“They Taking All the Eagles Coaches”: Arizona Cardinals Creates History With Decisive Coaching Move Leaving Fans Ecstatic

The Arizona Cardinals have added another personnel from the Eagles to their coaching staff. Earlier, the Cardinals hired Jonathan Gannon as their new head coach, who was the former defensive coordinator for the Eagles. Now, as per NFL insider Tom Pelissero, the Arizona team has lured in former Philadelphia linebackers coach Nick Rallis as their new defensive coordinator.

According to Pelissero, many teams wanted Rallies; however, the 29-year-old former LB chose to follow Gannon in the Cardinals. With this move, Rallies became the youngest-ever coordinator in NFL history. After this move, many fans on social media showed support; whereas some Eagles fans showed their disappointment.

Fans react to Arizona Cardinals hiring Nick Rallies as their new defensive coordinator

Notably, Rallies played for Edina High School and the University of Minnesota as a linebacker. So, he relatively has a good experience at the college level.

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As for becoming the new DC of the Arizona team, Cardinals’ tight end Maxx Williams feels ecstatic as he tweeted, “So pumped to see this!!!“

On the other hand, former Vikings LB, Ben Leber, also showed support for Rallis.

Another fan wished Rallis all the best for his new job.

Meanwhile, a few Eagles fans are not happy about it.

Another fan felt the Cardinals are trying to imitate the Eagles.

A few fans talked about his age as well.

Interestingly, one fan pointed out that Rallis has a WWE connection as well.

Apart from that, many fans tried to troll the Cardinals and their newest DC.

Another fan called out the Cardinals.

One fan mocked the high school Rallis played for.

One more fan took a dig at the Arizona team and their recruitment.

It is worth noting that the Cardinals had a pretty poor 2022 season, winning only 4 games out of 17; they also finished last in the NFC West division. On the other hand, the Eagles made a Super Bowl run with the help of their terrific defense. Appointing both Gannon and Rallis will certainly help the Cardinals improve their season in 2023.

Rallis is younger than 11 other Cardinals player

As mentioned before, Rallis is the youngest-ever coordinator in NFL and now he is younger than 11 other players in the Cardinals’ 53-man squad. Rallis has a pretty interesting career, as he played as a star linebacker at college in Minnesota. Then, he decided to pursue a coaching career after college and joined the Vikings, where he spent three seasons.

In 2021, he joined the Eagles as a linebackers coach. Along with Gannon, he helped the Eagles’ defense massively. Last season, the Eagles were eighth in the NFL in scoring and first in pass defense. Although the Chiefs trolled the Eagles’ defense during their victory parade, they certainly gave a tough time to the Chiefs‘ offense in the Super Bowl. Now, the Cardinals are also possibly looking for the same impact from both Gannon and Rallis.

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