The Arizona Cardinals are gambling with Nick Rallis calling defensive plays — will it pay off? The returning coordinator did some reflecting.

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He now lands in Arizona, where Mike LeFleur took over as head coach after the Cardinals fired Jonathan Gannon. Kwiatkowski will work under defensive coordinator Nick Rallis, who was retained from the previous coaching staff. The gig with Arizona is Kwiatkowski’s first in the NFL.

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Mike LaFleur, 38, is expected to call plays for Arizona. He did not have that duty as the Los Angeles Rams' offensive coordinator -- head coach Sean McVay is the play-caller -- and said his choice for the OC role was a one-man list when he was named head coach of the Cardinals in January.

Dortch was mostly relegated to special teams duties in his early years. After entering the league in 2019, he bounced between four other teams (New York Jets, Carolina Panthers, Los Angeles Rams and Atlanta Falcons) before landing in the desert in 2021.