2020 NFL Power Rankings, post-draft: Cowboys big winners, Packers major losers
By Dan Parzych
Speaking of DeAndre Hopkins, it’s going to be exciting to see if the Arizona Cardinals have what it takes to live up to the new expectations now that the star wideout is officially on board.
The Cardinals entered the offseason with the hope of building a better offense around Kyler Murray after showing plenty of potential in 2019 as a rookie, but no one ever could have predicted Arizona would be able to land Hopkins.
Of course, just because the Cardinals landed one of the top receivers in all of football doesn’t necessarily mean they are guaranteed to find success since the team still needs to show handling the pressure won’t be an issue.
Not to mention, as great as Arizona looks on offense with Murray and Hopkins, the defense still needs to come through on their end.
Luckily for the Cardinals, the defense was able to fill one of their needs in the draft after using a first-round pick on Clemson’s Isaiah Simmons.
Watching Simmons spend the first three years as a safety before making the official switch to linebacker for the Tigers last season shows just how special of a defender he is, and should impact Arizona in a big way to possibly put up a surprise fight within the NFC West.