Okay. It's taking some time to allow myself to be able to "vent" in a correct way....
First off... Props to the Cards defense. They controlled the game. Our middle of the Oline could not keep them out. And as many have stated..... I think we know where the first few draft choices need to be positions in the middle of it. The Cardinals offense.......it sucked but we knew that. Our D played well enough to win, but we did have a bit more problems w/ the run. But solid job overall.......
Now to the playcalling..... First off, the topic of the "jet-sweep". If you understand the progressions of any play, you understand there is always an alternative play you have when teams overplay to stop it. Lately no one has stopped it, so this was a point of emphasis of the Cards defense. it showed. And Schottenheimer is smart enough to know someone will, thus all of the fakes w/ it last night. I liked the screen to Britt off of the Tavon motion. I had thought about how it would be open and roughly 2 series later they run it........abet on a 2nd and 29 but it did work........ I think using that same thing w/ Bailey would work (as it was pretty plain he [Bailey] isn't the best of blockers.....). Also a double screen to a TE would be a good play to work off that action. Martz showed, the same plays could be run out of different sets and motions and would appear completely different. But just because it worked "last week" is certainly no guarantee it will work this one, especially against a better caliber of defense.......
And the pass protection was weak last night. I would have also liked to see a bit more play action (mostly on 2nd and medium which we did have regularly in the later half of the game). But not for "home runs" but for solid TE routes which they could have caught on the run. Their secondary is too fast for us to try all of the longer passes we did (to our outside receivers). We try to throw too many curls and sit downs to our TEs. Get them moving and make the Cardinals LBs and S make a play in space. They knew where we like to run routes and sat on those locations and waited for us to run into them for Off PI (Obliviously a point of emphasis to the refs but Brucie poo last night.....along w/ his endless weekly whines....) But we didn't adjust. Whether in execution or coaching strategy.
And now to the "man" himself. Mr. Arians, you've had a nice run. It's very apparent you don't think much of our football team. And granted we have dug quite the pit, that we are still trying to escape from. But understand this, we are climbing out.....so while you stand upon the edge and look down and snicker at our struggles, someday soon, we'll be up there on the edge with you and it will be our pleasure to knock you smug condescending ass off your perch. You are a caretaker sir. You were handed good talent and now you act as if you assembled the talent. Your defensive coordinator will move on to his own team and you'll have to stand on your own merits. Some on the defense will follow their leader and you....will have to replace that talent. And we will firmly place you within the bullseye. We are coming. Make no mistake.