Articles by Kyle Odegard (20)
Steve Keim will be pontificating about the Cardinals this season. The team’s ex-general manager has joined ‘Arizona Football Daily,’ a Cardinals-centric podcast co-hosted by longtime Valley radio voices Mike Jurecki and Tim Ring. The first episode with Keim on it will debut Wednesday, September 11th, Jurecki said. The trio will analyze the Cardinals and the […]
The Cardinals kick off their season on Sunday in Buffalo against the Bills. Optimism is high right now for Arizona, but it’s the same feeling for every team in the NFL heading into Week 1. By the time the year wraps, some players will live up to expectations and others will fall short. With that […]
The Cardinals begin the 2024 season on Sunday in Buffalo, and projections are middling. If Kyler Murray is dynamic and Marvin Harrison, Jr. a star from the start, a playoff berth is possible, though a porous defense is expected to be an anchor Arizona can’t detach. But this has always been a steppingstone season, the […]
When the Ravens won the Super Bowl in 2012, Ed Reed and Bernard Pollard were a fantastic safety duo with different skill-sets. Reed was the rangy ballhawking free safety, and Pollard was the enforcer in the box. But Reed always reminded Pollard to expand his game, and that advice is now being passed on from […]
Lamar Jackson was Superman last year, and it got him an MVP, but it did not get the Ravens a Super Bowl. As the 2024 season beckons, a safety who played for Baltimore’s most recent championship team believes it’s time to trade individual accolades for better balance – which just might give the Ravens a […]
Ryan Leaf was golfing last Wednesday afternoon when a message flashed across his phone. A reporter had received an advanced copy of The Players’ Coach: From Bradshaw to Manning, Brady and Beyond, an autobiography by former Colts offensive coordinator Tom Moore, and within it were anecdotes critical of Leaf’s behavior leading up to the 1998 […]
Longtime NFL assistant Tom Moore has a book coming out on Sept. 3, which recounts a 46-year NFL coaching career that continues to this day. The 85-year-old offensive assistant for the Buccaneers is best known for coaching Peyton Manning, but he also spent three years with Tom Brady in Tampa Bay from 2020-2022. In The […]
It’s been a football-centric training camp for the Arizona Cardinals, which has been a departure from the off-field chaos of the past few years. The team is hoping the attention remains on the field — and is using its financial means to increase those chances. A large number of outgoing employees have been offered money […]
Tyrann Mathieu had overcome the marijuana addiction, the self-sabotage in times of trouble, the first torn ACL. The star safety was at the pinnacle of his powers on December 20, 2015 — a big-play maestro with unparalleled instincts who was threatening to become NFL Defensive Player of the Year at the ripe age of 23. […]
The Bills lost Stefon Diggs this offseason, sapping star power from their wide receiver room. But it might not be a bad thing, as former Buffalo pass-catcher Stevie Johnson believes eliminating the pressure to get Diggs the ball could help quarterback Josh Allen. “It’s perfect for Josh,” Johnson told SportsCasting.com. “There is nobody you need […]