Ranking the NFL Teams’ Top Weaknesses After Week 16

NFL Team Needs: Prioritizing Every Roster’s Biggest Weaknesses After Week 16
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Christmas weekend of the 2023 NFL season brought presents, surprises and disappointments galore. Week 16 ended the outside playoff hopes for several squads while contenders such as the San Francisco 49ers, Kansas City Chiefs and the Dallas Cowboys all tasted defeat in crucial matchups.
Every week of the season, we’ll assess the state of each roster with a particular focus on its weaknesses. By the end of the campaign, we’ll have built a big board for every team based on its biggest needs and wants. Everything from immediate holes to fill to the offseason player carousel of free agency and the 2024 NFL draft is taken into account.
The weaknesses here are not just knee-jerk reactions to the weekend’s games, but more an overarching assessment with both present and future roster-building in mind.
Further analysis of every NFL roster will publish every Monday throughout the regular season.
Arizona Cardinals
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Kyler Murray
In a way, the Arizona Cardinals managed to win the tank bowl in Chicago this weekend. While the scoreboard might suggest otherwise, Arizona’s loss gives them the No. 2 overall pick heading into the final two weeks of the season, which is a good spot to be in for a rebuilding team.
Biggest Weaknesses:
Defensive Tackle
Cornerback
Center
Wide Receiver
Offensive Tackle
Add Now: CB Ugo Amadi
As it’s been mentioned for several weeks now, the Cardinals are playing for the future and the only players they should be adding now are young ones who could stick around for next season and beyond. Amadi fits that description as he’s been a solid slot corner in the past and doesn’t turn 27 years old until May.
2024 Free Agency: iOL Connor Williams, Miami Dolphins
Arizona’s interior offensive line has struggled outside of Will Hernandez this season. The Cardinals also have several impending free agents upfront, making guard and center significant needs this spring.
Williams will be one of the top interior offensive linemen available on the open market, partly because he has experience playing both guard spots and center. On top of that, he was playing very well in Miami this season with a near-elite grade from Pro Football Focus before tearing his ACL.
So, the medicals will need to check out but if they do, signing the 27-year-old would be a great move for the Cardinals as they’d address a need with a player who is still young.
2024 NFL Draft: DL Brandon Dorlus, Oregon
The defensive line will be another priority position group for Monti Ossenfort this spring. The team hasn’t been able to replace what J.J.
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