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My offensive gameplan?

First, I’m going to spread the field. The Cardinals need to bring their weapons to bare and train them on a secondary that was thoroughly confused last week. The Detroit Lions only threw the ball 32 times against the Giants and Stafford still went off. The Giants’ secondary was bad and their pass rush has […]
10 years ago
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The Big Red Wolf Report: After the Chargers, before the Giants

The Arizona Cardinals are getting ready to hit the road in Week 2 of the NFL season. They travel to New York to play the 0-1 Giants at MetLife Stadium on Sunday. There is only one key to this game: don’t let Eli Manning get on track. Last week, Manning threw two interceptions and had […]
10 years ago
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Game plan notes: San Diego Chargers at Arizona Cardinals

The NFL season is a year-to-year proposition. What happened the year before is almost meaningless, especially when you consider what happened in the Week 1. But since preseason is even more meaningless than last year we must project what a team did in 2013 to September games. This is very unreliable but it’s the best […]
10 years ago
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Ellington the focal point?

Andre Ellington is running receiver routes. He has all camp but I’ve noticed more of this lately, the final manifestation of an offense that will try to get him the ball in many different ways. He motioned out of the backfield and ran one of the prettiest 5 routes I have ever seen. He’s going […]
10 years ago
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The anatomy of a long shot

When you talk about surprises in training camp, start with John Brown. Nobody expected a third-round receiver from Pittsburg St. to come in and absorb the offense the way he did. He’s the talk of camp, still; which speaks to how rare it is to come into the NFL from a small school and do […]
10 years ago
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Don’t you ever tweet about me!

I was glad to hear Richard Sherman say that his twitter banter with Patrick Peterson is done in fun — unlike with Michael Crabtree. “Much, much different,” Sherman said in regard to his banter with Crabtree. Crabtree aside for the moment, this is good news because Peterson has also implied that his tweets and public […]
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The Floyd Factor

Michael Floyd is getting ready to explode. I love it when young guys get it. I had a great moment in the dining room Tuesday — and it had nothing to do with the awesome food they serve at Cards Camp — and everything to do with something Michael Floyd told me. But let me […]
10 years ago
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John Brown is like…

Watching John Brown have a stellar practice at University of Phoenix Stadium is starting to become redundant. He stands out by making plays but there has been something else, an itch I have not been able to scratch: who does this guy remind me of? From a body type and skill set perspective, John Brown […]
10 years ago
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Personnel and penumbras

Personnel groups in the game of football represent the shadow world of the NFL. The chess match that football is tends to focus defenders on formation recognition and down and distance. Offenses try to confuse defenses with personnel groups while running the same plays. Personnel does matter. Should an offense get into Pair Personnel, 2-Backs, […]
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Love notes

The Chicago Bulls have targeted Kevin Love and reportedly made an official offer for Love. This surprised me. Kevin Love is apparently not LeBron’s puppet. How do we know this? Because there is no way Gar Forman, the GM of the Chicago Bulls, would make a run at K-Love if he didn’t know he had […]
10 years ago
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Strike zones and football

The SEC is implementing a “strike zone” for its players and I love it. According to the rule which will be implemented this season in the SEC, players can only contact a QB above the knee and below the neck when in a “passing posture, regardless of if he’s in the pocket or out of […]
10 years ago
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NFL, you’ve been warned

Doug Flutie is right. And it should stand as a warning to the NFL. “The game in Canada was more exciting, more explosive, more wide open,” Flutie wrote in Peter King’s Monday Morning QB. “It was what the NFL is now becoming. We were going no huddle, over the ball, from the time I got […]
10 years ago
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David Blatt being the Cavaliers coach could appeal to LeBron James

The more I researched David Blatt the more I thought of Gregg Popovich and the San Antonio Spurs and what they did to Miami. And I wondered if LeBron might find this kind of basketball appealing? The rumors of LeBron returning home are picking up steam, yet everybody knows the next head coach of the […]
10 years ago
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49ers’ offense will be different?

There actually was some important news that came out of the San Francisco 49ers’ minicamp, according to a report on ESPN.com. No offense to Vernon Davis and Alex Boone and their contract holdouts, but Greg Roman hinted the offense has gone through a change during the offseason. Why is that important? Greg Roman is the […]
10 years ago
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Beastmode, bonuses and being good

According to a report by Ian Rapoport of NFL.com, Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch is expected to skip the mandatory team minicamp next week because he wants a contract extension. Lynch signed a four-year deal that paid him $30-million, including $6-million in the form of a signing bonus. The problem is he signed that […]
10 years ago
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Heat, humidity and hubris

Last Friday I was talking about how the Spurs had to feel uneasy about winning without LeBron on the court. After Game 2 they can’t feel too much better. Despite the following let me offer a disclaimer of sorts: the Spurs could still easily win this series. They are too tough, too prideful and too […]
10 years ago
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Minicamp

I’m looking forward to Big Red’s mandatory minicamp next week. This is where it starts to get serious. When you have OTAs, these “voluntary” workouts, they are often accompanied by a spirit of working together, a spirit of community. As soon as you say it’s mandatory, like minicamp, it suddenly feels like you’re competing for […]
10 years ago
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Third-round charm

OTAs never get me excited. Playing football without the threat of bodily harm is a non sequitur. Players that have performed at the highest level, in pressure situations, look pedestrian while undrafted free agents sometimes shine. So I don’t put a lot of stock into offseason performances. And that’s why Tyrann Mathieu shocked me last […]
10 years ago
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Next Man Up

The Daryl Washington suspension, and the shock thereof, has subsided. A gloomy weekend of consideration and analysis has brought me to a conclusion: The Daryl Washington era is most likely over here in Arizona. I don’t know this to be the case. These words are pure speculation on my part, but if I were the […]
10 years ago
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Professional gladiators?

Paul George’s concussion made me think of the countless times we, as players, mislead the trainer and medical staff. It was a badge of honor to get back on the field. And even though I know things have changed with concussions in sports, I think there’s still a gladiatorial mentality that exists in professional sports. […]
10 years ago
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Day One Draft Daze

I left our draft coverage from the Tilted Kilt dazed and confused last night (save your inane comments). I was bummed for a number of reasons and even my headlights driving home seemed dim. OLBs Ryan Shazier and Anthony Barr were not there at #20 for the Cardinals. I thought for sure ONE of these […]
10 years ago
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The curious case of Roy Hibbert

Roy Hibbert played 18 minutes. He scored 0 points and had 0 rebounds. He was -17 and had five personal fouls. According to the Pacers’ own website, veterans took him aside after the game to express their displeasure with his performance, or lack thereof. Allegedly, David West was “fuming.” And it certainly sounded that way […]
10 years ago
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Jadeveon Clowney a 49er?

Allow me a draft week musing, brothers. A sobering thought to ponder as we prepare for Thursday night. If GM Trent Baalke so desired, the 49ers could acquire Jadeveon Clowney. Baalke has enough picks to make a deal with Houston. The San Francisco 49ers are sitting in the catbird seat. They have one of the […]
10 years ago
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Mr. Unreliable

I thought it was highly amusing that the paper of record in Oklahoma City, The Oklahoman, had a sports extra that showed a picture of Kevin Durant surrounded by three Grizzlies players with the headline reading, Mr. Unreliable. It made me think of two things: how reliable the media is when trying to capture the […]
10 years ago