2023 Arizona Cardinals season

The 2023 season is the Arizona Cardinals' 104th season in the National Football League (NFL) and the first under new tandem head coach/general manager tandem of Jonathan Gannon and Monti Ossenfort. They attempt to improve upon their 4–13 record from the previous year and make the playoffs after a 1 year absence. The team also introduced new uniforms for the first time since the 2005 season. For the first time since 2019, DeAndre Hopkins was not on the roster as he was released in the offseason.

2023 Arizona Cardinals season
OwnerMichael Bidwill
General managerMonti Ossenfort
Head coachJonathan Gannon
Home fieldState Farm Stadium
Results
Record1–6
Division place4th NFC West

Offseason

Head coach

The Cardinals fired fourth year head coach Kliff Kingsbury, who led the Cardinals to playoffs in 2021. On February 14, the Cardinals hired former Philadelphia Eagles' defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon as the team's new head coach.

General manager

Steve Keim stepped down as general manager who spent tenth seasons, who most notably led the organization to draft such as D. J. Humphries, Haason Reddick, Budda Baker and Kyler Murray. On January 16, 2023 the Cardinals hired former Tennessee Titans director of player personnel Monti Ossenfort as their new general manager.

Uniforms

On April 20, the Cardinals unveiled new uniforms. A large "Arizona" word mark is spread across the top of the numbers on the home uniform and does not appear on the away or alternate uniforms. The home uniform's numbers are accented with a silver outline and forgoes a sleeve pattern included on the alternate and away jerseys. The white uniform featured red numbers with black trim, and red and silver stripes along the pants and sleeves. Black remains the primary color of the alternate uniform. Its numbers are red with a silver outline. The helmet was modified to feature silver facemasks and silver reflective flakes on the shell, similar to the their alternate helmet's red flakes.[1] The helmet also includes larger team logos included on either side.

Roster changes

Free agents
Position Player Tag 2023 team Notes
QBDavid BloughRFAArizona Cardinals1 year, $1.23 million
QBTrace McSorleyUFANew England Patriots1 year, $1.08 million
RBCorey ClementUFAArizona Cardinals1 year, $1.08 million
RBDarrel WilliamsUFANew Orleans Saints–
WRPharoh CooperUFA––
WRGreg DortchERFAArizona Cardinals1 year
WRAntoine WesleyRFA––
TEStephen AndersonUFA––
TEMaxx WilliamsUFA––
OLRashaad CowardUFAHouston Texans–
OLCody FordUFACincinnati Bengals1 year, $1.08 million
OLKelvin BeachumUFAArizona Cardinals2 years, $5.15 million
OLMax GarciaUFANew Orleans Saints–
OLSean HarlowUFANew York Giants–
OLWill HernandezUFAArizona Cardinals2 years, $9 million
OLJoshua MilesUFAAtlanta Falcons1 year, $1.16 million
OLBilly PriceUFANew Orleans Saints–
OLJustin PughUFA––
DLZach AllenUFADenver Broncos3 years, $47.75 million
DLMichael DogbeUFAJacksonville Jaguars1 year, $1.08 million
DLTrysten HillUFACleveland Browns1 year, $1.23 million
DLJonathan LedbetterERFAArizona Cardinals1 year
LBKamu Grugier-HillUFACarolina Panthers1 year, $1.31 million
LBBen NiemannUFATennessee Titans1 year, $1.08 million
LBEzekiel TurnerUFAArizona Cardinals1 year, $2 million
LBTanner VallejoUFA––
LBNick VigilUFA––
CBAntonio HamiltonUFAArizona Cardinals1 year, $5 million
CBJosh JacksonUFA––
CBByron MurphyUFAMinnesota Vikings2 years, $17.5 million
CBJace WhittakerERFAWashington Commanders–
SCharles WashingtonUFA––
LSAaron BrewerUFAArizona Cardinals1 year, $1.6 million
KMatt PraterUFAArizona Cardinals2 years, $7.5 million
PAndy LeeUFA––

Signings
Position Player Tag 2022 team Date signed Notes
LBKyzir WhiteUFAPhiladelphia EaglesMarch 152 years, $10 million
OLHjalte FroholdtUFACleveland BrownsMarch 152 years, $4.6 million
DLKevin StrongUFATennessee TitansMarch 151 year, $1.15 million
WRZach PascalUFAPhiladelphia EaglesMarch 202 years, $4.5 million
DLL. J. CollierUFASeattle SeahawksMarch 211 year, $1.2 million
OLDennis DaleyUFATennessee TitansMarch 212 years, $3.2 million
LBJosh WoodsUFADetroit LionsMarch 231 year, $1.23 million
LBKrys BarnesUFAGreen Bay PackersMarch 251 year, $1.03 million
CBRashad FentonUFAAtlanta FalconsMarch 301 year, $1.23 million
DLCarlos WatkinsUFADallas CowboysMarch 301 year, $1.67 million
OLElijah WilkinsonUFAAtlanta FalconsApril 41 year, $1.23 million
CBKris BoydUFAMinnesota VikingsApril 101 year, $1.23 million
QBJeff DriskelUFAHouston TexansApril 171 year, $1.08 million

Draft
Main article: 2023 NFL Draft
2023 Arizona Cardinals Draft
RoundSelectionPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
16 Paris Johnson Jr.OTOhio StateFrom LA Rams via Detroit
241 BJ OjulariDELSUFrom Tennessee
372 Garrett WilliamsCBSyracuse
94 Michael WilsonWRStanfordFrom Philadelphia
4105 Traded to Philadelphia
122 Jon Gaines IIGUCLAFrom Miami via Kansas City and Detroit
5137 Traded to Buffalo[upper-alpha 1]
139 Clayton TuneQBHoustonFrom Denver via Detroit
168 Owen PappoeLBAuburnCompensatory pick
6180 Kei'Trel ClarkCBLouisville
213 Dante StillsDTWest VirginiaCompensatory pick
7220 Traded to Las Vegas[upper-alpha 2]

Notes

  1. Arizona traded a fifth-round selection to Buffalo in exchange for offensive lineman Cody Ford.
  2. Arizona traded a seventh-round selection to Las Vegas in exchange for cornerback Trayvon Mullen. This selection could become a sixth-round selection if Mullen was active for 10 or more games in 2022 for Arizona.
2023 Arizona Cardinals undrafted free agents
Name Position College Ref.
Daniel Arias WR Colorado [2]
Kendell Brooks S Michigan State
Emari Demercado RB TCU
Matt Hembrough LS Oklahoma State
Joel Honigford TE Michigan
Marvin Pierre LB Kent State
Jacob Slade DT Michigan State
Kyle Soelle LB Arizona State
Quavian White CB Georgia State
Blake Whiteheart TE Wake Forest

Staff
Arizona Cardinals staff
Front office
  • Owner/chairman/president – Michael Bidwill
  • General manager – Monti Ossenfort
  • Assistant general manager – Dave Sears
  • Vice president of player personnel – Quentin Harris
  • Vice president of football operations & facilities – Matt Caracciolo
  • Director of player personnel – Dru Grigson
  • Assistant director of player personnel – Rob Kisiel
  • Director of college scouting – Ryan Gold
  • Assistant director of college scouting – Josh Scobey
  • Director of football administration – Matt Harriss
Head coach
Offensive coaches
  
Defensive coaches
  • Defensive coordinator – Nick Rallis
  • Defensive line – Derrick LeBlanc
  • Assistant defensive line – William Peagler
  • Linebackers – Sam Siefkes
  • Outside linebackers – Rob Rodriguez
  • Defensive backs – Patrick Toney
  • Cornerbacks – Ryan Smith
  • Defensive quality control – Ronald Booker
Special teams coaches
  • Assistant special teams – Sam Sewell
Support staff
  • Assistant to the head coach – Brandon Schwab
  • Director, football strategy – Kenny Bell
  • Director, football performance – Shea Thompson
  • Coaching assistant – Jay Razzano
Strength and conditioning
  • Strength and conditioning – Buddy Morris
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Mark Naylor

→ Coaching staff
→ Management
→ More NFL staffs

Current roster
Arizona Cardinals roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

 Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

 Reserve lists
  • 91 L. J. Collier DE (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  •  6 James Conner RB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 50 Pat Elflein C (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 86 Zach Ertz TE (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 24 Rashad Fenton CB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 59 Jon Gaines II G (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 39 Matt Hembrough LS (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 32 Marlon Mack RB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  •  1 Kyler Murray QB (PUPTooltip Physically unable to perform)
  • 94 Carlos Watkins DE (IRTooltip Injured reserve)

Practice squad


Rookies in italics

Roster updated October 24, 2023

52 active, 10 inactive, 16 practice squad (+2 exempt)

→ AFC rosters → NFC rosters

Preseason
Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap
1 August 11 Denver Broncos W 18–17 1–0 State Farm Stadium Recap
2 August 19 Kansas City Chiefs L 10–38 1–1 State Farm Stadium Recap
3 August 26 at Minnesota Vikings W 18–17 2–1 U.S. Bank Stadium Recap

Regular season

Schedule
Note: The state of Arizona lies entirely within the Mountain Time Zone; however, Daylight saving time is only observed within the Navajo Nation.
As a result, all times prior to November 5 are aligned with Pacific Daylight Time, not Mountain Daylight Time.
Week Date Time (MST) Opponent Result Record Venue TV Recap
1 September 10 10:00 a.m. at Washington Commanders L 16–20 0–1 FedExField Fox Recap
2 September 17 1:05 p.m. New York Giants L 28–31 0–2 State Farm Stadium Fox Recap
3 September 24 1:25 p.m. Dallas Cowboys W 28–16 1–2 State Farm Stadium Fox Recap
4 October 1 1:25 p.m. at San Francisco 49ers L 16–35 1–3 Levi's Stadium Fox Recap
5 October 8 1:05 p.m. Cincinnati Bengals L 20–34 1–4 State Farm Stadium Fox Recap
6 October 15 1:25 p.m. at Los Angeles Rams L 9–26 1–5 SoFi Stadium Fox Recap
7 October 22 1:05 p.m. at Seattle Seahawks L 10–20 1–6 Lumen Field Fox Recap
8 October 29 1:25 p.m. Baltimore Ravens State Farm Stadium CBS
9 November 5 11:00 a.m. at Cleveland Browns Cleveland Browns Stadium CBS
10 November 12 2:05 p.m. Atlanta Falcons State Farm Stadium CBS
11 November 19 11:00 a.m. at Houston Texans NRG Stadium CBS
12 November 26 2:05 p.m. Los Angeles Rams State Farm Stadium Fox
13 December 3 11:00 a.m. at Pittsburgh Steelers Acrisure Stadium CBS
14 Bye
15 December 17 2:05 p.m. San Francisco 49ers State Farm Stadium CBS
16 December 24 2:25 p.m. at Chicago Bears Soldier Field Fox
17 December 31 11:00 a.m. at Philadelphia Eagles Lincoln Financial Field Fox
18 TBD (January 6/7) TBD Seattle Seahawks State Farm Stadium TBD

Notes

  • Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
  • Networks and times from Weeks 7–17 are subject to change as a result of flexible scheduling.
  • The date, time and network for Week 18 will be finalized at the end of Week 17.

Week 1: at Washington Commanders
Week 1: Arizona Cardinals at Washington Commanders – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Cardinals 3 10 3016
Commanders 7 3 01020

at FedExField, Landover, Maryland

Game information

Week 2: vs. New York Giants
Week 2: New York Giants at Arizona Cardinals – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Giants 0 0 141731
Cardinals 7 13 8028

at State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Arizona

  • Date: September 17
  • Game time: 1:05 p.m. MST
  • Game weather: None (retractable roof closed)
  • Game attendance: 62,080
  • Referee: Land Clark
  • TV announcers (Fox): Adam Amin, Mark Schlereth and Kristina Pink
  • Recap, Game Book
Game information

After taking a 21-point lead in the second half, the Cardinals collapsed and allowed New York to score 24 unanswered points and win the game. The 21-point blown lead is tied for the second largest blown lead in Cardinals history.[3]

Week 3: vs. Dallas Cowboys
Week 3: Dallas Cowboys at Arizona Cardinals – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Cowboys 3 7 3316
Cardinals 9 12 0728

at State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Arizona

Game information

Week 4: at San Francisco 49ers
Week 4: Arizona Cardinals at San Francisco 49ers – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Cardinals 0 10 6016
49ers 7 14 01435

at Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California

Game information

Week 5: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Week 5: Cincinnati Bengals at Arizona Cardinals – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Bengals 10 7 7731
Cardinals 0 14 6020

at State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Arizona

  • Date: October 8
  • Game time: 1:05 p.m. MST
  • Game weather: None (retractable roof closed)
  • Game attendance: 62,651
  • Referee: Clay Martin
  • TV announcers (Fox): Kevin Kugler, Mark Sanchez and Laura Okmin
  • Recap, Game Book
Game information

Week 6: at Los Angeles Rams
Week 6: Arizona Cardinals at Los Angeles Rams – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Cardinals 3 6 009
Rams 3 3 101026

at SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California

Game information

Week 7: at Seattle Seahawks
Week 7: Arizona Cardinals at Seattle Seahawks – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Cardinals 3 7 0010
Seahawks 7 7 3320

at Lumen Field, Seattle, Washington

  • Date: October 22
  • Game time: 1:05 p.m. MST & PDT
  • Game weather: Cloudy, 56 °F (13 °C)
  • Game attendance: 68,781
  • Referee: Scott Novak
  • TV announcers (Fox): Kenny Albert, Jonathan Vilma and Shannon Spake
  • Recap, Game Book
Game information

Week 8: vs. Baltimore Ravens
Week 8: Baltimore Ravens at Arizona Cardinals – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Ravens 0 0 000
Cardinals 0 0 000

at State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Arizona

  • Date: October 29
  • Game time: 1:25 p.m. MST
  • Game weather: TBD (retractable roof stadium)
  • Referee: Tra Blake
  • TV announcers (CBS): Chris Lewis, Ross Tucker and Justin Walters
  • Preview

Division
NFC West
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
San Francisco 49ers 5 2 0 .714 2–0 4–1 201 109 L2
Seattle Seahawks 4 2 0 .667 1–1 4–1 144 118 W1
Los Angeles Rams 3 4 0 .429 2–1 2–2 155 141 L1
Arizona Cardinals 1 6 0 .143 0–3 1–5 127 182 L4

Conference
NFC
# Team Division W L T PCT DIV CONF SOS SOV STK
Division leaders
1 Philadelphia Eagles East 6 1 0 .857 1–0 4–0 .458 .452 W1
2[lower-alpha 1] Detroit Lions North 5 2 0 .714 1–0 4–1 .522 .455 L1
3[lower-alpha 1] San Francisco 49ers West 5 2 0 .714 2–0 4–1 .457 .424 L2
4 Atlanta Falcons South 4 3 0 .571 2–0 3–2 .457 .320 W1
Wild cards
5[lower-alpha 2] Seattle Seahawks West 4 2 0 .667 1–1 4–1 .350 .296 W1
6[lower-alpha 2] Dallas Cowboys East 4 2 0 .667 1–0 1–2 .375 .346 W1
7[lower-alpha 3] Minnesota Vikings North 3 4 0 .429 1–0 3–2 .511 .350 W2
In the hunt
8[lower-alpha 3] Los Angeles Rams West 3 4 0 .429 2–1 2–2 .565 .400 L1
9[lower-alpha 3][lower-alpha 4] Tampa Bay Buccaneers South 3 4 0 .429 1–1 3–3 .560 .381 L3
10[lower-alpha 3] Washington Commanders East 3 4 0 .429 0–2 2–3 .440 .333 L1
11[lower-alpha 3][lower-alpha 4] New Orleans Saints South 3 4 0 .429 1–1 1–2 .378 .211 L2
12 Green Bay Packers North 2 4 0 .333 1–1 2–2 .452 .357 L3
13[lower-alpha 5] New York Giants East 2 5 0 .286 1–1 2–3 .563 .286 W1
14[lower-alpha 5] Chicago Bears North 2 5 0 .286 0–2 1–3 .458 .429 W1
15 Arizona Cardinals West 1 6 0 .143 0–3 1–5 .522 .667 L4
16 Carolina Panthers South 0 6 0 .000 0–2 0–5 .585 .000 L6
Tiebreakers[lower-alpha 6]
  1. Detroit wins tie break over San Francisco based on strength of victory.
  2. Seattle wins tie break over Dallas based on conference record.
  3. Minnesota, LA Rams, Tampa Bay, Washington and New Orleans are ranked based on conference record. Division tie break was initially used to eliminate New Orleans (see below)
  4. Tampa Bay wins tie break over New Orleans based on head-to-head victory.
  5. NY Giants wins tie break over Chicago based on conference record.
  6. When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest ranked remaining team from each division.
Legend
w — Clinched wild card
x — Clinched playoff berth
y — Clinched division
z — Clinched first-round bye and home-field advantage

References
  1. "New Uniforms For The Arizona Cardinals". www.azcardinals.com. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  2. "ASU's Kyle Soelle Highlights Cardinals Undrafted Free Agent Class". azcardinals.com. May 1, 2023.
  3. "Arizona Cardinals Blown Leads". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
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