Arizona Cardinals 2025 Fantasy Football Projections
Updated: Sunday, August 31, 2025Our 2025 fantasy football projections below are for the Arizona Cardinals.
Projected fantasy points are based on half-PPR scoring.
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Embed from Getty ImagesQUARTERBACKS
| Player | Att. | Comp. | Yards | TD | INT | Rush | Yards | TD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyler Murray | 512.4 | 348.4 | 3638 | 20.5 | 10.76 | 78.8 | 472.8 | 4.73 | 281.66 |
| Jacoby Brissett | 41.5 | 25.7 | 273.9 | 1.29 | 0.62 | 9.3 | 32.6 | 0.37 | 20.36 |
| QB Totals | 553.9 | 374.1 | 3911.9 | 21.79 | 11.38 | 88.1 | 505.4 | 5.1 | 302.02 |
Kyler Murray: While fantasy managers were hoping for more from Murray in 2024, his final numbers were still solid albeit not spectacular. Murray threw multiple touchdowns in only four games, but he had another four multi-score games when including rushing touchdowns. Even with more weekly inconsistency than you may like, Murray has upside as a back-end QB1, especially if Marvin Harrison Jr. and their connection take a step forward in year two.
RUNNING BACKS
| Player | Att. | Yards | TD | Rec. | Yards | TD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Conner | 208.7 | 918.3 | 8.24 | 42.9 | 329.5 | 1.6 | 205.27 |
| Trey Benson | 134.5 | 605.3 | 3.36 | 19.2 | 167.6 | 0.6 | 110.65 |
| Emari Demercado | 24.3 | 106.9 | 0.67 | 13.1 | 82.7 | 0.5 | 32.53 |
| Zonovan Knight | 3.5 | 14.4 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 17 | 0.1 | 5.49 |
| RB Totals | 371 | 1644.9 | 12.37 | 77.5 | 596.8 | 2.8 | 353.94 |
James Conner: Conner turned 30 in May and is entering his ninth NFL season. While he played 16 games last year, he has exceeded 13 games only three times in his career. That said, he's been highly productive in his four seasons in Arizona. During that four-year span, he has finished no worse than RB14 on a points-per-game basis (half-PPR scoring) and only three running backs have scored more touchdowns — Derrick Henry (53), Joe Mixon (49) and Austin Ekeler (48) — than Conner (44).
Trey Benson: The split in workload between James Conner (283) and Benson (69) was wider than expected in 2024. The gap will definitely be narrower this season, but by how much? Benson has added weight (seven pounds) while also claiming to be more explosive, and Conner, Benson and the team have talked up having two starting running backs.
WIDE RECEIVERS
| Player | Rec. | Yards | TD | Rush | Yards | TD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin Harrison Jr. | 77.7 | 1045.4 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 192.59 |
| Michael Wilson | 45.5 | 574.9 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101.24 |
| Greg Dortch | 24.4 | 224.9 | 1.4 | 4.6 | 34 | 0.23 | 47.87 |
| Zay Jones | 13.3 | 135.7 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.02 |
| Xavier Weaver | 1.6 | 17 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 |
| WR Totals | 162.5 | 1997.9 | 14 | 4.6 | 34 | 0.23 | 369.82 |
Marvin Harrison Jr.: Especially when compared to other rookie standouts — Malik Nabers, Brian Thomas Jr., and Ladd McConkey, Harrison fell considerably short of the lofty expectations fantasy managers had for him entering the season. Even though Trey McBride led the team in targets, Harrison earned a 22.18% target share as a rookie. Although I project a WR2 upgrade for the Cardinals in my 2026 NFL mock draft, the team essentially returns an identical group of pass catchers in 2025. Per NextGen stats, only two other receivers had a higher share of their team's air yards percentage than Harrison (42.67%) although he tied fellow rookie receiver Keon Coleman for the lowest average separation (2.0). Harrison "added some muscle" this offseason and there is some optimism for his second season to go much better.
TIGHT ENDS
| Player | Rec. | Yards | TD | Rush | Yards | TD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trey McBride | 111.9 | 1108.7 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 187.82 |
| Elijah Higgins | 15.7 | 151.2 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.77 |
| Tip Reiman | 5.4 | 47.5 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.25 |
| Travis Vokolek | 1 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.47 |
| TE Totals | 134 | 1317.1 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 229.31 |
Trey McBride: The good news is that McBride smashed previous career highs in targets (147), receptions (111) and receiving yards (1,146). Among all players (wide receivers included), he finished eighth, fourth, and 11th, respectively, in those categories. The bad news is that he had only two touchdowns and has a total of six through three NFL seasons. If there's a glimmer of hope, McBride finished top three in TE targets from inside the 20 (21, T-2nd), 15 (16, T-2nd), 10 (12, 1st) and 5 (seven, T-1st).
Yes, Brock Bowers deserves to be TE1 in fantasy drafts, but it's a 1A/1B (or 1A/1A) situation with Bowers and McBride. Even though I have Bowers ranked ahead of McBride, the former Colorado State tight end may offer a little more value nearly a round later.