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There’s so many things that Arizona Cardinals fans brought into this 2018 season:Hope.Excitement.Caution.Expectation.Fans knew that there was going to be growing pains and offensive and defensive issues to begin the year.But fans didn’t expect this. So far through two games the Cardinals offense has generated 350 total yards of offense Stitched Ricky Seals-Jones Jersey , one touchdown, no passing touchdowns, 17 first downs and has looked like they have no ability to move the ball or score.Basically:On the other side of the ball, the defense has given up 51 points, 50 first downs, 811 yards of offense.23 first downs for the Rams today.As for the offensive side of the ball?They had only 100 total yards of offense today and Larry Fitzgerald was benched in order to save his body in a meaningless blowout.The special teams has been the strongest part of the team and they still have had only one big return and gave up two to the Rams today.So what do fans want to hear?They don’t want to hear the typical “We’ll get it fixed, players need to execute, I’m putting this loss on myself.”Fans want to know that change will happen, and they need to see it.Most fans have already given up on Mike McCoy, and some have already given up on Steve Wilks and it’s only been two games.You now have 1/8th of the season done and it’s no longer a one game “fluke” but rather fans are starting to accept that this is who the Cardinals are.And what’s shocking isn’t even how poorly the offense is but rather how bad the defense has showed up so far.It’s been putrid and while the offense hasn’t been good at all the expectations for this team were higher than being, currently the 2nd worst team in the entire NFL.So what do fans want to hear?They don’t want to hear anything but an apology from the head coach and perhaps even from the General Manager who assembled their team and selected this coaching staff.Because there’s really nothing so far that anyone can hang their hat on.At it’s core, they’ve been out coached.It’s not just fans saying it.The Arizona media ripped the team and especially the playcalling and how the defense was.And that’s the scariest thing of all for fans.Fans don’t want to hear “this is a lost season.”Fans don’t want to hear “Same Old Cardinals” or people saying things like “The Skelton years were more competitive”.Fans don’t want to hear “Well, at this point, can things get worse?”Well, yes, of course they can.The Cardinals face Khalil Mack next week followed by the onslaught of Russell Wilson and Jimmy Garoppolo and if Sam Bradford is still starting, I wonder if fans will feel that they are entering into a contest the Cardinals stand no chance of winning.Fans want to hear who’s at fault and it’s hard to figure out if it’s the coaching, the players but there’s really no doubt that through two weeks, they’ve been overmatched.And now not just players, but the coaching staff will be faced with adversity they never expected and having a leash.So, what do fans want to hear?Not “Deja vu, same issues as last week.”No, they want to see the head coach fall on his sword and start making large wide-scale changes to try and compete or they will lose hope quickly in the staff to make adjustments and coach them up to play winning football.What do Cardinals fans want to hear?“Mike McCoy will be evaluated.”Because if you see the same offensive struggles, even with a different quarterback, there’s only one person to blame.And after a poor season in Denver that has gone worse somehow in Arizona Youth Ricky Seals-Jones Jersey , in a predictable scheme there’s very little loyalty that fans have to a coach that seems to shrink the field in a season where a second year quarterback that the team passed on in Patrick Mahomes torched the Steelers for 6 touchdowns in what’s essentially the pro version of a college offense.And it’s not like you don’t have a backup plan for your offensive coordinator waiting in the wings held over from the Arians era in Byron Leftwich.Fans want to hear nothing more than two words.Josh. Rosen.At this point, fans want to be entertained and to compete in games and while that might not happen immediately with Rosen, if this type of pain continues for fans, they’ll tune out and lose the headway that the team has made.Fans have decided they demand and want more.They’ve come to expect more and the Arizona Cardinals organization has promised to give it to them.And they’ve rewarded the fans’ trust after losing Bruce Arians and Carson Palmer by showcasing a team that is a terrible fit with their current personnel.And something has to give.Fans want to hear Steve Wilks and Mike McCoy say: “We were wrong about Sam Bradford.”It starts with recognizing that they can’t move the football with Sam Bradford, and even if they can’t with Josh Rosen, he can learn and give fans hope for the rest of this season.Because at 0-2, we all know the stat that 90% of teams that start 0-2 don’t make the postseason.You start out 0-3 and fans will not care on Sundays and that sellout streak, cheering fans will turn to jeering fans and people’s livelihood is on the line.So start Josh Rosen, Cardinals.At this point, you’re on a one-way trip to the bottom of the NFL, might as well see if you can make any sort of spark in the middle of this storm. After beating the Rams on Thursday Night Football in St. Louis back in December of 2014, Bruce Arians spit fire in the faces of the football gods and Rams’ HC Jeff Fisher when he said: “There’s an 11-3 team (Cardinals) out there and the other team (Rams) is always 8-8. You figure it out.”Well, the Rams sure figured it out and so did the football gods—-oh the irony—-in Bruce Arians’ last season, the Cardinals were the team with 8 wins and the Rams were the team with 11 wins. I guess some people would call this a stunning example of karma.The Rams were able to win 11 games last year because one year after they drafted QB Jared Goff, they fired Jeff Fisher in order to put Goff in the young, but highly capable and creative hands of Sean McVay.Under Fisher it looked as if Goff was going to be a bust. Fisher didn’t start Goff until the Rams’ 10th game—-and Goff went 0-7, passing for a mere 1,089 yards at a 54.6% completion percentage rate, throwing 5 TDs to 7 interceptions and getting sacked 26 times for 222 yards for loss.To help Sean McVay be able to focus much of his time on developing Goff and the Rams’ new-look offense, the Rams hired a highly successful, veteran defensive coordinator in Wade Phillips. In free agency, they made three key moves to help McVay and Goff get the offense off the ground and running: signing LT Andrew Whitworth, C John Sullivan and WR Robert Woods.Whitworth, Sullivan and Woods have been even better than advertised.Look at the first 5 of their 2017 NFL Draft picks:2. (44) Gerald Everett, TE Stitched Gabe Holmes Jersey , South Alabama3. (69) Cooper Kupp, WR, Eastern Washington3. (91) John Johnson, S, Boston College4. (117) Josh Reynolds, WR, Texas A&M4. (125) Samson Ebukam, LB, Eastern WashingtonTalk about CHA-CHING! moneymoneymoney—-MONEY!if you have been watching the Rams, especially if you watched their stunning 54-51 win over the Chiefs on MNF, Everett caught the game winning TD, Kupp has been a star from day one, but recently was lost for this rest of season with a torn ACL (but he was ably replaced by Josh Reynolds last night who caught 6 passes for 80 yards and a nifty TD in the right corner of the end zone), Johnson was the leading tackler for both sides in the game last night with 11 (74 tackles and 3 interceptions on the season) and Ebukam was one of their brightest defensive stars who scored two, that’s right, two defensive TDs!The Cardinals need to do for Josh Rosen what the Rams did for Jared Goff. Hire a QB guru and creative play caller as the new head coach, which would ensure that Rosen would be in the same system for the next 4 years under the same head coach/OC.Next, the Cardinals need to pair the offensive minded head coach with a veteran defensive coordinator. For example, bringing Todd Bowles back as DC would be superb, assuming that Bowles becomes available, that he doesn’t get another HC job and that he would want to return to the Cardinals.In free agency—-the Cardinals need to add 2 key stabilizing players on the offensive line, just as the Rams did (Whitworth, Sullivan)—-and they need to add a tough, cagy, chain moving playmaker at WR the way the Rams did with Woods.On the defensive side the Cardinals need to re-sign DE Markus Golden. In free agency and/or the 2019 NFL Draft the Cardinals need to add talent and depth at DT Youth Gabe Holmes Jersey , DE, LB (2), CB, S, OL, WR, TE and K.It may take a little while to catch up to the Rams—-but with Rosen on his rookie contract, with a premium draft position and with over $70M of cap space the Cardinals can start chipping their way back as fast as they can.I have to say—-having spent hours watching and analyzing Jared Goff’s game tapes at Cal, I never in my wildest dreams pictured him playing as well as he is right now. There were so many times at Cal where, at least to me, he looked like a backpedalling, throw of the back foot version of Kevin Kolb.Intersting, because Goff is still throwing off his back foot—-but he isn't bailing out too quickly and his touch has bee superb.You think coaching makes a big difference in the NFL? How about the job Andy Reid is doing with Patrick Mahomes? When you watch Mahomes’ games at Texas Tech he was all over the place with his decision making—-sometimes making jaw-dropping throws, but other times making bone headed mistakes, particularly in the red zone. It is incredible how Reid has been able to get Mahomes to play within the discipline of their offense. The kid in his first season as the starter has thrown for 37 TDs (vs. 10 interceptions) in 11 games (9-2) for 3,628 yards at a completion percentage of 67.5. It’s unbelievable! Goff has thrown for 26 TDs (vs. 6 ints.) for 3,578 yards in 11 games (10-1) at a completion percentage of 67.7.This is only his 3rd year.But—-imagine where Goff would be today if Jeff Fisher were still the need coach? Imagine where Mahomes would be today if he had been drafted by the Bills instead of by the Chiefs. The successful defensive minded head coaches in the league like Bill Belichick and Mike Tomlin have had Pro Bowl QBs (Super Bowl MVP winners) for over 15 years and offensive coordinators who either became head coaches (McDaniels, Whizenhunt, Arians) or were once head coaches and retuned (McDaniels)....and with franchises have two of the very best, veteran OL coaches in the NFL (Dante Scarnecchia and Mike Munchak, who was also a head coach).But—-today—-if you don’t a proven Pro Bowl QB and you just drafted the QBOF, it behooved you to pair that young QB with an offensive guru type of head coach.