The Cardinals Have More SoFi Wins Than Both LA Teams Combined and Nobody in the NFL Is Ready For It

Okay, so the Arizona Cardinals are sitting at 2-4 after Week 6. You’d think that’s rough, but get this: both of those Ws came against the Los Angeles teams, and here’s the kicker, according to Ari Meirov of The 33rd Team: the Cardinals have more wins at SoFi Stadium than the Rams and Chargers combined this season. Yeah, you read that right.

LA’s House? More Like Arizona’s Annex

This isn’t just a weird stat, it’s a mind-bending one. The Cardinals have two wins at SoFi. The Rams? They only have one. The Chargers? A big fat zero at home. Add ’em up, and the LA teams combined have a single victory in their own stadium, while the Cardinals have doubled that. Arizona, despite their 2-4 regular season record, is third in the NFC West, and they even hold the tie-breaker over the Rams, who are dead last. It’s Week 6 and these two wins against the Chargers and Rams are their only ones this entire season. What are we even watching out there?

Expectations Blown Up and Blown Away

Coming into the 2026 season, nobody, and I mean nobody, expected this. The Cardinals were pegged for a year with a very low win count, basically operating with little expectation. Two wins in their first four weeks is already a surprise. But for those two wins to be against “hyped-up” teams in their own house? That’s an even bigger shocker. The Rams were supposed to be Super Bowl contenders, a top-tier squad ready to roll. The Chargers were the ascending team, poised for a breakout year. Instead, they’re losing at home to the Cardinals. The Rams, also 2-4, have taken home losses from the New York Giants, Buffalo Bills, and now the Cardinals. And the Chargers? They’re winless at 0-6, dropping home games to the Cardinals, Las Vegas Raiders, and Denver Broncos. This isn’t just a bad start for them, it’s a full-blown crisis, and the Cardinals didn’t care one bit about any preseason expectations, beating both LA teams in their home stadium.

It’s a crazy start to the 2026 season, no doubt. For the Cardinals, it’s a defiant statement against low expectations, a wild and impressive feat. For the Rams and Chargers? They’ve got some serious soul-searching to do, and fast, if they want to turn this narrative around.

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Originally reported by The Sporting News.