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25	Dezember 2018

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Steve Wilks Taking Charge Over the past few weeks and days Womens Larry Fitzgerald Jersey , we have read and heard many Cardinals� fans question whether Steve Wilks has what it takes to be a successful NFL head coach. Being 0-3 puts any coach on the hot seat. However, as they say�-�when the going gets tough, the tough get going.� Such appears to be the case with Steve Wilks. He has a vision of how he wants his team to play�-and he is 100% committed to that vision.The most difficult part for Steve Wilks right now is handling the awkward and tenuous situation of being the third in command on a leadership team.For those of you have been on a leadership team�-you know exactly what I am talking about. For example, I was once told by the headmaster of the school where I was the Varsity basketball coach that he didn't want me to play all 5 of my African-American players at the same time�-that is was bad PR for the school.I did not comply and left the school after the year was over.That is an extreme example for the sake of making a point.When Steve Wilks took the job he agreed to embrace Michael Bidwill�s and Steve Keim�s vision of moving the franchise forward�-which heavily involved stronger teaching from the coaches, far less finger pointing and name calling from the head coach, a more stable culture and a sizable emphasis on player development that includes motivating players with quirky personalities.Wilks was also privy to his bosses� vision that even though the plan was to draft a QBOF, the present plan was to hire a veteran offensive coordinator and to sign two veteran QBs, one as a bridge starter for 1-2 years and the other as a 2 year backup. When Wilks was announced as the head coach he expressed his philosophy that all positions are open to competition and that as a result of the competition, �the best players will play.�As one looks at the NFL standings after three games, the Cardinals are the only team in the NFL that averages single digits in points per game at 6.6. This is during a time when record numbers of TDs are being scored around the league. The Cardinals� point differential (-54) is by far the worst in the league. And they are a paragon of ineptitude in first downs (32) and 3rd down conversions (23.3%)�-last in the NFL in both categories.As a result, Wilks has faced many more heated questions from the Arizona media that his predecessor ever did�-he was grilled about the 3rd and 2 play call�-and he keeps getting asked if he has faith in Mike McCoy. Wilks is taking the high road publicly. He is defending his coaches and players to the media. But�-he is challenging his coaches and players behind the scenes. Wilks has said all along that he wants to find the players he can trust the most�-and that is precisely what he is doing, by shuffling the struggling players out in favor of sprinting other players in�-like he did when he subbed Gerald Hodges in for Deone Bucannon�-and now when he is turning the keys over to rookie Josh Rosen at QB and is working Bene Benwikere in at RCB.Because of the shuffling that Wilks has been doing on defense, the defense is getting stronger�-the performance of the defense is still not ultimately what Wilks envisions Youth Robert Nkemdiche Jersey , but it is headed in that direction.What is most encouraging is how well CB Patrick Peterson has embraced Wilks� defensive philosophy. Peterson has taken his game to a higher level this year�-and others are starting to follow.While you won�t see Wilks disparage a coach�-rest assured you won�t see stagnancy at the QB position or any position�-and you won�t see David Johnson standing on the sidelines with the game on the line ever again. What Wilks needs to find out asap is whether Mike McCoy can have a positive influence on Josh Rosen and, in doing so, whether McCoy can start to turn the offense in the right direction. The pressure is now on McCoy to produce.In an ideal world, Wilks would have loved to see Bidwill�s and Keim�s �retooling� vision come to fruition this year�-and Wilks would have loved to have seen former high draft picks such as Deone Bucannon and Brandon Williams play to their potential�-but Wilks is not the kind of coach who is going to settle for mediocrity or compromise his own values for the sake of appeasing a player or a boss. We can clearly see that today.The Cardinals are in flux right now�-but this kind of flux�-generated by an impassioned and determined head coach�-is a good thing. Wilks is committed to shuffling the deck until his Cardinals start raking in tricks and stacking up piles of chips..Happy Returns? (Will the Cardinals Bring the Romance Back to the Return Game in 2018?) In terms of watching breathtaking punt and kickoff returns, man, I feel like I was spoiled growing up a Cardinals� fan.#26In the 60�s to early 70�s, a daredevil named Chuck Latourette burst onto the scene. This guy had the nerves of a high wire acrobat. In 1968, he was the NFL kickoff return leader in yards. That same year versus the Saints, he set the NFL record for punt return average in a single game. If there ever was a north-south return man, Latourette was the one. For his career, Latourette averaged 25.3 yards per kickoff return.#21In the 70�s, once Chuck Latourette decided to retire and go to med school, in came Terry Metcalf---and boy oh boy could this kid scoot. Every time he touched the ball Womens Mason Cole Jersey , it was a potential home run. In fact, during the 1975 season, Terry Metcalf set the 14 game record for combined yards gained with 2,462. He was a 3 time Pro Bowler (1974, 1975, 1977) and was a 2nd Team All Pro in 1975, per AP, NEA and PFW. Metcalf finished his career averaging 11.5 per punt return and 26.2 yards per kickoff return. He took 3 returns to the house.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAGFPHRK...2Cwn#25/#81When the early 80�s rolled along, we Cardinals� fans were wooshed away by the human Jetstream, Roy Green. Roy Green ran like he was lighter than air. He was one of the rare players back in the day who played both ways. The Cardinals wanted to do all they could to get his rare speed on the field. As a rookie he took a kickoff 106 yards to the house, which then tied the NFL record for the longest kickoff return TD. While he played a good deal of CB early on, when they put him in at WR he gained a whopping 738 yards on 33 catches (21.6 ave.). In 1984 he led the NFL in receiving yards and for the second straight year, he was named First Team All Pro (AP).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIbI_YMH...gs=pl%2Cwn#36In the late 80�s Youth Chase Edmonds Jersey , early 90�s, right behind the Jetstream came BYU�s Vai Sikahema, the first Tongan to ever play in the NFL. Vai Sikahema must have thought the NFL stood for the No Fear League. He was the quintessential special teams player. In fact, he was the NFC�s return man and ST�s ace in the 1986 and 1987 Pro Bowls. For his career, Sikahema averaged 11.2 yard per punt return (3 TDs) and 21.3 yards per kickoff return.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8q2NjI6hko&frags=pl%2CwnIt feels like it has been quite a while since we Cardinals� fans have enjoyed the thrill of an exhilarating return game. We had it in spades Patrick Peterson�s rookie year where he took 4 returns to the house in electrifying fashion. And then David Johnson made his first splash as a rookie when he took the opening kickoff to the house at Soldier Field and ran for 598 yards on 22 returns for an outstanding 27.2 average.The darkest days in the �diminishing returns� game the past few years came in both playoff losses to Carolina. In the 2014 playoffs at Carolina, with the Cardinals behind 17-14 early in the second half, Ted Ginn Jr. inexplicably tried to run back a kickoff from 9 yards deep in the end zone only to literally cough the ball up on the Panthers� 10 yard line.Save for one superb punt return TD against the Giants at Giants� Stadium, Ginn was tentative at best. His fumble helped turn a close game into a rout. It still burns that after the Cardinals cut him a month later, he re-signed with the Panthers where he suddenly was a return threat again---and, even worse, where he admitted that he had only signed with Arizona for the money.Then in 2015, just when the Cardinals had scored a TD to cut the Panthers� lead t 17-7,the Cardinals� defense stopped the Panthers� offense and pinned them deep in their own end Youth Justin Pugh Jersey , With momentum finally on the Cardinals� side, Patrick Peterson came sprinting up to try to catch a short line-drive punt and badly muffed the catch. The Panthers pounced on the ball. Just as the Panthers did in 2014, they took the turnover and marched in for a score that then turned the game into a blowout.The Cardinals� return game got so poor the past few years that punts were being fair caught with no player within 5 to 10 yards and some return men like Andre Ellington would run half speed and then actually take a dive. The Cardinals had to have led the NFL the past couple of years in convenient slips to the turf on punt and kickoff returns. Lots of bad acting.Last year the hope was that hard-running, speedy T.J. Logan was going to be the answer on kickoff returns. That hope was dashed when he broke his wrist in the pre-season. But, Logan is now healthy and raring to go as this year�s camp begins. Plus, this year the Cardinals drafted Christian Kirk, college football�s most dynamic punt returner in 2017.With a new head coach in Steve Wilks who believes that special teams are special and should be treated that way, and a new special teams� coordinator in Jeff Rodgers who helped turn rookie Tarik Cohen into one of the league�s top kickoff and punt returners last year---maybe---just maybe---the new coaches will help bring the romance of the return game back to the Cardinals where once redbirds #26, #21, #81 and #36 dared and dazzled.