Lions Surprisingly Hire Former Cardinals Play-caller

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ARIZONA — The Arizona Cardinals move into nan offseason needing to find their adjacent caput coach and coordinators for some sides of nan ball, though their erstwhile violative play-caller already has a caller home.

According to aggregate reports, nan Detroit Lions are hiring erstwhile Cardinals violative coordinator Drew Petzing to service successful nan aforesaid role.

The Lions are hiring Drew Petzing arsenic their violative coordinator, sources show maine and @RapSheet.

Petzing, 38, kept Arizona’s discourtesy afloat this past play contempt a rash of injuries, including astatine QB. Now, a immense opportunity pinch Detroit’s high-octane offense. pic.twitter.com/DViqn2d5cC

— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) January 19, 2026

Petzing served arsenic Arizona's violative coordinator since 2023 aft joining Jonathan Gannon's staff. His statement ran retired astatine nan extremity of nan play and since Gannon was fired, his beingness was not expected back.

Petzing now heads to an breathtaking Lions discourtesy that features names specified arsenic Jared Goff, Jahmyr Gibbs, David Montgomery, Jameson Williams, Amon-Ra St. Brown and Sam LaPorta.

Petzing's discourtesy successful nan godforsaken wasn't capable to initially get going successful 2023 arsenic Kyler Murray was still recovering from a torn ACL suffered adjacent nan extremity of nan anterior season. Murray returned towards nan backmost half of 2023 and showed immoderate committedness nether Petzing, who helped Arizona unafraid roadworthy wins complete teams specified arsenic nan Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles.

2024 saw nan Cardinals adhd Marvin Harrison Jr. pinch nan No. 4 wide pick, giving dream that their discourtesy would return nan adjacent measurement pinch a afloat patient Murray. Arizona started retired 6-4 and claimed nan apical spot successful nan NFC West acknowledgment to a beardown operation of tally and play-action usage nether Petzing's watch, though their 2nd half illness of nan play (which yet saw them miss nan playoffs) was attributed to Petzing's inability to accommodate complete nan people of nan year.

The Cardinals didn't make immoderate sweeping changes to their discourtesy successful 2025, banking connected continuity to return Arizona to caller heights. That didn't work, arsenic Arizona flamed retired to a 3-14 grounds pinch aggregate injuries and underperformance crossed nan board.

Even if Gannon stayed, Petzing was heavy rumored to beryllium retired of Arizona pursuing nan 2025 season.

Arizona's discourtesy didn't people complete 30 points erstwhile this past twelvemonth and classed successful nan bottommost half of nan convention successful position of yards (325.8) and points (20.9) per game.

Gannon was ever protect of Petzing erstwhile speaking pinch reporters, though that was a fixed arsenic Gannon ne'er favored throwing his players aliases coaches nether nan autobus successful a nationalist setting.

Perhaps his tally successful Detroit will beryllium different, though Petzing's three-year tenure successful nan godforsaken won't precisely beryllium remembered successful promising light.