Cardinals’ Jonathan Gannon on job status: ‘I feel good’ about it

TEMPE, Ariz. – Jonathan Gannon believes he will still be the Cardinals’ coach in a week as head coaching layoffs tend to begin in the NFL.

When asked during his Monday press conference if he thought he’d be in the same seat a week from now for his playoff press conference, his answer was succinct: “Yeah.” Gannon said his reasoning was that he had confidence in himself.

Gannon was then asked if he had been told his job was safe for the 2026 season and while saying he didn’t want to “get into all that,” he then responded, “I feel good.”

Gannon leads a Cardinals team into SoFi Stadium on Sunday for the season finale against the Los Angeles Rams with a 3-13 record, tied for the franchise’s worst single-season mark since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970. If the Cardinals lose on Sunday, Gannon will own the organization’s worst record in the last 55 years.

Gannon said “a lot of things” were discussed in his conversations with owner Michael Bidwill.

“I’m kind of doing the same process as I have for the last couple of years: I’m trying to take detailed notes, trying to get a sense of what’s going on, but you can’t leave that… I have to think a little bit about the future, obviously the seat I’m in, but I’m really focused on Los Angeles and that there will be a time to look at all of this and have these conversations and make changes,” Gannon said. “Nobody’s happy. I’m not happy. The players aren’t happy. In the face of adversity, you have to change. So, I have to change, and we have to change some things, but we’ll get there.”

Gannon said he had no regrets about making bigger, more significant changes throughout the season because “I thought it was the best thing to do for the team.”