NFL.com’s Schein makes ‘bold’ prediction: Cardinals miss playoffs

Schein nonetheless likes the Rams and 49ers rosters higher than Arizona’s.

That’s the place the margin for error will get skinny when contemplating a string of video games with out Hopkins and people obivous questions on Kingsbury or Murray main the Cardinals by adversity.

4 of Arizona’s first six video games with out Hopkins, who will serve a PED suspension, come towards playoff groups from 2021.

Within the first three video games alone, the Cardinals face a Kansas Metropolis Chiefs squad that made the AFC Championship and is led by a perennial MVP candidate in Patrick Mahomes.

Then it’s a highway sport towards the Las Vegas Raiders, who upgraded this offseason by including former Arizona cross rusher Chandler Jones and former Inexperienced Bay Packers wideout Davante Adams. Week 3 is a house tilt towards the Rams.

It positive appears to be like just like the Cardinals should combat by early adversity. Even when they shock and get out of that in comparatively good condition, they should knock the monkey off their again after three tumbles to finish common seasons in Kingsbury’s first three years on the job.

Arizona has gone a mixed 9-17 after Week 8 within the common season from 2019-21.