Cardinals 8.5 wins O/U

What say you about the Arizona Cardinals season win total of 8.5? 

Last year they won 8 games with a few chokes. They filled defensive needs in the offseason and the run defense improved from 32 to 20 from 2023 to 2024. Add in a new defensive line and Will Johnson at corner, and their GM appears to finally have gotten Jonathan Gannon "his guys." 

The offense gets Kyler Murray, Marvin Harrison Jr. back for his sophomore season, Trey McBride at TE, James Conner and Trey Benson at RB, and perhaps most importantly, an offensive line that has gelled and improved year over year. The offense could be better, but the OC's style is to set the tone with the run and bully defenses in an effort to protect Murray more than the Kingsbury regime. 

That's worked better than before, but still the offense did stall out after the bye with a few lackluster games in a row. 

I say they've improved the 2-3 games to make it to the playoffs in 2025. What say you?

Tough division with McVay always getting the most out of his aging Rams, SF being resurgent with a good scheme and dumping some veterans to get younger, and Seattle being optimistic about MacDonald and Darnold and crew.

i can see the cardinals improving this upcoming season. especially on defense, where on that side they drafted heavily with six picks. that might help with adding two or three more wins if the defense can keep them in games. 

I liked that they added Josh Sweat, Calais Campbell, and Dalvin Thompson to that defensive line before the draft too. The subpar starters of the last few years are now clearly the backups.