The Arizona Cardinals defense has a lot riding on their young pair of former first-round pick linebackers, Isaiah Simmons and Zaven Collins. While they have confidence in them, there isn’t that same optimism outside of the building.
Pro Football Focus ranked all 32 teams’ linebacking corps and the Cardinals came in 30th out of 32.
A lot is riding on the development of Zaven Collins and Isaiah Simmons, who have simply not played well enough — especially for first-round picks. If the Cardinals had spent those picks elsewhere and held on to Jordan Hicks in free agency, they would be in a much better spot.
