Arizona Cardinals' Steve Keim, Kliff Kingsbury listed as big losers at NFL trade deadline

The 2022 NFL trade deadline came and went on Tuesday with the 3-5 Arizona Cardinals being very quiet.

The team didn't make a trade, but it did sign free-agent linebacker Kamu Grugier-Hill, who had requested his release from the Houston Texans last week.

Before the deadline, the team did trade for Carolina Panthers wide receiver Robbie Anderson on Oct. 17.

One NFL writer was not impressed with the Cardinals' moves, or lack thereof, listing Cardinals GM Steve Keim and coach Kliff Kingsbury among its losers at the NFL trade deadline.

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Conor Orr of Sports Illustrated wrote: "Not only are the Seahawks good, but the 49ers got way, way better. The Rams will awaken at some point, which leaves the Cardinals buried at the bottom of the division, even with DeAndre Hopkins rejoining the lineup. The Cardinals have been so bizarrely, situationally aggressive but stood pat at the deadline with a roster that doesn’t have a ton of flexibility. They didn’t see an advantage in accumulating more capital for the future (given their track record of picks, they could use more lottery tickets), nor did they see the advantage in making a play for someone who could get the offense in a better place."

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Not everyone agreed with Orr's assessment of the Cardinals' trade deadline, however.

Sports Illustrated's Donnie Druin wrote: "The Cardinals seem to be well aware that plenty of their problems reside in house, and perhaps should focus on watering their own grass before looking for other options. It's not like Keim is notorious for this, either. Let's remember trades that brought Zach Ertz and DeAndre Hopkins to Arizona too. Every NFL team should constantly be looking to upgrade their roster, but at a certain point, the cost of doing business may cross areas teams shouldn't enter. I'm not in those meetings, nor involved with those negotiations. Yet from the outside, it appears the Cardinals made the right call."

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Cards Wire's Jess Root also shared his thoughts on Arizona's quiet NFL trade deadline.

"One could argue that they should have been active players in acquiring either an impact pass rusher off the edge or a proven interior defensive lineman," he wrote. "However, they made their deals below. They acquired receiver Robbie Anderson two weeks ago after Marquise Brown injured his foot and would miss several weeks. Essentially, the team believes that it is talented enough as constructed to achieve their goals, or it could be that they don’t believe any one player was worth the cost to make them marginally better. They chose to be active before the deadline, not at the deadline."

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