NFL training camps begin at the end of next month and the NFL season is still more than two months away, which means we have lots of time to rank players, positions, coaches, and we can create lists and projections.
Pro Football Network ranked all 32 head coaches entering 2025. Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon comes in at No. 20.
But where do the Cardinals’ opposing head coaches in 2025 rank?
2025 NFL head coach rankings: Arizona Cardinals opponents
- (Week 1) Kellen Moore, New Orleans: Unranked (under new head coaches)
- (Week 2) Dave Canales, Carolina Panthers: No. 23
- (Week 3) Kyle Shanahan, San Francisco 49ers: No. 6
- (Week 4) Mike Macdonald, Seattle Seahawks: No. 19
- (Week 5) Brian Callahan, Tennessee Titans: No. 24
- (Week 6) Shane Steichen, Indianapolis Colts: No. 21
- (Week 7) Matt LaFleur, Green Bay Packers: No. 9
- (Week 8) BYE
- (Week 9) Brian Schottenheimer, Dallas Cowboys: Unranked (under new head coaches)
- (Week 10) Mike Macdonald, Seattle Seahawks: No. 19
- (Week 11) Kyle Shanahan, San Francisco 49ers: No. 6
- (Week 12) Liam Coen, Jacksonville Jaguars: Unranked (under new head coaches)
- (Week 13) Todd Bowles, Tampa Bay Buccaneers: No. 14
- (Week 14) Sean McVay, Los Angeles Rams: No. 2
- (Week 15) DeMeco Ryans, Houston Texans: No. 15
- (Week 16) Raheem Morris, Atlanta Falcons: No. 22
- (Week 17) Zac Taylor, Cincinnati Bengals: No. 16
- (Week 18) Sean McVay, Los Angeles Rams: No. 2
Analysis
The Cardinals will face three teams with new head coaches. All are rookie head coaches.
Another four (Canales, Macdonald, Callahan and Moore) enter their second year with their teams.
Three are considered top-10 coaches, and two (Shanahan and McVay) are in the division.
Gannon outranks four of the coaches who aren’t in their first season.
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