The offseason brings a lot of rankings, and with where the Arizona Cardinals are at in their process they are not going to be ranked too highly in most of these rankings.
One that came out today was about the rankings of all the NFL general managers, and for the Arizona Cardinals and Monti Ossenfort the rankings were not ideal.
From NBC Sports:
28. Monti Ossenfort, Cardinals
Monti Ossenfort is out of excuses. He can no longer blame the quarterback he inherited, nor the first head coach he hired. Absent his Kyler Murray and Jonathan
Gannon scapegoats, Ossenfort is left with one of the league’s most talent-bereft rosters, one that is now unquestionably “his” following four draft classes and free agencies. For as legitimate of a concern as Murray he was, he ended up paling in comparison to Ossenfort’s 2025 defense, which allowed a franchise-record 488 points. Ossenfort’s response was … selecting a running back at No. 3 overall. No offense to Jeremiyah Love, but the Cardinals aren’t going to run their way out of this one. Love’s selection came after Ossenfort had previously cultivated a reputation as an early-round drafter of “premium” positions. He was, but they haven’t been very good. LT Paris Johnson has been solid. DL Walter Nolen could one day be something. That’s … about it. With zero quarterback hope on the 2026 horizon — best of luck to Jacoby Brissett and overdrafted third-rounder Carson Beck — Ossenfort probably won’t be back to finish what he is attempting to start with new head coach Mike LaFleur.
Ossenfort was able to scapegoat the quarterback in Murray, then saw the team go 1-11 with Jacoby Brissett under center, and that was all on the defense, so they smartly got rid of the defensive minded head coach in Jonathan Gannon.
Of course, the question becomes why they would retain the defensive coordinator, and bring back nearly the same defense.
I mean, when your big offseason move is going from Calais Campbell to Roy Lopez and… hoping that one of Dadrion Taylor-Demerson or Andrew Wingard can replace Jalen Thompson, that is not inspiring.
Of course, this could all be that Monti can now scapegoat Nick Rallis, and run it back one more year.
It should be put up or shut up time, but this is the Arizona Cardinals.
