Cardinals Stuff...

[Cotton]

Which is sort of a great example why drafting for need is silly. Dallas last year thought they absolutely needed a starting corner. Couldn't get one in the first and were dead set in one in the second. After all of that, Brown, Diggs and Lewis have been playing well and we didn't need a corner.

We didn't view LBer as a need but ended up with Parsons. Here we are and there is no single player on defense that has had a bigger part in the defensive turnaround.

So during the draft what you think is a need may not really be a need at all. What you don't think may be a need may give you a player that gives you so much more than you thought.

All of this is just to say that you really have no idea what your needs really are. So go get impact guys and fuck needs.

It is a balance. And the best GMs understand that.

 

[Cotton]

I'll get the game, but I've had to watch a few of them like a pirate this season.

Luckily we had a spare laptop that I don't mind exposing to the Internet AIDs.

 

[boozeman]

 

[p1_]

Turner with a calf issue. This def the year of the exploding calf. Also, Cards look pretty beat up.

 

[p1_]

 

[mcnuttz]

Who the hell is Brandon Smith?

And did we protect him while letting Justin Hamilton get swiped off the PS?

 

[p1_]

Who the hell is Brandon Smith?

And did we protect him while letting Justin Hamilton get swiped off the PS?

Funny, we seemed to really like Hamilton.

 

[ravidubey]

Turner with a calf issue. This def the year of the exploding calf. Also, Cards look pretty beat up.

Connor and Baker not practicing is a big deal

 

[p1_]

Connor and Baker not practicing is a big deal

boy , Connor looks like a serious free agency bargain. I remember him in Pittsburgh.

 

[ravidubey]

boy , Connor looks like a serious free agency bargain. I remember him in Pittsburgh.

He fit the Cardinals need for a redzone back perfectly

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Who the hell is Brandon Smith?

And did we protect him while letting Justin Hamilton get swiped off the PS?

Big WR from Iowa

 

[dpf1123]

 

[Cotton]

Maybe up tempo is the way we need to go moving forward. Dak seems to me much better when he is rushed. He beats the hell out of blitzes which lends itself to that theory.

 

[data]

Maybe up tempo is the way we need to go moving forward. Dak seems to me much better when he is rushed. He beats the hell out of blitzes which lends itself to that theory.

spitballing here, but I believe uptempo benefits are two-fold specific to our offense.

I don't think dissecting defenses ala Brady is Dak's forte. Uptempo gives defenses less time to shift/move around and, therefore, Dak is spending less time getting overwhelmed/confused/misread with all the information defense would've been showing that Dak has to process. Ultimately, more decisive. Secondly, with Pro Bowl skill at each offensive skill position, defense is scrambling to play whack-a-mole and figure out assignments to ensure every one of our skill players is accounted for. Less time for defense to decipher our tendencies based on our formations and where the ball is going.

 

[dpf1123]

 

[Cotton]

spitballing here, but I believe uptempo benefits are two-fold specific to our offense.

I don't think dissecting defenses ala Brady is Dak's forte. Uptempo gives defenses less time to shift/move around and, therefore, Dak is spending less time getting overwhelmed/confused/misread with all the information defense would've been showing that Dak has to process. Ultimately, more decisive. Secondly, with Pro Bowl skill at each offensive skill position, defense is scrambling to play whack-a-mole and figure out assignments to ensure every one of our skill players is accounted for. Less time for defense to decipher our tendencies based on our formations and where the ball is going.

Exactly.

 

[Simpleton]

As I said in the offseason, he has a legit pass rush skillset of a watered down DE (at least that's what I thought at the time) paired with the athleticism/speed of a pure off-ball LB. That's why I thought he'd eventually be a terror in the mold of Jamal Adams or Devin White, with the ability to put up 8-10 sacks as a blitzer/auxiliary pass-rusher.

I never imagined he'd do it this soon, nor did I think he would become a legitimate edge rusher.

The stuff he does as far as rushing the passer off the edge, with the ability to beat OT's 1 on 1, while also being able to drop 15-20 yards deep in coverage, is literally unprecedented as best as I can remember.

 

[Simpleton]

spitballing here, but I believe uptempo benefits are two-fold specific to our offense.

I don't think dissecting defenses ala Brady is Dak's forte. Uptempo gives defenses less time to shift/move around and, therefore, Dak is spending less time getting overwhelmed/confused/misread with all the information defense would've been showing that Dak has to process. Ultimately, more decisive. Secondly, with Pro Bowl skill at each offensive skill position, defense is scrambling to play whack-a-mole and figure out assignments to ensure every one of our skill players is accounted for. Less time for defense to decipher our tendencies based on our formations and where the ball is going.

This seems about right, it simplifies the game/reads for Dak and just generally makes life more difficult for defenses without the ability to substitute, etc.

 

[Cotton]

The stuff he does as far as rushing the passer off the edge, with the ability to beat OT's 1 on 1, while also being able to drop 15-20 yards deep in coverage, is literally unprecedented as best as I can remember.

100%. I have never seen anything like it. Depending on where he lines up, he could be taking on any of the OL. Seeing him line up over center is (to be frank) boner-inducing.

 

[dpf1123]

Cards LT out for Sunday.