Jeremiyah Love is the projected Cardinals lead back.
Projected run rate up from 31% toward the low 40s. Murray is in Minnesota. Brissett is the 2026 Week 1 projection; Minshew is the veteran insurance.
- ADP
- 3.04 (27.5)
- Target
- 3.07
- Move
- -3
- As of
- 2026-08-25
What changed
9 real changes. The rest held.
Run blocking
Was 2025 Cardinals interior
Now Seumalo in at LG; Froholdt at center; Adams/Bisontis at RG
Interior bodies changed. This is a personnel note, not a LaFleur note.
Pass blocking
Was Paris Johnson Jr. plus 2025 interior
Now LT Paris Johnson Jr., LG Isaac Seumalo, C Hjalte Froholdt, RG Isaiah Adams (Bisontis pushing), RT Elijah Wilkinson
Named five is in. Wilkinson is a one-year RT. Right guard is the open camp job.
Backfield
Was 2025 backs
Now Jeremiyah Love is the projected lead; more designed run expected under LaFleur
Projected run rate up from 31% toward the low 40s.
Quarterback
Was Kyler Murray
Now Jacoby Brissett named starter; Gardner Minshew backup
Murray is in Minnesota. Brissett is the 2026 Week 1 projection; Minshew is the veteran insurance.
Play caller
Was Drew Petzing (OC)
Now Mike LaFleur calls plays
LaFleur brought Rams motion and play-action DNA. Hackett is OC, not the caller.
Head coach
Was Jonathan Gannon
Now Mike LaFleur (hired 2026)
First-year HC from Sean McVay's tree. Scheme change for the whole offense.
Scheme & pace
Was Gannon-era, pass-heavy 2025 (~69% pass)
Now LaFleur: motion, play-action, more 13 personnel, ~58% projected pass
Projected drop in pass rate; more condensed formations.
Pass catchers
Was Murray's receivers
Now Same WR room throwing to a veteran game-manager
QB downgrade is the dominant target-quality change.
Tight end
Was 2025 TE room
Now More 13 personnel would raise TE snaps
LaFleur's Rams usage leaned extra TEs.
Continuity
Team environment
Was Gannon 15-36 over three years
Now New staff, rebuild-to-scheme fit year
Not a projected high-scoring environment.
Vacated volume
- Targets
- —
- Carries
- —
- Red zone
- —
- Air yards
- —
No high-confidence vacated-volume number published. Role change matters more than a target count.
Competition added
No meaningful new competition sourced.
This player
- Projected role
- Jeremiyah Love is the projected Cardinals lead back.
- Usage
- Projected lead-back volume for the Cardinals.
- Injury
- No Week 1 absence reported as of August 20, 2026.
- Contract
- Not flagged as a 2026 hold-in.
- Camp
- Training camp underway as of August 2026. Week 1 is September.
Upside
Projected run rate up from 31% toward the low 40s.
Downside
Murray is in Minnesota. Brissett is the 2026 Week 1 projection; Minshew is the veteran insurance.
Risks
- Quarterback: Murray is in Minnesota. Brissett is the 2026 Week 1 projection; Minshew is the veteran insurance.high
- New head coach: First-year HC from Sean McVay's tree. Scheme change for the whole offense.low
Sources
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Notes come from the 2026 coaching and roster board (team sites, NFL.com, ESPN, The Athletic). Hold is the default when ADP already has the news.