Coaches can be tight-lipped about a variety of topics, from hiding injuries to not disclosing starting lineups — all in the name of the sacred “competitive advantage.” All hail the sacred competitive advantage. But Arizona — Washington’s Week 1 opponent — is taking that strategy to the extreme.
ASHBURN — There’s football subterfuge, and then there’s whatever the heck the Arizona Cardinals are doing.
Good luck getting an answer out of first-year coach Jonathan Gannon. Gannon not only declined to name his starter for Sunday’s 1 p.m. game, the Cardinals said that neither Dobbs nor Tune would speak at the podium for their weekly media availability, as is usual for NFL quarterbacks.The Cardinals open the season as the team widely projected to be the worst in the league.
In terms of “mystery,” though, Rivera indicated that the bigger question mark will be how exactly the Cardinals go about implementing their scheme. Rivera and his staff have spent time watching footage of teams like the Philadelphia Eagles and the Cleveland Browns — the last stops for Gannon and Arizona offensive coordinator Drew Petzing, respectively. Gannon served as the Eagles’ defensive coordinator before being hired in the offseason, whereas Petzing was the Browns’ quarterbacks coach.
Gannon’s hire, too, hasn’t appeared to instill much confidence — at least to pundits. While players have praised Gannon’s leadership, his style was mocked when the Cardinals released footage of a Gannon speech in which the coach came off as more awkward than run-through-the-wall inspiring.
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