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Mike LaFleur’s First-Year Expectations With Cardinals Aren’t About Wins
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Mike LaFleur’s First-Year Expectations With Cardinals Aren’t About Wins

Arizona Cardinals On SI·Donnie Druin·22 days ago
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The promise Mike LaFleur brings to the Arizona Cardinals is real ahead of 2026, though expectations seem to be all over the place. The Cardinals hit the reset button after a dismal 2025 season that initially held playoff potential. Arizona made massive changes at head coach/quarterback and are hoping to get fully healthy sooner as opposed to later thanks to some key injuries across the board. LaFleur enters the desert with plenty of hype as an innovative offensive mind, though the first-time head coach surely has his work cut out for him. What are the expectations around LaFleur's first season at the helm? Bleacher Report's Kristopher Knox says a 6-11 record would do the trick: "Arizona didn't take major steps to revamp a defense that ranked 27th overall in 2025. However, they took steps to reload an offense that has been brimming with potential but lacking in results," wrote Knox. "...…

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