As the Cardinals prepare for their first training camp under new head coach Jonathan Gannon, I thought I’d take a look at how his situation as a new coach compares to that of Kliff Kingsbury. There’s some obvious surface-level similarities (they’re both young for NFL head coaches) and differences (Kingsbury was an offensive guy, Gannon is a defensive guy). But let’s look beyond that and consider the state of the franchise/roster as well. Let’s start with some similarities.

Similarities

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This one could almost be a difference, as both coaches took vastly different paths to the Cardinals head job.