch | 1 year, $1 million | April 3 |
Extensions
[edit]Position | Player | Contract | Date signed |
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LB | Zaven Collins | 2 year, $14 million | August 3 |
C | Hjalte Froholdt | 2 year, $12 million | August 21 |
Trade acquisitions
[edit]Position | Player | 2023 team | Contract | Traded away | Date |
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QB | Desmond Ridder | Atlanta Falcons | 4 year, $5.36 million | WR Rondale Moore | March 14 |
Departures
[edit]Position | Player | 2024 team |
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WR | Marquise Brown | Kansas City Chiefs |
C | Pat Elflein | San Francisco 49ers |
CB | Rashad Fenton | TBD |
DL | Leki Fotu | New York Jets |
RB | Marlon Mack | TBD |
TE | Geoff Swaim | TBD |
LB | Ezekiel Turner | San Francisco 49ers |
DL | Carlos Watkins | Washington Commanders |
LB | Josh Woods | TBD |
Draft
[edit]Round | Selection | Player | Position | College | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Marvin Harrison Jr. | WR | Ohio State | |
27 | Darius Robinson | DE | Missouri | from Houston | |
2 | 35 | Traded to the Atlanta Falcons | |||
43 | Max Melton | CB | Rutgers | from Atlanta | |
3 | 66 | Trey Benson | RB | Florida State | |
71 | Isaiah Adams | G | Illinois | from Tennessee | |
79 | Traded to the Indianapolis Colts | ||||
82 | Tip Reiman | TE | Illinois | from Indianapolis | |
90 | Elijah Jones | CB | Boston College | from Houston | |
4 | 104 | Dadrion Taylor-Demerson | S | Texas Tech | |
5 | 138 | Xavier Thomas | LB | Clemson | |
162 | Christian Jones | OT | Texas | from Houston | |
6 | 191 | Tejhaun Palmer | WR | UAB | from Indianapolis |
7 | 226 | Jaden Davis | CB | Miami (FL) | from New York Giants |
Name | Position | College | Ref. |
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Myles Murphy | DT | North Carolina | [1] |
Joe Shimko | LS | NC State | |
Xavier Weaver | WR | Colorado |
Staff
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Current roster
[edit]Preseason
[edit]Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Recap |
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1 | August 10 | New Orleans Saints | L 14–16 | 0–1 | State Farm Stadium | Recap |
2 | August 17 | at Indianapolis Colts | L 13–21 | 0–2 | Lucas Oil Stadium | Recap |
3 | August 25 | at Denver Broncos | L 12–38 | 0–3 | Empower Field at Mile High | Recap |
Regular season
[edit]Schedule
[edit]- Note: The state of Arizona lies entirely within the Mountain Time Zone; however, Daylight saving time is only observed within the Navajo Nation.
As a result, all times prior to November 3 are aligned with Pacific Daylight Time, not Mountain Daylight Time.
Week | Date | Time (MST) | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | TV | Recap |
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1 | September 8 | 10:00 a.m. | at Buffalo Bills | L 28–34 | 0–1 | Highmark Stadium | CBS | Recap |
2 | September 15 | 1:05 p.m. | Los Angeles Rams | W 41–10 | 1–1 | State Farm Stadium | Fox | Recap |
3 | September 22 | 1:25 p.m. | Detroit Lions | State Farm Stadium | Fox | |||
4 | September 29 | 1:05 p.m. | Washington Commanders | State Farm Stadium | Fox | |||
5 | October 6 | 1:05 p.m. | at San Francisco 49ers | Levi's Stadium | Fox | |||
6 | October 13 | 10:00 a.m. | at Green Bay Packers | Lambeau Field | Fox | |||
7 | October 21 | 6:00 p.m. | Los Angeles Chargers | State Farm Stadium | ESPN+ | |||
8 | October 27 | 10:00 a.m. | at Miami Dolphins | Hard Rock Stadium | Fox | |||
9 | November 3 | 2:05 p.m. | Chicago Bears | State Farm Stadium | CBS | |||
10 | November 10 | 2:25 p.m. | New York Jets | State Farm Stadium | CBS | |||
11 | Bye | |||||||
12 | November 24 | 2:25 p.m. | at Seattle Seahawks | Lumen Field | Fox | |||
13 | December 1 | 11:00 a.m. | at Minnesota Vikings | U.S. Bank Stadium | Fox | |||
14 | December 8 | 2:05 p.m. | Seattle Seahawks | State Farm Stadium | CBS | |||
15 | December 15 | 2:25 p.m. | New England Patriots | State Farm Stadium | CBS | |||
16 | December 22 | 11:00 a.m. | at Carolina Panthers | Bank of America Stadium | Fox | |||
17 | December 29/30 | TBD | at Los Angeles Rams | SoFi Stadium | TBD | |||
18 | January 4/5 | TBD | San Francisco 49ers | State Farm Stadium | TBD |
Notes
- Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
- Networks and times from Weeks 5–16 are subject to change as a result of flexible scheduling.
- The date, time and network for Week 17 will be finalized at a later date.
- The date, time and network for Week 18 will be finalized at the end of Week 17.
Game summaries
[edit]Week 1: at Buffalo Bills
[edit]Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cardinals | 7 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 28 |
Bills | 0 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 34 |
at Highmark Stadium, Orchard Park, New York
- Date: September 8
- Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT/10:00 a.m. MST
- Game weather: Cloudy, 61 °F (16 °C)
- Game attendance: 70,542
- Referee: Tra Blake
- TV announcers (CBS): Tom McCarthy, Jay Feely, Ross Tucker and Tiffany Blackmon
- Recap, Game Book
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Week 2: vs. Los Angeles Rams
[edit]Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Rams | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
Cardinals | 14 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 41 |
at State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Arizona
- Date: September 15
- Game time: 1:05 p.m. MST
- Game weather: None (retractable roof closed)
- Game attendance: 63,331
- Referee: John Hussey
- TV announcers (Fox): Adam Amin, Mark Sanchez and Kristina Pink
- Recap, Game Book
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The Cardinals won by 31 points, their largest margin of victory since 2016, when they secured a 44–6 win also against the Rams. Quarterback Kyler Murray posted a perfect passer rating completing 17 of 21 passes for 266 yards and 3 touchdowns.
Week 3: vs. Detroit Lions
[edit]Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Arizona
- Date: September 22
- Game time: 1:25 p.m. MST
- Game weather: TBD (retractable roof stadium)
- Referee: Brad Rogers
- TV announcers (Fox): Chris Myers, Mark Schlereth, and Jen Hale
- Preview
Standings
[edit]Division
[edit]NFC West | |||||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | STK | |
Seattle Seahawks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 49 | 40 | W2 |
Arizona Cardinals | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 69 | 44 | W1 |
San Francisco 49ers | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 49 | 42 | L1 |
Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 30 | 67 | L2 |
Conference
[edit]# | Team | Division | W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | SOS | SOV | STK |
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Division leaders | |||||||||||
1 | New Orleans Saints | South | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1–0 | 2–0 | .250 | .250 | W2 |
2 | Minnesota Vikings | North | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0–0 | 2–0 | .250 | .250 | W2 |
3 | Seattle Seahawks | West | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0–0 | 0–0 | .250 | .250 | W2 |
4 | Washington Commanders | East | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1–0 | 1–1 | .500 | .000 | W1 |
Wild cards | |||||||||||
5 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | South | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0–0 | 2–0 | .500 | .500 | W2 |
6 | Atlanta Falcons | South | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 0–0 | 1–0 | .750 | .500 | W1 |
7 | Arizona Cardinals | West | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1–0 | 1–0 | .500 | .000 | W1 |
In the hunt | |||||||||||
8 | Philadelphia Eagles | East | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 0–0 | 1–1 | .500 | .500 | L1 |
9 | Detroit Lions | North | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 0–0 | 1–1 | .500 | .000 | L1 |
10 | San Francisco 49ers | West | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 0–0 | 0–1 | .750 | .500 | L1 |
11 | Dallas Cowboys | East | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 0–0 | 0–1 | .750 | .500 | L1 |
12 | Chicago Bears | North | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 0–0 | 0–0 | .500 | .000 | L1 |
13 | Green Bay Packers | North | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 0–0 | 0–1 | .250 | .000 | W1 |
14 | Carolina Panthers | South | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1.000 | .000 | L2 |
15 | New York Giants | East | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0–1 | 0–2 | .750 | .000 | L2 |
16 | Los Angeles Rams | West | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0–1 | 0–2 | .500 | .000 | L2 |
Tiebreakers[a] | |||||||||||
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Legend | |||||||||||
w — Clinched wild card | |||||||||||
x — Clinched playoff berth | |||||||||||
y — Clinched division | |||||||||||
z — Clinched first-round bye and home-field advantage |
References
[edit]- ^ "After Big Draft Class, Cardinals Agree With 3 Undrafted Rookies". azcardinals.com. April 29, 2024. Retrieved April 30, 2024.