Arizona Cardinals to avoid most of NFL's top TEs in 2025
The Arizona Cardinals have one of the league's best tight ends in the league in Trey McBride. He is an absolute stud. He was the Cardinals' best pass-catcher last season, logging 111 receptions.
Coaches, scouts and executives agree, as he was ranked fifth in the league at the position by them.
But the Cardinals won't face a lot of top-tier tight ends in 2025. ESPN's Jeremy Fowler gives us the top 10 tight ends in the NFL entering the 2025 season, based on the votes of aforementioned coaches, scouts and execs.
NFL top TEs the Cardinals will face in 2025
This is actually a pretty good thing, as the Cardinals have Akeem Davis-Gaither and Mack Wilson expected to be their starting linebackers.
Kittle is always a challenge and Ferguson is solid, but the Cardinals avoid many of the great ones.
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