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Hall of Famer Cris Carter calls out Cardinals 'awful' ownership in fiery rant

Originally posted on Burn City Sports
By Tanner Tortorella | Last updated Feb 26, 2026 12:25 PM ET

GLENDALE – A Pro Football Hall of Famer destroyed the Arizona Cardinals in a fiery rant that will surely hurt the franchise’s ego. Legendary Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Cris Carter appeared on the Fully Loaded podcast, where he some strong words against Arizona. Carter has a close relationship to legendary Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, which is where his strong feelings come from.

The 60-year-old called the ownership group “one of the worst” in the NFL and used the word “awful” often to describe their decision making.

Carter roasts Cardinals ownership:

Cris Carter unloaded on the Cardinals. He said Larry Fitzgerald was lucky his career wasn’t ruined by playing in AZ.

“They have one of the worst ownership groups. They do not know what they are doing.”pic.twitter.com/VwsINTJPJr

— Kyle Odegard (@Kyle_Odegard) February 26, 2026

Carter called Fitzgerald “lucky” that his career wasn’t derailed because of the inept decisions by Arizona. The 2026 Hall of Fame inductee would never bad mouth his former team and had stellar success during his NFL career. Fitzgerald was second All-Time in receiving yards, despite some of the woeful choices that Carter was alluding too.

It’s hard to consider that a wide receiver with these type of numbers could’ve had a better career, but it’s definitely possible. The two best quarterbacks during Fitzgerald’s tenure was a late 30s Kurt Warner and Carson Palmer. Before, between and after those names is filled with quarterbacks under center that didn’t deserve to be.

With Fitzgerald heading to Canton, Carter let loose to call out the franchise for its truly awful way of running things for years, which is clear shot at owner Michael Bidwill.

This article first appeared on Burn City Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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