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Drew Petzing (born March 12, 1987) is an American football coach who is the offensive coordinator for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as an assistant coach for the Cleveland Browns and Minnesota Vikings.

Early years​

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Petzing attended Middlebury College where he played defensive back for the Panthers in 2005 and 2006 before injuries cut short his playing career. He spent the next two years as a volunteer student assistant before graduating in 2009 with a degree in economics. He minored in math and philosophy.[1][2]

Coaching career​

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Cleveland Browns​

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In 2013, Petzing was hired by the Cleveland Browns as a football operations intern.

Minnesota Vikings​

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In 2014, Petzing was hired by the Minnesota Vikings as an offensive assistant under head coach Mike Zimmer. In 2016, he was promoted to assistant wide receivers coach. In 2018, Petzing was promoted to assistant quarterbacks coach. In 2019, he was promoted to wide receivers coach.[1]

Cleveland Browns (second stint)​

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On January 24, 2020, Petzing returned to the Cleveland Browns and was hired as their tight ends coach[3] under head coach Kevin Stefanski.[4] Petzing missed the team's week 12 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2020 due to the birth of his child.[5] He missed the team's wild card playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on January 10, 2021, due to COVID-19 protocols.[6]
 

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Drew Petzing (born March 12, 1987) is an American football coach who is the offensive coordinator for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as an assistant coach for the Cleveland Browns and Minnesota Vikings.

Early years​

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Petzing attended Middlebury College where he played defensive back for the Panthers in 2005 and 2006 before injuries cut short his playing career. He spent the next two years as a volunteer student assistant before graduating in 2009 with a degree in economics. He minored in math and philosophy.[1][2]

Coaching career​

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Cleveland Browns​

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In 2013, Petzing was hired by the Cleveland Browns as a football operations intern.

Minnesota Vikings​

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In 2014, Petzing was hired by the Minnesota Vikings as an offensive assistant under head coach Mike Zimmer. In 2016, he was promoted to assistant wide receivers coach. In 2018, Petzing was promoted to assistant quarterbacks coach. In 2019, he was promoted to wide receivers coach.[1]

Cleveland Browns (second stint)​

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On January 24, 2020, Petzing returned to the Cleveland Browns and was hired as their tight ends coach[3] under head coach Kevin Stefanski.[4] Petzing missed the team's week 12 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2020 due to the birth of his child.[5] He missed the team's wild card playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on January 10, 2021, due to COVID-19 protocols.[6]
I notice that 4 year gap between graduation and his first stint with the Browns.

so apparently being an economy philosopher didnt work out so he decided to be an NFL coach.
How did I miss that option?
 

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Drew Petzing (born March 12, 1987) is an American football coach who is the offensive coordinator for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as an assistant coach for the Cleveland Browns and Minnesota Vikings.

Early years​

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Petzing attended Middlebury College where he played defensive back for the Panthers in 2005 and 2006 before injuries cut short his playing career. He spent the next two years as a volunteer student assistant before graduating in 2009 with a degree in economics. He minored in math and philosophy.[1][2]

Coaching career​

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Cleveland Browns​

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In 2013, Petzing was hired by the Cleveland Browns as a football operations intern.

Minnesota Vikings​

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In 2014, Petzing was hired by the Minnesota Vikings as an offensive assistant under head coach Mike Zimmer. In 2016, he was promoted to assistant wide receivers coach. In 2018, Petzing was promoted to assistant quarterbacks coach. In 2019, he was promoted to wide receivers coach.[1]

Cleveland Browns (second stint)​

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On January 24, 2020, Petzing returned to the Cleveland Browns and was hired as their tight ends coach[3] under head coach Kevin Stefanski.[4] Petzing missed the team's week 12 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2020 due to the birth of his child.[5] He missed the team's wild card playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on January 10, 2021, due to COVID-19 protocols.[6]
Hmm.. so supremely not qualified to get an OC job. Boy those Zimmer Vikings offenses sure were stagnant until he left.
 

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An easy argument that the WR coaching is deficient.
WR coach also being the pass game coordinator is a double whammy. Maybe its too much responsibility for him or he's just not good.

PHNX crew says the organization really likes him, but I need to see more.
 

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Im not buying the reduce Kyler Murray mistakes (just as is). I think some of that is influenced by the last two games and even a couple of those terrible ints were on 4th down.

I think its more to reduce 3 and outs, short drives that puts the defense back on the field.
 

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Well, I did find something that says our Offense is #11 and Defense is #17. Not great, not bad. As for the age card, my wish is that one day you get to play it. Comes with a LOT of problems, but better than the alternative.
My grandmother attended a pub crawl in Newport Beach we threw for cheese’s 30th birthday. As she was exiting El Ranchito a large bouncer stopped her and said “ma’am you can’t take that margarita outta the bar.” She gathered all 4 foot 10 of herself, craned her neck to look up at the 6’5 muscular bouncer and said, “I’m 94 years old. I can do whatever I want.” And proceeded to walk outta the bar with her margarita unimpeded. YOU PLAY THAT AGE CARD, AND YOU ENJOY IT!!!
 

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Why are we running this particular scheme?


I think it's what Petzing trusts. It is weird because he was a WR coach in Minnesota and a TE coach in Cleveland. So you can understand why he likes TE's, and frankly I do too I always liked it when Kliff ran multi TE sets too.

But it is odd we're such a run oriented offense with a guy who as a position coach was WR and TE, not RB or OL.
 
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