Cardinals’ Arians faces toughest schedule of new coaches

Apr 19, 2013, 5:33 PM | Updated: 7:36 pm

Arizona Cardinals head coach Bruce Arians will have his work cut out for him in his first season as a head coach in 2013.

Chris Wesseling of NFL.com ranked the schedules each of the NFL’s eight new coaches will face, and Arians’ is the toughest. Overall, the Cardinals’ slate is the seventh-toughest in the league.

The 2012 NFL Coach of the Year has the misfortune of playing in the stacked NFC West, with four games against the dominant Seahawks and 49ers.

Of their 16 games, the Cards will face five different 2012 playoff teams — Atlanta, Houston, Indianapolis, Seattle and San Franciso — but at least Arians and his team will host each of them at home.

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Week 17
December 29 - vs. San Francisco 49ers

Week 16
December 22 - @ Seattle Seahawks

Week 15
December 15 - @ Tennessee Titans

Week 13
December 1 - @ Philadelphia Eagles

Week 12
November 24 - vs. Indianapolis Colts

Week 11
November 17 - @ Jacksonville Jaguars

Week 10
November 10 - vs. Houston Texans

Week 7
October 17 - vs. Seattle Seahawks

Week 6
October 13 - @ San Francisco 49ers

Week 5
October 6 - vs. Carolina Panthers

Week 4
September 29 - @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Week 3
September 22 - @ New Orleans Saints

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