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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Early critics of second-year Arizona Cardinals GM Monti Ossenfort have blasted his lack of effort to shore up the edge rush position. Arizona ranks near the bottom of the league in multiple related stats this season, and those numbers have not fluctuated much in eight games.
Per Pro Football Reference, the Cardinals are 30th in pressure rate (14.1 percent), 24th in QB knockdown rate (6.1 percent), 31st in hurry rate (3.5 percent) and tied for 25th in sacks (15).
There were mitigating factors in Ossenfort's lack of action, however. He didn't expect to lose edge rusher BJ Ojulari for the season with an ACL tear sustained in camp. He didn't expect to lose lineman Darius R...
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