Week 1 · 2025–26 season
Cardinals
W 20-13 at Saints · Sep 7, 2025
Misery Index · Uneasy
Cardinals fans won in New Orleans and still spent the afternoon drafting Petzing's termination letter.
The emotional rollercoaster
Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.
What happened
A win is a win, and K.Murray's 45-yard strike to M.Harrison plus T.Benson's 52-yard burst should feel like the start of something. Instead, the dominant fan note is exhaustion with Petzing's late-game conservatism, the same script where leads shrink and defenses have to bail it out — which they did, capped by the stop on A.Kamara and S.Rattler's incompletion to C.Olave at the gun. Week 1 produced a W and a familiar unease about who's actually steering this thing.
What fans said
“I’m so happy. He’s just what we needed 🥲”
u/highbackpacker▲ 93joy
“tired of getting leads and letting the other team stay in the game because they coach like they're scared to lose”
u/JaytoI▲ 110frustration
“Petzing plays like an absolute bitch worried about losing his job, when in reality, his conservative play is going to get him fired.”
u/ThatSpecialAgent▲ 21rage
“Drew Petzing legitimately might be the worst person ever and that is including both world wars”
u/Jengaman64▲ 20rage
“I can cry real fucking tears oh my god 3 straight great plays from the defensive line it’s been so long”
u/Sitrous1▲ 22joy
“Good teams don’t give up on drives on second fucking down. Fuck drew petzing”
u/nyyth242▲ 17rage
14 more
“Defense looks fucking pathetic. Saints are supposed to be in contention for the number 1 pick and they are fucking punking us.”
u/Leonthepuma▲ 15rage
“A SHOVEL TO FITZGERALD HE SCORES”
u/OwlishlyStrong▲ 15joy
“He got so screwed on that call to take away his pick - what a gorgeous play by him.”
u/fuckswithboats▲ 61frustration
“Isaiah Adams and Jonah Williams gotta go to China man holy shit they’re garbage”
u/Sitrous1▲ 14rage
“They keep calling bullshit lol. Fucking destroy this team please.”
u/Acrobatic_Shelter890▲ 14rage
“I will always appreciate winning in an early window and winning an away game, I don’t take it for granted no matter the opponent”
u/WhatMyHeartHeld▲ 30joy
“Traveling east, early morning game and we win I will take that every time”
u/jeremycb29▲ 29joy
“Kliff Kingsbury Vietnam flashbacks i will flip all this shit over”
u/bernith▲ 13rage
“Holy fuck that’s a 98 yd touchdown if you make a fucking throw”
u/dnttalkaboutitt▲ 13rage
“Oh look, we throw it to MHJ and get a big play. Oh look, we throw it to MHJ and we get a TD 😏”
u/Icelord52▲ 17joy
“Fuck the refs.”
u/BrawndoElectrolytes▲ 17rage
“Dude fuck this line. They are awful”
u/nyyth242▲ 12rage
“Ah we are ass again this year. Awesome”
u/FizzyTurnip8684▲ 16despair
“You mean our "completely rebuilt, massively improved" d line that weve been hearing so much about?”
u/RawberryPowerthirst▲ 91frustration