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Evaluating the current 2019 Arizona Cardinals—Should Steve Keim keep his job?

Outside of a contract extension, Steve Keim’s 2018 year couldn’t have possibly been worse so far.

  • His quality head coach in Bruce Arians retired to begin the year along with his starting quarterback
  • He was arrested and spent time in jail for being pulled over for a DUI, and barely missed out on an extreme DUI, leading to a 5-week suspension and large fines from the team President Michael Bidwill
  • His big free agent acquisitions in Sam Bradford, Justin Pugh, Andre Smith and the restructuring of Mike Iupati all tanked as hard as possible and the offensive line grew worse from 2017
  • The team fired the offensive coordinator Mike McCoy less than 12 way through the year (a guy who Keim and the Organization reportedly had wanted to bring alongside the first-time head coach in Steve Wilks
  • Wilks has left the organization in disarray, ending in a loss to the tanking Oakland Raiders and multiple 45-10 blowout losses (one on national television) and a lack of discipline or stopping opposing offenses on defense
  • Team Captain and superstar cornerback Patrick Peterson admitted to requesting for a trade from the team, despite the Cardinals’ desire to keep him and probable desire to extend him
  • The Cardinals are carrying a 2-9 record heading into a game against the Green Bay Packers and aren’t favored in any game the rest of the season, and have fluctuated between the 2nd and 3rd overall pick.