When @Keyshawn is saying he doesn’t think the Cards will be able to run the ball effectively to win in the NFL with the air raid offense but they’ve been averaging 170 yards a game on the ground >>>> https://twitter.com/burnsandgambo/status/1309599369746763776
Johnson really doesn’t like how AZ matches up with the rest of their schedule vs Buffalo, Seattle, Dallas, etc. as to not being able to make the playoffs this year.

A fair point. But notable that if AZ wins the next 3 games, they could go 5-6 and still make playoffs at 10 wins
So what it comes down to is the same thing:

“I don’t trust Kliff Kingsbury’s pretty boy football can they run the ball?”

AZ has the 2nd most two TE usage in the NFL and are running the ball well dating back to 2019 over 5 YPC.

Do people just not want Kliff to succeed in AZ?
Also Keyshawn believes there’s no way that 3 NFC West teams make the playoffs.

....really?

Who else is making the playoffs this year in the NFC East or North ahead of one of AZ/SEA/LAR?

Bears? Eagles? Falcons?

LOLLLLL
The clear good teams in the NFC right now are the Packers, Seahawks, Rams, (lets leave out AZ for a moment)

Who’s in the next tier? Saints, Bucs, Cowboys.

Imo easy to see AZ at minimum being in Tier 2 if not tier 1.

The tier after that? Woof. Garbage teams this season.
The other teams in the NFC would be a hampered Niners team, Falcons, Lions, Bears, Eagles, Wash, Giants, Panthers, and the hapless Vikings.

Anyone see a single one of those teams making the playoffs this year? I can’t. We gotta accept that right NOW, AZ is in the upper tier.
And if that’s the case I think it’s both exciting and scary to look at how good the other teams are & to see AZ up against those teams.

The question is: if AZ makes the playoffs this year, will people give Kliff credit for it? Or say “it’s all Kyler” while praising Pete Carroll?
I think Kliff is sooo outside of the “plan” for most NFL guys due to not winning in college and becoming a HC that it tears down long held norms of “identity” and “grit” versus saying “you old school mentality peeps are outdated” and people can’t handle that ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯
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