I was raging about this kick in the gameday thread. But I'm over it. The Cardinals are an atrocious--not even mediocre franchise--who never took enough chances imo. This is my positive take: There are several reasons to try this kick, and making it isn't the only one. We can set things up later off of this, there's absolutely no doubt. If teams know we're willing to kick from that distance, despite any circumstances, then later in the year we can run fakes and things off of it, when it really, actually matters. We almost caught them in a fake punt in the same game, when the gunners came in to rush, and I have to believe the 2 instances were related (as well as being coached by a chump on the other side of the ball). Our special teams should be applauded for being creative. Too often in the past special teams have literally lost us games. That return kick wasn't going to lose this game, there was still another half to be played, it would have required everyone on offense and defense to do nothing for that to be the winning play. I think in today's football, keeping opponents and coaching staffs off balance is more important than ever--the physical attributes of the players are by and large generally the same (they're all huge and extremely quick and fast), what separates players and coaches is being different and keeping the opponent off balance.
