Cardinals players are excited about what comes to attack for the next season
TEMPE — One of the best kept secrets in the Arizona Cardinals under the new regime this offseason has been what the offense will look like.
The new offensive coordinator Drew Petzing has kept quiet about his scheme, but with training camp just weeks to go, few details about the new attack by Arizona They have started to leak.
At least this much is certain: after four years of running a version of the ‘Air Raid‘ Combined with a heavy dose of running game, the Cardinals are about to make a transition, with Petzing implementing ideas from Cleveland Brownswhere he was the tight ends and quarterbacks coach in recent years.
James Conner (6) concludes that he will have more opportunities after studying the video of the Browns, the club from which his new offensive coordinator Drew Petzing comes. AP Photo
“It’s very different,” the wide receiver revealed. Marquise Brown. “Very different”. What is known so far about the new scheme of the Cardinals is that it will begin with the meeting prior to the play, the quarterback will use cadence in his voice, he will point to the [linebacker] “Mike“, there will be a greater emphasis on the run and a significant share of double tight end formations will be used.
“We’re doing a lot of new things,” the quarterback described. Colt McCoy. “What we do now is very similar to the way I played most of my career.”
Throughout the offseason, much has been said about the new running game for the Cardinals.
In the past four years, Arizona he called in runs by design on 34.8 percent of the snaps, compared to Brownswho gave up runs by layout on 44 percent of their snaps last year, according to data from ESPN Stats & Information.
One of the first things that Petzing and left tackle D.J. Humphries discussed was how the new scheme would employ more of the running game.
“So, I was surprised,” he said Humphries. “I told him, ‘You got me. You got me from hello.’ So, it’s all good.”
Humphries he was not the only one.
“I love that,” the runner admitted. James Conner. “I just love it. I just love the possibilities of what can be.”
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Conner watched videos of the running game of Cleveland from last season, and is looking forward to the season ahead. Nick Chubb of Cleveland he finished third in the league in rushing in 2022 with 1,525 yards to go with his 12 touchdowns. Kareem Hunt he finished 48th with 468 yards.
“It’s exciting to see the tapes and see some of those guys get avenues to run and go 10, 15 yards downfield, sometimes without getting tagged,” he said. Conner. “So, yeah, it’s exciting. I think I’m a talented running back and it’s going to be a great year.”
McCoy He agreed.
“I think that James will be good in this system,” he said.
McCoy added that the system includes more adjustments and flaps that could involve more Conner and in the right situations.
The new head coach Jonathan Gannon said run based concepts and run trick passes will be run starting from the “spot” [de la i]which is when the running back is lined up directly behind the quarterback, who is under center.
“Just the fact that we emphasize the running game excites me,” the guard said. Will Hernandez.
Last season, the Browns ran inside tackles on 72.7 percent of their carries, compared to Cardinalswho have stayed inside the tackles on 64.6 percent of their carries over the past four years.
The operation this season will be different from what it has done Arizona in the past, according to McCoy.
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That could mean we’ll see the quarterbacks Arizona ranking low center much more. In the last four years, the quarterbacks of the Cardinals lined up under center on 10.6 percent of offensive snaps, compared to Brownswho lined up under center on 41.4 percent of the offensive opportunities last year. Arizona he chose to be more in the shotgun formation under the former head coach Cliff Kingsbury –89.3 percent of his offensive plays since 2019– while Browns they used the shotgun formation in 58.6 percent of their opportunities in 2022.
The passing game will also look different.
McCoy expect more double tight end formations using the veteran Zach Ertz next to Trey McBridewho is in his second campaign.
“You can line him up on the outside, you can pull him into the backfield, I think he’s a guy you can do a lot with,” he offered. McCoy about McBride. “He can do a lot. He’s going to be getting a lot of opportunities.
“Trey He’s had a good offseason.”
Petzing “It mixes everything up,” the wide receiver exposed. Rondale Moorewho also added that the offense has been a mix of 12 personnel [un corredor y dos alas cerradas] y 22 [dos corredores y dos alas cerradas]y Arizona he will run and shoot coming out of those two formations.
Last season, the Browns used movement on 50.4 percent of plays, compared to 31.9 percent of Arizona in the last four years.
With significant changes coming to the offense of Arizona, Gannon is not worried that the quarterback Kyler Murraywho is recovering from a torn ACL in his right knee, has not been on the field to work on the new scheme.
“He’s played a lot of football, and he’s an extremely smart person,” he said. Gannon. “And, a guy who’s played at a high level for a long time. … He doesn’t require 100 reps. We’re talking about [cómo] He’s seen Cover 3 — all the ways to take it on, a lot of those replays — but he’ll have some rust that needs to be shaken off, but he’ll be ready to play.”
Although the offensive is still weeks away from being fully unveiled, Moore said that to Petzing he likes to mix things up.
“Obviously, we’ll open up a little bit. Primarily, obviously, we’ll be in three-receiver formations with [personal] 11, and then we’ll go to [backfield] empty and we will launch the ovoid”, described Moore.
“I think we’ve got some signs out there that we can handle the job, and it’s been a great mix of everything throughout OTAs.”
2023-07-12 22:48:16
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