2026 Arizona Cardinals season

2026 Arizona Cardinals season
Owner	Michael Bidwill
General manager	Monti Ossenfort
Head coach	TBD
Home stadium	State Farm Stadium
Results
Record	0–0
Uniform
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The 2026 season will be the Arizona Cardinals' 107th in the National Football League (NFL), their 39th in Arizona, their 21st playing their homes games at State Farm Stadium, their fourth under general manager Monti Ossenfort and their first under a new head coach. They will seek to improve upon their 2025 record of 3–14.

Offseason

Coaching changes

Following the end of the 2025 season, the Cardinals fired head coach Jonathan Gannon. ^[1]

Draft

Main article: 2026 NFL draft

2026 Arizona Cardinals draft selections

Round	Selection	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	TBD
2	TBD
3	TBD
4	TBD
5	TBD
6	TBD
7	TBD

Notes

• Exact numbers of the selections from rounds 4–7 will be determined when compensatory selections are awarded at the NFL's annual spring owners' meetings.

Staff

Arizona Cardinals staff

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	Front office Owner/chairman/president – Michael Bidwill General manager – Monti Ossenfort Assistant general manager – Dave Sears Vice president of football operations & facilities – Matt Caracciolo Director of pro personnel – Glen Fox Vice President of player personnel – Rob Kisiel Director of college scouting – Ryan Gold Director of football administration – Matt Harriss Head coach Head coach – Vacant Assistant head coach/special teams coordinator – Jeff Rodgers Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – Drew Petzing Quarterbacks – Israel Woolfork Running backs – Autry Denson Passing game coordinator/wide receivers – Drew Terrell Tight ends – Ben Steele Offensive line – Justin Frye Assistant offensive line – Chris Cook Pass game specialist – Connor Senger Offensive quality control – Blaine Gautier			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Nick Rallis Defensive line – Vacant Linebackers – Cristian Garcia Outside linebackers – Matt Feeney Defensive backs – Vacant Cornerbacks – Ryan Smith Defensive quality control – Ronald Booker Defensive quality control – Alec Osborne Special teams coaches Assistant special teams – Sam Sewell Support staff Director, football strategy – Kenny Bell Assistant to the head coach – Brandon Schwab Coaching assistant – Jay Razzano Strength and conditioning Director, football performance – Shea Thompson Head strength and conditioning – Evan Marcus Assistant strength and conditioning – Everrett Gathron Assistant strength and conditioning – Jason Benguche Sports science coordinator/assistant strength and conditioning – Kyle Sammons Senior reconditioning coordinator – Buddy Morris → Coaching staff → Front office → More NFL staffs

Current roster

Arizona Cardinals roster

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Quarterbacks (QB)  7 Jacoby Brissett  1 Kyler Murray 19 Kedon Slovis Running backs (RB) 33 Trey Benson  6 James Conner 35 Corey Kiner Wide receivers (WR) 82 Andre Baccellia 86 Jalen Brooks 18 Marvin Harrison Jr. 89 Xavier Weaver 14 Michael Wilson Tight ends (TE) 41 Rivaldo Fairweather 84 Elijah Higgins 85 Trey McBride 87 Tip Reiman

Offensive linemen (OL) 74 Isaiah Adams RG 63 Evan Brown LG 58 Hayden Conner LG 72 Hjalte Froholdt C 78 Josh Fryar RT 71 Jon Gaines II C 66 Demontrey Jacobs RT 70 Paris Johnson Jr. LT 75 Christian Jones RT 69 Valentin Senn LT Defensive linemen (DL) 90 Zachary Carter DE 92 Bilal Nichols DE 97 Walter Nolen DE 56 Darius Robinson DE 55 Dante Stills DE 94 Dalvin Tomlinson NT

Linebackers (LB)  5 Baron Browning OLB 52 Jordan Burch OLB 25 Zaven Collins OLB 27 Akeem Davis-Gaither ILB 53 Austin Keys LB  9 BJ Ojulari OLB 44 Owen Pappoe ILB 50 Cody Simon ILB 10 Josh Sweat OLB  2 Mack Wilson ILB Defensive backs (DB)  3 Budda Baker SS 32 Joey Blount SS 29 Denzel Burke CB 13 Kei'Trel Clark CB 36 Kitan Crawford SS  0 Will Johnson CB 28 Elijah Jones CB 35 Kalen King CB 16 Max Melton CB 23 Sean Murphy-Bunting CB 42 Dadrion Taylor-Demerson FS 21 Garrett Williams CB Special teams (ST)

Reserve 41 Elliott Brown OLB(Futures) 37 Jaden Davis CB(Futures) 26 Bryson Green WR(Futures) 54 Eku Leota OLB(Futures) -- Ihmir Smith-Marsette WR(Futures) Impending free agents (FA) 68 Kelvin Beachum LT 46 Aaron Brewer LS 49 Pharaoh Brown TE 93 Calais Campbell DE 22 Michael Carter RB 91 L. J. Collier DE 45 Josiah Deguara TE  4 Greg Dortch WR 80 Simi Fehoko WR 12 Blake Gillikin P 39 Matt Haack P 30 Darren Hall CB 76 Will Hernandez RG 17 Zay Jones WR 51 J. J. Russell ILB 34 Jalen Thompson FS 47 Channing Tindall ILB 73 Jonah Williams RT Restricted free agents (RFA) 31 Emari Demercado RB 20 Zonovan Knight RB 38 Chad Ryland K 24 Starling Thomas V CB Exclusive-rights free agents (ERFA) 98 Joshua Karty K 79 P. J. Mustipher NT 83 Tejhaun Palmer WR 81 Travis Vokolek TE 53 active, 26 free agent(s), 5 reserve As of January 10, 2026. Rookies in italics. Roster Depth chart Transactions

Preseason

The Cardinals' preseason opponents and schedule will be announced in the spring.

Regular season

2026 opponents

Listed below are the Cardinals' opponents for 2026. Exact dates and times will be announced in the spring. ^[2]

Category	Home	Away
Division opponents (NFC West)	Los Angeles Rams San Francisco 49ers Seattle Seahawks
Conference opponents (NFC East)	Philadelphia Eagles Washington Commanders	Dallas Cowboys New York Giants
Conference opponents (based on 2025 division placement)	Detroit Lions	New Orleans Saints
Interconference opponents (AFC West)	Denver Broncos Las Vegas Raiders	Kansas City Chiefs Los Angeles Chargers
Interconference opponent (based on 2025 division placement)	New York Jets	—N/a

References

1. Weinfuss, Josh (January 5, 2026). "Sources: Cards fire Gannon after 15-36 record". ESPN . Retrieved January 5, 2026.
2. "2026 NFL season: Team-by-team opponents for every game". NFL.com. Retrieved January 5, 2026.

External links

• Official website