The Arizona Cardinals enter the 2021 season at a crossroads. The rebuild is definitively over, but they showed last year that they were not quite ready to contend. That changes this year: a playoff berth is the expectation for this retooled roster.
Anything short of the postseason will be a disappointment… and heads will roll.
So that’s what’s at stake for the team as a whole this season. But what about the individual members of the team? Everyone is obviously playing for something, but I think the stakes can be broken down into three general categories: reputation, a contract, and their job.