Cardinals land zero prime-time games in NFL schedule release

TL;DR

The Arizona Cardinals will not have any prime-time games in their 2026 NFL schedule, marking only the second time in 15 years this has happened. Oddsmakers currently rank them as the worst team in the NFL with Super Bowl odds of 400/1.

Key points

Arizona Cardinals have zero prime-time games in 2026 schedule
This is only the second time in 15 seasons without prime-time games
Oddsmakers rank Cardinals as the worst team in the NFL
Super Bowl odds for Cardinals are 400/1
Mike LaFleur is in his first season as head coach

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Cardinals land zero prime-time games in NFL schedule release

When the Arizona Cardinals announced their 2026 schedule, one element was conspicuously absent: prime-time games.

For just the second time in the past 15 seasons, the Cardinals do not have a single prime-time game on their slate. The last time this occurred was in 2023, when they entered Jonathan Gannon’s first season with similarly low external expectations.

This time around, it’s Mike LaFleur’s first season, and oddsmakers view the Cardinals as the worst team in the NFL. Their current Super Bowl odds sit at 400/1, three times as long as any other team in the NFC.

So, with limited national TV appeal, the Cardinals will play every game on Sunday afternoons. That’s the case despite the largest-ever slate of standalone games, which includes a new Wednesday Night Football season-opener, a Thanksgiving Eve game and nine international contests.