Arizona Cardinals: Embarrassing loss to Broncos means changes coming Earlier in the week, Broncos linebacker Von Miller predicted a butt whipping. He proved to be correct, and the
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VON MILLER BACKS UPCurtis Martin Authentic JerseyBOAST: Broncos rout Cardinals on TNF[b]WEEK 7 PICKS: Will Cowboys or Redskins wind up atop NFC East standings?[b]SEVEN QUESTIONS FOR WEEK 7: Another record to be broken?If McCoy lasts beyond Friday, there should be an investigation. A month ago, I defended him, reasoning that changing offensive coordinators would hinder Rosen’s development.That opinion was the equivalent of running David Johnson up the middle[b]https://www.jamaladamsjerseysale.com/authentic-joe-namath-jersey-sale-1_77.html on third-and-23.Quarterbacks coach Byron Leftwich likely will be handed the keys to the offense, and he’ll earn the job for 2019 if he can figure how to get the thing off the blocks and actually running.Whatever Leftwich is making, it’s not enough if the Cardinals expect him to do that.But this offense isn’t the team’s only
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Bilal Powell Authentic Jerseymotivated as empty chairs.The offensive line rarely takes a defender where he doesn’t want to go, and the tackling on defense has been shoddy.Wilks hasn’t shown that he’s head-coaching material, and that’s on team President Michael Bidwill and General Manager Steve Keim, who hired him.My guess is Wilks will survive to coach next season, but that could change with more performances like the one Thursday.To his credit, Wilks didn’t make excuses after the drubbing and accepted responsibility.“I’m not going to sit here and throw a pity party,” he said.Wilks deserves blame, of course, but he also is being saddled with several poor personnel decisions made by Keim.On defense, three first-round picks — Robert Nkemdiche, Deone Bucannon and Haason Reddick — are making no impact.The team’s major free-agent acquisition last offseason, guard Justin Pugh, isn’t playing because of a broken hand. He was signed despite playing a full season just once, as a rookie with the Giants in 2013.Left guard Mike Iupati has broken down again. Keim failed to bolster the receiving corps.The team’s best players look like sad reminders of who they used to be. Didn’t Larry Fitzgerald used to catch touchdown passes before the seventh week? Wasn’t David Johnson capable of amazing jump cuts? Couldn’t Patrick Peterson shut down the best receivers?“Embarrassing,” left tackle D.J. Humphries said of the performance. “That’s the best way to say it. Embarrassing.”No one is arguing, and McCoy might be only the first to pay the price for it.
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