Cardinals vs. Steelers high on NFL.com’s list of Week 6 revenge games
Oct 16, 2015, 3:45 PM
FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2015, file photo, Arizona Cardinals coach Bruce Arians argues a call during an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions in Detroit. The Cardinals play the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, Oct. 18, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
(AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
Bruce Arians and the Arizona Cardinals are well aware of what this week’s matchup with the Pittsburgh Steelers means.
Revenge will be on the team’s mind and that has Sunday’s game at No. 2 on NFL.com’s Adam Schein’s nine revenge-infused games in Week 6.
Don’t let the spin get in the way: The Steelers fired Bruce Arians as their offensive coordinator following the 2011 campaign. Since then, he’s won a pair of Coach of the Year awards.
On Sunday, Arians returns to Heinz Field for his first regular-season game against the team that canned him. I’d say this means something. You know the Pittsburgh heartbreak still stays with Arians. And it should. He’s a prideful coach. And honestly, he’s become a better coach than Steelers head man Mike Tomlin, the guy who unceremoniously jettisoned him.
The Cardinals are one of the best and most complete teams in the NFL. Meanwhile, the Steelers might be forced to start Mike Vick over the injured Ben Roethlisberger for a third straight game. I’m thinking Arians gets his revenge — and in a big way if Big Ben’s a no-go.
As Schein notes, the opportunity to really make a statement could be there with Roethlisberger officially out on Sunday.
So how does this game not make it No. 1? “Deflategate,” the big story and saga of the NFL offseason, is finally going to come to a head on the football field for the New England Patriots against the Indianapolis Colts. As Schein notes, it’s a safe bet for the Patriots to put as many points as possible on the board.
