Per a great article from revengeofthebirds.com found here:
https://www.revengeofthebirds.com/2...n-about-this-arizona-cardinals-coaching-staff
1. Commitment to running the ball flies in the face of new-wave NFL analytics that see passing as the way to win games.
Steve Wilks came in wanting to run the ball when the rest of the NFL is built around throwing the football, with passing stats and passer ratings higher than every before. Here are the stats from the two teams who played in the Super Bowl a few months back:
Eagles passing first downs: 19
Patriots passing first downs: 23
Eagles rushing first downs: 6
Patriots rushing first downs: 4
Nick Foles passed for 373 yards, 3 TD’s and 1 INT and Tom Brady had over 500 passing yards.
2. Mike McCoy had a lack of success on offense, especially in running the ball.
Mike McCoy has not finished with an offense that finished with a top 16 overall in rushing in his entire history as a play-caller or offensive coach except for one year: 2011.
Yup. The Tim Tebow year that got him his head coaching gig. He made multiple changes to the offense specifically to avoid Tebow throwing the football and guess what? It worked.
The Cardinals have struggled and rank 32nd in the league in rushing with Mike McCoy not favoring David Johnson’s rushing ability AT ALL.
3. Wilks and McCoy were advertised as being adaptive in their approach to scheming around talent when their history was almost anything but that.
Chandler Jones moved into a defensive end role and Patrick Peterson moved to playing one side of the field in a zone coverage role.
Why take an elite outside linebacker that led the league in sacks standing up and a Hall-of-Fame man coverage corner and put them in roles that might fit your scheme not be nearly as effective?
https://www.revengeofthebirds.com/2...n-about-this-arizona-cardinals-coaching-staff
1. Commitment to running the ball flies in the face of new-wave NFL analytics that see passing as the way to win games.
Steve Wilks came in wanting to run the ball when the rest of the NFL is built around throwing the football, with passing stats and passer ratings higher than every before. Here are the stats from the two teams who played in the Super Bowl a few months back:
Eagles passing first downs: 19
Patriots passing first downs: 23
Eagles rushing first downs: 6
Patriots rushing first downs: 4
Nick Foles passed for 373 yards, 3 TD’s and 1 INT and Tom Brady had over 500 passing yards.
2. Mike McCoy had a lack of success on offense, especially in running the ball.
Mike McCoy has not finished with an offense that finished with a top 16 overall in rushing in his entire history as a play-caller or offensive coach except for one year: 2011.
Yup. The Tim Tebow year that got him his head coaching gig. He made multiple changes to the offense specifically to avoid Tebow throwing the football and guess what? It worked.
The Cardinals have struggled and rank 32nd in the league in rushing with Mike McCoy not favoring David Johnson’s rushing ability AT ALL.
3. Wilks and McCoy were advertised as being adaptive in their approach to scheming around talent when their history was almost anything but that.
Chandler Jones moved into a defensive end role and Patrick Peterson moved to playing one side of the field in a zone coverage role.
Why take an elite outside linebacker that led the league in sacks standing up and a Hall-of-Fame man coverage corner and put them in roles that might fit your scheme not be nearly as effective?
