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Arizona Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt, left, shakes hands with Chicago Bears coach Loie Smith, right, following an NFL football game,Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012, in Glendale, Ariz. The Bears won 28-13. (AP Photo/Paul Connors)

As the Arizona Cardinals prepare for their season finale against the rival San Francisco 49ers, the future of head coach Ken Whisenhunt continues to take center stage.

Rumors are swirling that Whisenhunt could be one of a good number of head coaches fired on "Black Monday."

ESPN NFL Insider Chris Mortensen joined The Herd with Colin Cowherd on Friday and said he believes Whisenhunt isn't the only member of Cardinals' brass who could be shown the door.

"There's going to be changes in Arizona," Mortensen said. "By the way, there's going to be a lot of general manager changes."

Mortensen said Cardinals GM Rod Graves is on thin ice with the team and he could indeed be one of the general managers on the way out.

Graves and Whisenhunt have taken a lot of heat for the Cardinals' failure at obtaining and helping to cultivate a franchise quarterback. Mortensen believes that it may be in the best interest of both Whisenhunt and the Cardinals to go their separate ways.

"Because of the quarterback situation and just how they have botched it and I know [Whisenhunt] well, I have great respect for him and I believe he will be a head coach again if he's fired," Mortensen explained. "But the quarterback thing is really on both of them and you know that the owners, the Bidwill family, are very frustrated."

While the quarterback debacle may indeed seal Whisenhunt's fate, there are other factors that indicate it could be time for a change.

The 50-year-old coach came to Arizona with the hope of using his esteemed offensive background to revamp the Cardinals' system. But in the last three years of his six season tenure, the offense has failed to meet expectations.

It's quite possible Whisenhunt could do well coaching another team, as many of his supporters suggest, but it may just be too little, too late in Arizona.

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    FitzIsMyHero wrote...
    Yeah
    I think he'll be a good OC somewhere else where all the pieces are in place (a good O Line, good RB, and Good QB). But as far as developing those positions from scratch, he's failed miserably. Him and Graves. Time for a new direction for both sides. Its been a bad fallout.
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    grimmy01 wrote...
    lol FitzIsMyHero
    you made me chuckle! If Whiz is let go, 10 bucks says he goes back to Pitt...
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    OpinionH8d wrote...
    Whiz is offensive
    I wouldn't let him stay as OC. His play-calling is pathetic and his sidekick Grimm has killed the team. When you have a series of crappy QB's, you have to be able to run the ball. No attention to OL talent and no run blocking improvement whatsoever. Blow it up and get a GM in here who believes in run first.
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    hm wrote...
    Whisenhunt
    I read Whisenhunt told Skelton he was not active for the last game against Chicago until just before the team was going to take the field for warmups. If that is true it sure doesn't seem right. Maybe it is common place in the NFL I don't know. I have to wonder if Whis has the confidense of the players. Maybe its time for a change.
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    Patrick Peterson's Talent wrote...
    @ hm
    That's not what happened. Whiz announced the move nearly a week prior to the game. Follow the news.
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    hm wrote...
    Patrick, Patrick, Patrick.
    I did read the article and thats what it said.
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    AirForceCardsFan wrote...
    @grimmy01 Whiz going back to Pitt
    You can pay me the 10 bucks now. If you remember your history the reason Whiz didn't get the Pitt job when Cowher left and it ultimately went to Tomlin was because Whiz and Big Ben didn't get along and with the problems Big Ben had with Haley this year I can GUARANTEE you Whiz isn't heading back to the Steelers. I say maybe San Diego and Haley will leave Pitt and come here as the head coach.
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