LesBaker
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Same thing with Schurmur. He's back as a HC with the Giants.
Like I said, good old boys network.
After Seeing That Cardinals Game, Count Your Blessings
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Same thing with Schurmur. He's back as a HC with the Giants.
Like I said, good old boys network.
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https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/10/19/byron-leftwich-arizona-cardinals-offensive-coordinator
Byron Leftwich Can Make Josh Rosen's Life Easier as Cardinals Offensive Coordinator
By ANDY BENOIT
Barstool Sports
Cardinals first-year head coach Steve Wilks made an unsurprising decision Friday, firing offensive coordinator Mike McCoy and promoting quarterbacks coach Byron Leftwich to that post.
Two things I've heard whispered around the NFL:
1. McCoy's system is strung together by miscellaneous tactics and concepts that worked when he coached great field general quarterbacks like Philip Rivers and Peyton Manning, but were not user-friendly to your typical QB.
2. Leftwich, the former seventh overall pick out of Marshall who started 50 games in nine NFL seasons, is one of the league's great young quarterback minds.
I heard this enough times that this past offseason I made a special trip to Phoenix to meet Leftwich and talk football. He was a joy to visit with, but to be perfectly honest, our conversation revealed very little. Leftwich is guarded with his—to borrow a Marc Trestman term—"football intellectual property."
(To Leftwich's credit, he's unabashed about this. "I don't like to talk publicly about specific plays," he told me, "because I've heard too many coaches accidentally reveal things with what they thought were innocent, general comments.")
What was apparent from our conversation is Leftwich believes that everything an offense does must tie not to a certain philosophy, but rather to your quarterback's perspective. You must understand how your QB sees things and build your plays and verbiage accordingly. That may seem obvious, but it's not something every offensive architect acts on.
Leftwich won't be able to rewrite McCoy's offense midstream, but you can expect he'll make Josh Rosen's job easier. That means creating more defined underneath throws for Larry Fitzgerald and leveraging the unique passing game versatility of David Johnson, who you'd never know from watching Arizona's offensive designs this season is one of the best receiving backs in football.
Leftwich will be hamstrung by an iffy offensive line and mediocre receiving corps just like McCoy was, but there are designs that can work around your weaknesses. The Cardinals hope to start seeing those soon.
Byron Leftwich Can Make Josh Rosen's Life Easier as Cardinals Offensive Coordinator
By ANDY BENOIT
Barstool Sports
Cardinals first-year head coach Steve Wilks made an unsurprising decision Friday, firing offensive coordinator Mike McCoy and promoting quarterbacks coach Byron Leftwich to that post.
Two things I've heard whispered around the NFL:
1. McCoy's system is strung together by miscellaneous tactics and concepts that worked when he coached great field general quarterbacks like Philip Rivers and Peyton Manning, but were not user-friendly to your typical QB.
2. Leftwich, the former seventh overall pick out of Marshall who started 50 games in nine NFL seasons, is one of the league's great young quarterback minds.
I heard this enough times that this past offseason I made a special trip to Phoenix to meet Leftwich and talk football. He was a joy to visit with, but to be perfectly honest, our conversation revealed very little. Leftwich is guarded with his—to borrow a Marc Trestman term—"football intellectual property."
(To Leftwich's credit, he's unabashed about this. "I don't like to talk publicly about specific plays," he told me, "because I've heard too many coaches accidentally reveal things with what they thought were innocent, general comments.")
What was apparent from our conversation is Leftwich believes that everything an offense does must tie not to a certain philosophy, but rather to your quarterback's perspective. You must understand how your QB sees things and build your plays and verbiage accordingly. That may seem obvious, but it's not something every offensive architect acts on.
Leftwich won't be able to rewrite McCoy's offense midstream, but you can expect he'll make Josh Rosen's job easier. That means creating more defined underneath throws for Larry Fitzgerald and leveraging the unique passing game versatility of David Johnson, who you'd never know from watching Arizona's offensive designs this season is one of the best receiving backs in football.
Leftwich will be hamstrung by an iffy offensive line and mediocre receiving corps just like McCoy was, but there are designs that can work around your weaknesses. The Cardinals hope to start seeing those soon.
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I saw a short clip of Wilks earlier this year and I was dumbfounded by how he was conducting himself on the sideline
Reminded me of my Jr High coach, who constantly yelled the obvious, to no one in particluar.
"Gotta be tackling....can't win iffen ya don't......truth......thats right....gotta tackle now.....every play.....thats right...gotta do it....oh yea"
My God, I was half expecting one of the Card players to get in his face and tell him to just STFU.
The Card's would be foolish to bring Wilks back next year. That team is nowhere near as poor as it's performances indicate.
Reminded me of my Jr High coach, who constantly yelled the obvious, to no one in particluar.
"Gotta be tackling....can't win iffen ya don't......truth......thats right....gotta tackle now.....every play.....thats right...gotta do it....oh yea"
My God, I was half expecting one of the Card players to get in his face and tell him to just STFU.
The Card's would be foolish to bring Wilks back next year. That team is nowhere near as poor as it's performances indicate.
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He's already made $15 mil this season. Dude has taken the NFL for everything it has.
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Lol don’t know whether to laugh shake my head or give you a thread winner one things for sure though Bradford is the luckiest guy on the planet
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my buddy who took David Johnson is livid.
Rewatching the Rams vs Broncos last night and carefully slow-mo very play i was made aware that Gurley often has massive creases to run in and his Success is do to play design, then blocking personell, then Gurleys ability to break tackles and run by people. David Johnson doesn’t have the play design or personall to shine.
Rewatching the Rams vs Broncos last night and carefully slow-mo very play i was made aware that Gurley often has massive creases to run in and his Success is do to play design, then blocking personell, then Gurleys ability to break tackles and run by people. David Johnson doesn’t have the play design or personall to shine.
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They could hire Cignetti and Boras, I’m sure they could fix it.
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For context, lets look at what the Rams are doing with their running back.
View: https://twitter.com/benbbaldwin/status/1052970960012398592
Clicking on this tweet carries on to a whole thread of screenshots and some analytics, and states what we all know. Not only is Gurley a great back, but McVay is doing a great job of putting him in advantageous positions that best show off his ability.
Now I'm not saying the Cards can afford to do the same things as the Rams can. Their offensive line, weapons, and scheme are no where near where the Rams are, but I just wanted to point out how a real offensive mind manipulates things and gives his offense great opportunities to execute, as they should.
View: https://twitter.com/benbbaldwin/status/1052970960012398592
Clicking on this tweet carries on to a whole thread of screenshots and some analytics, and states what we all know. Not only is Gurley a great back, but McVay is doing a great job of putting him in advantageous positions that best show off his ability.
Now I'm not saying the Cards can afford to do the same things as the Rams can. Their offensive line, weapons, and scheme are no where near where the Rams are, but I just wanted to point out how a real offensive mind manipulates things and gives his offense great opportunities to execute, as they should.
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