The Air up There: (Few) Expected Changes for the Arizona Cardinals’ Playbook

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Published: June 4, 2009

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... who predated Ken Whisenhunt in Arizona, left after the Super Bowl defeat and was replaced by linebackers coach Billy Davis.

Davis is a long-time NFL assistant who has coached with eight different organizations, including six in the NFC. His previous coordinator experience was with the San Francisco 49ers, who employed him for two forgettable years during the 2005 and 2006 seasons

Though his track record as a coordinator is not great, Davis has experience running a 3-4 defense, and should hopefully improve on the lackluster red zone defense the Cards had last year.

I would expect to see more blitzing from the outside linebackers as a result of Whisenhunt’s love of the Pittsburgh 3-4.

In the secondary, bringing in Bryant McFadden should give the safeties more room to roam. It will also allow the Cardinals to use their nickel packages more and mix up their coverage patterns. This will also allow Davis to push up the linebackers and bli...

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