Jonathan Gannon was introduced as the new head coach of the Arizona Cardinals – Fox Sports

Four days after his participation in the Super Bowl LVII precisely in Arizona, Jonathan Gannon was introduced as the new head coach of the Cardinals.

The now former defensive coordinator of Philadelphia signed a five-year contract with the franchise and has already been officially presented as the successor to Cliff Kingsbury.

Despite losing to Kansas City at State Farm Stadiumthe defense of the Eagles led the NFL with 78 quarterback sacks in regular season and playoffs. Additionally, he was the second-fewest total yards unit allowed all season and eighth-fewest points against in 2022.

With those credentials under his arm, Gannonwho has no previous experience as a head coach, comes to Arizona for, hand in hand with the new general manager Ossenfort Mountainschange the culture around the team and bring it back to the forefront.

“The organization (was what attracted me), Michael (Bidwill, the owner), obviously Monti (Ossenfort) as general manager and the players we already have. I think we can start off on the right foot and build a winning team”, assured the new head coach for the official channel of the Cardinals in Spanish.

“I think the players will understand everything we do, the why behind it, they will have to take responsibility for their actions. We will praise what they do well and we will be there to correct their failures. We will all be growing in the same direction and I hope to enhance the talent of our players to deploy a winning product on the pitch”, he added.

Fundamental piece in the head coach project Jonathan Gannon is the quarterback Kyler Murraywhom he considers an elite player and the link around which they will have to build the team for next season.

“Kyler (Murray) can beat you in many ways, he can throw the ball over your head or he can run over you, he’s extremely smart, I can’t wait to work with him.”

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