Among the biggest needs for the Cardinals this offseason is adding pass-rushing help. The deadline to exercise fifth-year options for players selected in the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft. The Cardinals don’t have to worry about this date since they dealt their first-rounder for Hollywood Brown in 2022.

In 2024, the Arizona Cardinals took a step forward under head coach Jonathan Gannon. Unfortunately, while football is a game of inches, the Cardinals needed a few years more to really show the kind of progress their fanbase wanted to see,

The Arizona Cardinals are not in the playoffs but some future Cardinals players could be, as free agency begins in March. The Houston Texans and Kansas City Chiefs play the first game of the weekend of the divisional round, kicking off Saturday at 4:30 p.m. ET. The Chiefs have a number of players scheduled to hit free agency.