The Arians interview on AZCardinals: He really likes Drew Stanton.

[Lomax to Green 84]

Check out the interview with Bruce Arians on AZCardinals regarding the 1st round of free agent signings. Arians talks about all the guys signed but specifically talks up Drew Stanton. Maybe it's all smoke and mirrors and the Cards are in the quarterback race in the draft, but he sure sounds convincing in his assessment of Stanton's potential.

Arians quote: "Drew has everything, cannon for an arm, never in all my years seen a quarterback improve in his mechanics as much as I saw with Drew last year. Guys on the team loved him."

Again, maybe just coach speak but he sure sounded like he wants to give Stanton a shot.

 

[WildBB]

Check out the interview with Bruce Arians on AZCardinals regarding the 1st round of free agent signings. Arians talks about all the guys signed but specifically talks up Drew Stanton. Maybe it's all smoke and mirrors and the Cards are in the quarterback race in the draft, but he sure sounds convincing in his assessment of Stanton's potential.

Arians quote: "Drew has everything, cannon for an arm, never in all my years seen a quarterback improve in his mechanics as much as I saw with Drew last year. Guys on the team loved him."

Again, maybe just coach speak but he sure sounded like he wants to give Stanton a shot.

Sometimes it takes some years to adapt your game. We'll see when the bullets fly. He's an unproven commodity. He'll still have a lot of growing pains. But at least he's impoved fundamentals. Hopefully that gets him more ready. But it's mainly upstairs for a successful starter, they have to be mentaly tough. Hoyer seems to have that going for him. It should be a wide open QB derby again.

 

[Goldfield]

I hope he is right, I agree he passes the eyeball test, but I am not going to expect much. I would love to be pleasantly surprised.

 

[Snakester]

I hope he is right. Nothing would be better than to already have our John Elway already on the roster. He and Tom Moore are the QB guru's. Its their show so if they want to hang their hats or necks on Drew Stanton then let them.

 

[Garthshort]

Stanton has one BIG ADVANTAGE. He knows the Arians system. In reading about KK, a story by either Somers or Urban, it was stated, that due to the Lockout, KK never really learned the KW system when he first arrived in Arizona. And after drinking the Kool Aid, I have to say he's never had a chance to start, since he was playing behind two great QB's. My question to BA:

What does DS have to improve (the most) on in order to be an effective NFL starting QB?

And my question for the media/experts:

Convince me that we don't have Derrek (?) Anderson II?

 

[Goldfield]

Our QB play has been garbage so it wouldn't take much to be an improvement. But if we don't improve the oline it won't matter who is back there.

 

[Reddog]

He and Tom Moore are the QB guru's. Its their show so if they want to hang their hats or necks on Drew Stanton then let them.

At least its not a $65M coat rack like Whiz decorated with.

 

[TruColor]

Our QB play has been garbage so it wouldn't take much to be an improvement. But if we don't improve the oline it won't matter who is back there.

I'm still holding out hope that better coaching WILL improve the o-line; regardless of who's playing back there.

Sounds like Grimm may have been even worse than we thought.

 

[Duckjake]

I'm still holding out hope that better coaching WILL improve the o-line; regardless of who's playing back there.

Sounds like Grimm may have been even worse than we thought.

I agree. If the Cardinals didn't think offensive line coaching was a major problem I don't think they wouldn't have brought in so many guys with oline coaching experience.

 

[BullheadCardFan]

My question to BA:

What does DS have to improve (the most) on in order to be an effective NFL starting QB?

I am not BA but I will give you my answer.

Like all young QB's he will need to learn to read the defense.

He will need to know where his receivers are on all plays for his 2nd and third options.

He will have to make decisions in a 2-4 second window when passing.

He will have to know when to step up in the pocket and not to panic with rushers coming at him.

He will have to have good footwork so he is throwing off the correct foot.

Put the ball in the correct place for the receiver to catch the ball without the DB being able to get to it.

Know when to change the play at the line of scrimmage.


These are just some of the key points that I feel a young QB needs to learn before he is going to be a quality QB.

 

[Duckjake]

At 29 in May and in the NFL since 2007 (IR) Stanton really isn't a young QB though.

However to Arians and especially Tom Moore he probably is.

But from his resume he looks like an older John Skelton or a less experienced Dereck Anderson.

5 years in the NFL and he's never done anything.

We're doomed.

 

[Mitch]

I am not BA but I will give you my answer.

Like all young QB's he will need to learn to read the defense.

He will need to know where his receivers are on all plays for his 2nd and third options.

He will have to make decisions in a 2-4 second window when passing.

He will have to know when to step up in the pocket and not to panic with rushers coming at him.

He will have to have good footwork so he is throwing off the correct foot.

Put the ball in the correct place for the receiver to catch the ball without the DB being able to get to it.

Know when to change the play at the line of scrimmage.


These are just some of the key points that I feel a young QB needs to learn before he is going to be a quality QB.

Wise points all the way around. Great post!

Experience is the greatest teacher. We have to be mindful of that.

But it sure is nice to have BA and Tom Moore teaching you all week.

if you've earned their trust, chances are you are going to succeed.

 

[Shane]

Meh... Stanton is what he is. He signed a back up caliber contract. Coach speak if you ask me. Nothing more or less. Hes going to sing the company tune no matter what.

 

[D-Dogg]

I trust BA on Stanton. I'm excited to actually watch him play. He has a HUGE leg up on anyone because he knows (and loves) BA's system.

One thing DS said on the radio the other day that really impressed me was, when asked about him having a big arm, he redirected the question into footwork, saying that he has a good arm, but he's really learned how to generate the power from his legs and planting correctly and balanced in order to throw like a cannon. Big arms come from good legs and footwork. He also said, of course you have to keep that plant when you're getting chased by crazy dudes on the defense, and that's the hardest part, but most important.

He gets it. And apparently that was a learning he grasped last year under Arians.

 

[Darkside]

At 29 in May and in the NFL since 2007 (IR) Stanton really isn't a young QB though.

However to Arians and especially Tom Moore he probably is.

But from his resume he looks like an older John Skelton or a less experienced Dereck Anderson.

5 years in the NFL and he's never done anything.

We're doomed.

I always worry when there's not a lot of NFL tape on a dude. Or when the tape that is available isn't impressive. Fundamentals and footwork, swiveling the hips, etc are all great but it doesn't make a QB. Last night on NFLN they had the show "One hit wonders" and QB Rob Johnson was one of them. All his coaches talked up his footwork and fundamentals but when he got in games he sucked ass. They called him robo-sack because he had no pocket awareness or football awareness of any kind. Looked great in practice though. I don't know nearly enough about him to form an opinion, and I'm encouraged that the coaches like him, but until Arians came here I'd never given Stanton a single thought.

 

[Duckjake]

I trust BA on Stanton. I'm excited to actually watch him play. He has a HUGE leg up on anyone because he knows (and loves) BA's system.

One thing DS said on the radio the other day that really impressed me was, when asked about him having a big arm, he redirected the question into footwork, saying that he has a good arm, but he's really learned how to generate the power from his legs and planting correctly and balanced in order to throw like a cannon. Big arms come from good legs and footwork. He also said, of course you have to keep that plant when you're getting chased by crazy dudes on the defense, and that's the hardest part, but most important.

He gets it. And apparently that was a learning he grasped last year under Arians.

Yeah but its going to suck not having Jason Dufner on the team anymore.

 

[CardsFan88]

Stanton does have a backup level contract on face level, but if you look at the incentives the guy might be able to get upwards of 7million a season if he hits those incentives.

 

[Arizona's Finest]

Stantons most likely value is in offseason. I would love if he became a stud miraculously in reg season but we know he KNOWS the offense and guys will be able to run things in OTA and Mini Camps with a guy who knows the systems.

Thats a tremendous advantage under center. STanton was a must sign IMO whether he starts a regular season game or not.

 

[pacman]

Interesting that Arians decided to sign Stanton because he likes him. That's almost unheard of.

 

[JeffGollin]

There are so many moving parts here. Will Stanton (or for that matter, Hoyer and Skelton) perform better because Mendenhall will be in the backfield? Because present members of the OL have been coached-up /gained experience? Because new OL's are starting? Because plays are better designed and play calling is more creative? Because our QB's have received better coaching? How much (if at all) will Floyd improve?

Do we need a 180 turnaround? Or could a 25% tweak put us over the top?

A week ago, it was tough being a Cardinal fan. Right now you could say that, at the very least, it's exciting to be a Cardinal fan.

 

[Shane]

Interesting that Arians decided to sign Stanton because he likes him. That's almost unheard of.

exactly

 

[BullheadCardFan]

Stanton does have a backup level contract on face level, but if you look at the incentives the guy might be able to get upwards of 7million a season if he hits those incentives.

And if he gets the incentives then he is playing well which should parlay into more wins.

So go for it DS.

 

[Shane]

And if he gets the incentives then he is playing well which should parlay into more wins.

So go for it DS.

that doesnt mean that at all... derek andrson got almost 8 million in incentives and he was awful as well as the team!

 

[BullheadCardFan]

that doesnt mean that at all... derek andrson got almost 8 million in incentives and he was awful as well as the team!

Aren't they performance related?

I just assumed that.

But I guess they could be how many games he can start.

Or am I missing something?

 

[Duckjake]

Aren't they performance related?

I just assumed that.

But I guess they could be how many games he can start.

Or am I missing something?

Teams have to be careful how they work the incentives. I believe there are Likely to Be Reached and Unlikely to Be Reached incentives. The former can be counted against your salary cap. One of our more cap knowledgeable guys can expand on this.