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Jonathan Gannon Comically Reveals Cardinals' Findings From Studying Momentum

Arizona Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon during an NFL pre-draft news conference at the Cardinals Dignity Health Training Center in Tempe on April 18, 2024. | Rob Schumacher/The Republic / USA TODAY

Since the very first American football game in 1869, coaches—like scientists—have been trying to tame the concept of momentum. Can positive plays in games cascade on one another to change the direction of a contest?

According to Arizona Cardinals coach Jonathan Gannon, the Cardinals' coaching staff put that idea to the test this offseason. On Wednesday, Gannon revealed to reporters what the team found—or rather, didn't find—about the concept on the heels of a 4–13 season.

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