The Arizona Cardinals unsurprisingly did not land a player in a recent ranking of the top 11 off-ball linebackers entering the 2023 season. Kyzir White, their best player at the position, is solid but not a star.
However, the Cardinals will face a bunch of the best linebackers.
They will face five of them, including three of them twice, as they are in the NFC West.
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Fred Warner, San Francisco 49er (No. 1 overall)
Warner, again the No. 1 linebacker in the league, plays for the rival 49ers. The Cardinals will face him twice, once on the road in Week 4 and then at home in Week 15.
Bobby Wagner, Seattle Seahawks (No. 3 overall)
The Cardinals are used to facing Wagner. He spent a decade with the Seahawks before joining the Los Angeles Rams last season but returned to Seattle this offseason.
Arizona faces Seattle on the road in Week 7 and then at home to end the regular season in Week 18.
Dre Greenlaw, San Francisco 49ers (No. 5 overall)
Greenlaw and Warner make the 49ers’ linebacking corps arguably the best in the NFL.
Arizona faces him twice with Warner on the road in Week 4 and at home in Week 15.
Tremaine Edmunds, Chicago Bears (No. 7 overall)
Edmunds enters his first year with the Bears in a remade linebacking unit that also includes former Eagle T.J. Edwards.
The Cardinals face the Bears on the road in Week 16 Christmas Eve.
Germaine Pratt, Cincinnati Bengals (No. 9 overall)
Pratt and the Bengals play the Cardinals in Glendale in Week 5. HIs fellow linebacker Logan Wilson, received honorable mention.
