On Sunday
Cheap Josh Rosen Jersey , the Arizona Cardinals played their third preseason game against the Dallas Cowboys winning 27-3 and forcing eight
turnovers. Here is a breakdown of Patrick Peterson’s interception and the
Cardinal’s sole pick six in the preseason.The Cowboys come out in a singleback
ace u off formation. Tavon Austin (#10) the receiver lined up at the top of the
screen is inside the numbers, a slight variation on the typical ace
formation.Dallas runs a stick concept on this second-and-9. This play has the
two tight ends, lined up with the offensive line, run curl routes in the middle
of the field, while the two wide receivers run quick out routes.The main goal of
the Cowboys here is to get some quick yards for a more manageable third down.The
Cardinals are in their base 4-3 defense running a cover 4 quarters. In cover 4
quarters, the two safeties and two cornerbacks are playing deep vertical zones.
The corners also play with outside leverage. You can see both cornerbacks are
lined up further outside than their respective receivers before the snap. This
is essentially done to bracket the X receiver and pass him off to the safety or
linebackers if he were to move inside. The middle linebacker covers the middle
of the field with help from the other linebackers who work together to pass off
any crossing routes. The outside linebackers are responsible for creating
contact and rerouting the tight ends in order to give their safeties a head
start if the tight ends were to run vertical routes up the seams. After creating
contact with the tight ends, the outside linebackers drift backwards, towards
the sideline. Here’s an image illustrating cover 4 courtesy of Code and
Football.
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Cowboys quarterback Cooper Rush’s first read is to his tight end Geoff Swaim
(#87) running a curl route on the right side of the field. During his drop, he
sees Budda Baker all over Swaim who is not ready for the ball. This forces Rush
to go to his second read, Austin.As soon as Rush winds up his arm for the
release, Peterson plants his back foot and lunges forward, anticipating the ball
coming to Austin. Rush essentially made the right call in this situation. If he
had gone to the other side of the field, receiver Deonte Thompson (#15) is open
on his out route. Cardinal cornerback Jamar Taylor (#28) is in more off coverage
which is the standard on a cover 4 play. Following the snap, you can see how
much further Taylor backpedals than Peterson, indicating his conservatism and
allowing underneath routes
http://www.officialcardinalsfootballstore.com/josh-rosen-jersey-cheap , again, typical for cover 4 coverage. Peterson however, in his aggressive mindset
has his eyes locked on Rush and jumps at his chance to make the play, resulting
in the pick six. This interception put Arizona up 14-0 and was one of three
total interceptions for the Cardinals defense. Under new defensive coordinator
Al Holcomb and new head coach Steve Wilks, the Cardinals are moving from a 3-4
defense to a 4-3 and our glimpse into preseason has allowed us to see how the
team is adjusting.With the 4-3 comes a lot more zone coverage and unique blitz
packages. The Cardinals defense put on a show forcing eight turnovers and
created optimism in what to expect during the regular season.5 things we learned
in the Arizona Cardinals first win of 2018 The Arizona Cardinals have found the
win column.It was not pretty, but when Steve Wilks outlined his vision of what
the Arizona Cardinals would be in 2018, that was basically what he described.It
came to fruition, and we will enjoy it for what it was, a chance to crawl out of
the “worst team in the NFL” hole that the Cardinals are in.However, what
happened on Sunday is not a sustainable model.Let’s take a look at five things
we learned from the Arizona Cardinals 28-18 win over the San Francisco
49ers.Steve Wilks and his staff are still struggling to find their wayWhen the
game started, you saw how good Kyle Shanahan’s script was, you saw him dialing
up plays with a second string quarterback, third and fourth string wide
receivers and then losing their best offensive player in Matt Breida before
halftime. Oh year, Breida had 56 yards on only eight carries, that is seven
yards per carry for the non-math folks amongst us.In fact
http://www.cardinalsfootballauthentics.com/antoine-bethea-jersey-authentic , the Cardinals were outgained 447 yards to 220, the 49ers had 33 first downs, the
Cardinals had ten, and finally, the 49ers possessed the ball for 40 minutes to
the Arizona Cardinals only 20 minutes.The Cardinals were outdone in nearly every
facet of the game, but the one that mattered, the scoreboard. That’s good enough
for this game, but Wilks and his staff have to find a way to get the numbers not
so skewed or the Cardinals will be losing a lot more games this year.2. Josh
Rosen is not infalableRosen hit Christian Kirk on a 75-yard touchdown then was
okay.In certain situations he looked cool, calm and collected, but in others,
you could tell that the hits he was taking from the San Francisco 49ers, as well
as the drops his receivers had were weighing on his performance. Rosen was high
on a number of passes he hit last week, that's okay, because he avoided
turnovers, but it also reminds us that the Cardinals rookie is... A rookie.3.
Chandler Jones is still specialJones was a man amongst boys in the Cardinals win
over the 49ers and reminded everyone in the NFL just how special of a talent he
is. He was making plays all over the field today
Youth Haason Reddick Jersey , and his ability to win against the pass and run today was one of the biggest reasons the Arizona Cardinals came out ahead.4.
Robert Nkemdiche is importantThe Cardinals defensive tackle was held out in
today's game and him missing showed up. The Cardinals were completely gashed in
the run game today and Nkemdiche's presence takes pressure off others to be
heavy on interior pressures.It's interesting to see that Nkemdiche is a key
component, but it is also something good to see.5. Mike McCoy is a problemMcCoy
could have been a talented play caller at one time, he leaned on different
quarterbacks to varying levels of success, but his offense was always best with
a Phillip Rivers and Peyton Manning running his offense. Putting Josh Rosen on
that level is not going to be fair and quite frankly not going bto happen this
early in his career. Which means that you have to go to all of the non-Rivers
and Manning offenses to figure out what McCoy can do.That portion of his career
is... Not great. With Kyle Orton and Tim Tebow at quarterback, the results are
interesting. There are plenty of strong points to McCoy's resume, but putting up
league average or above numbers without a very good, veteran quarterback is
highly unlikely. McCoy is not with the new NFL. He has not adapted his playbook,
his substitution pattern, his usage or design.The Cardinals need someone who can
grow with Josh Rosen. While McCoy can teach him plenty between Sunday's, on
Sunday, he has been an anchor more than propeller.That has to change.
