The Arizona Cardinals want to be relevant in 2025. They led the NFL West last season after 10 weeks but lost five of their final seven games. They made big moves on defense in the offseason.

Now they hope to get over the hump and make the postseason.

It should make for an interesting season, and Bleacher report agrees. Naming the eight most interesting teams in the NFL entering this season, the Cardinals come in at No. 5.

Arizona Cardinals 5th most interesting team in 2025

The Cardinals doubled their win total from four in 2023 to eight in 2024 before continuing their rebuild with the addition of several potential immediate-impact defenders, including key draft picks Walter Nolen III and Will Johnson.

Meanwhile, on offense, they’re praying that veteran quarterback Kyler Murray stays healthy and takes another big step forward with shiny sophomore receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. and revelation tight end Trey McBride.

This team would still likely have its work cut out for it in tougher divisions, but the 49ers are dealing with substantial losses after a disastrous season and the Rams and Seahawks are fringe contenders at best.

Arizona could easily be positioned to make a surprise run at the NFC West crown and could even be a potential playoff spoiler.

And at the very least, I’d expect to see plenty of fireworks in Cards games in 2025.

Here’s how I see it. They were a “good” bad team in 2023 and won four games. They were the definition of mediocre last season, losing to playoff teams and beating almost everyone they faced who didn’t make the postseason. They won eight games and had a bad defense and pretty good offense, albeit inconsistent.

Their talent on defense is significantly better and the offense should continue to be good.

If the defense is better (it will be), they will win more games. And they could have made the playoffs last year.

The Cardinals will certainly be an interesting team to watch in 2025.

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