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American football team
The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The Cardinals compete in the National Football League as a member of the National Football Conference West division, and play their home games at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, a suburb northwest of Phoenix. Wikipedia
Abbreviation: ARI
Head coach: Kliff Kingsbury
Arena/Stadium: State Farm Stadium
Division: NFC West
General manager: Steve Keim
Mascot: Big Red

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers Quarterback Tom Brady on Week 4 Atlanta Falcons Press Conference Interview Follow Up

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers Quarterback Tom Brady on Week 4 Atlanta Falcons Press Conference Interview Follow Up

In their Week Four loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers executed their third and final handoff of the first half with four minutes left in the opening period. It went to Leonard Fournette, who was stuffed by linebacker Nick Bolton for a loss of two, and that drive – the Bucs’ second of the game – was over almost as soon as it started. The Chiefs would score on the ensuing possession to make it 21-3.

Though the Buccaneers did get their offense going well enough to score 31 points in a 10-point loss, it wasn’t through the ground game. Rookie Rachaad White got the team’s three carries of the second half in a bit of unwanted symmetry and two were from the Chiefs’ two-yard line going in. He did score on the second one, but the Bucs would finish the game with just three yards on six carries.

Tom Brady threw for 385 yards and three touchdowns and he did get Fournette and White heavily involved in the passing attack. He also enjoyed getting Mike Evans and Chris Godwin back into the mix and hit those two a total of 15 times on 20 targets. Since Brady’s arrival in 2020, there have been more than one occasion in which a robust passing attack centered around Evans and Godwin has been enough to make up for a struggling ground game, and Head Coach Todd Bowles has made it clear he doesn’t care about statistics are a 50-50 run-pass split as long as the Bucs get the win. Over the duration of a long season, however, the Buccaneers will likely need more balance in order to win consistently. The pass-game heroics were obviously not enough last Sunday night.

“I think you’ve always got to try to stay balanced over the course of the season,” said Brady. “A few games we’ve done a better job. We’ve just been getting behind quite a bit and it’s been frustrating that we haven’t performed very well early in order to keep us more two-dimensional. When you’re one-dimensional, it’s tough.”

The Buccaneers have scored on their opening drive in three of four games so far, but they have yet to find the end zone on those first possessions. Meanwhile, prior having game-long problems slowing down the Chiefs in Week Four the Bucs defense had been allowing its opponents early-drive scores before almost completely clamping down the rest of the way. The Buccaneers are looking for ways to make sure they start faster on both sides of the ball and avoid having immediate deficits take them off script.

“I think we – even last year – you kind of fall back to the pass game because you know we’re successful with it,” said Brady. “But at the same time, you’ve got to play with the lead and you’ve got to keep the other team playing [against] both [the run and pass]. We’re going to try to work at all those things to make us a better football team, for sure.”

It is not completely surprising that there are a couple areas in which the Bucs have struggled over the first month of the season. Unlike a year ago, the team is dealing with personnel transitions at multiple different positions. It was always going to take some time for an offense featuring a handful of new starters and contributors to forge its identity, and that remains a work in progress. Of course, the Bucs aren’t alone in this regard and, as Brady noted on Thursday, he’s seen “a lot of bad football” around the league so far this season. Fourteen of the league’s 32 teams currently share a 2-2 record. Part of the process is studying what has gone wrong and looking for ways to fix it.

“Two [home] games into the year, we’ve lost two in a row. We can look at the film and understand why,” said Brady. “You turn the ball over, you get behind, you don’t play well on third down, you don’t score points in red area – it’s all the same stuff. It’s stuff you’ve got to work on. I think every year the challenge in football is everyone starts at the bottom and you’ve got to work your way up. There’s a lot of new players, a lot of transition, guys come and go, the team’s strengths are different. That’s why everyone tunes in to watch football every week, because you never know what you’re going to get.”

The 2020 Buccaneers took some time early in the season to find a groove, too, in large part because it had a new quarterback at the helm in Brady, one who had zero live game action with his new team before the season opener. That offense improved steadily and then found a new gear from December on. Brady is sure the 2022 Buccaneers are capable of playing much better football moving forward.

“Yeah, I think we feel like we certainly have not played our best football,” he said. “That’s very true.”

Top Quotes, Overview of the Falcons & More
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Top Quotes, Overview of the Falcons & More

Top Quotes, Overview of the Falcons & More
Top Quotes, Overview of the Falcons & More

Top Quotes, Overview of the Falcons & More

Match Physicality

 

On Sunday, there are more than bragging rights at stake. With both the Buccaneers and Falcons sitting at a 2-2 record, the victor will take first place in the NFC South division race. Atlanta is entering the game with momentum, coming off a two-game win streak against the Seahawks and Browns. Under the tutelage of Arthur Smith, the Falcons know what their identity is: running the football. Atlanta has gashed opponents on the ground in recent weeks utilizing inside zone, outside zone and quarterback bootlegs to complement Marcus Mariota’s mobility. The Falcons have been effective employing receivers on jet sweeps and through an RPO-centric attack, getting their playmakers on the perimeter. Their play-action game coincides to bolster the ground assault and come Sunday, the Buccaneers will have to match the Falcons’ physicality.

“Obviously, everybody knows we have a big game coming up – Falcons are doing well [these] last two weeks,” Assistant Head Coach and Run Game Coordinator Harold Goodwin described. “We [have to] make sure we match that energy and get this win.”

Key Matchup

 

Going up against a laundry list of the league’s elite defensive tackles, Bucs’ rookie left guard Luke Goedeke will face another on Sunday in Grady Jarrett. His nickname, “You shall not pass,” is an embodiment of his play style. Jarrett is the anchor of the Falcons’ defensive line, consistently disrupting the backfield with a lethal get-off and vast pass rush arsenal. Jarrett effectively penetrates the A and B-gaps, fortifying Atlanta’s defense. On Sunday, Goedeke will see a heavy dose of Jarrett.

“Luke is battling every week – I don’t think Luke has had a week off yet,” Harold Goodwin stated. “Every time he’s been lined up, he’s had a decent, Pro-Bowl type player standing over him – from Kenny Clark to last week to Chris Jones. He’s going to get Grady [Jarrett] this week. [Robert] Hainsey has done a nice job of replacing Ryan [Jensen] and I don’t have time for you to tell me you’re young. We’ve got a game to play and when the ball’s put out there, we’ve got to play. We’ve got to execute, and we all know that we’ve got to keep ’12’ (Tom Brady) upright.”

The game will likely hinge on which team wins the battle in the trenches. Goedeke relayed his thoughts on Jarrett, a two-time Pro Bowl veteran.

“He is a really quick guy and is a little shorter. Obviously, he has natural leverage and is a top-tier interior defensive lineman so, I have been studying him. He has a really nice chop-club and arm over, so I have to be prepared for that.”

Shaq Barrett’s Impression of Marcus Mariota

 

The Falcons offense is predicated on running the football and that includes their quarterback, Marcus Mariota. Whether it is a designed rollout or an impromptu scramble, Mariota is a true speed threat. The former 2014 Heisman Trophy winner can make throws off-balance and tear up a defense on the ground. He can climb and slide from pressure while looking down the field. Mariota is not a stationary pocket passer and setting the edge will be crucial for the Bucs’ defense on Sunday afternoon. If players over-pursue, Mariota can step up into vacated gaps and take off through an open lane. Outside linebacker Shaquil Barrett discussed the defense’s focus on Sunday in facing Mariota.

“It’s going to be a little difficult this week because they don’t really do too much drop-back passing – it’s going to be bootlegs, roll-outs, stuff like that. [I’ve] got to be disciplined in my assignments. If I get the quarterback, I get him – but I’m worrying about stopping the run and shutting the run down first because, as you [saw] last week, they can do it really well if we allow them to.”

Tom Brady Effectively Gets Backs Involved in Pass Game
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Tom Brady Effectively Gets Backs Involved in Pass Game

Tom Brady Effectively Gets Backs Involved in Pass Game
Tom Brady Effectively Gets Backs Involved in Pass Game

Tom Brady Effectively Gets Backs Involved in Pass Game

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers dropped a 41-31 decision to the visiting Kansas City Chiefs in Week Four, on an evening when their usually stout defense couldn’t find answers for Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Clyde Edwards-Helaire. Tampa Bay’s second straight loss overshadowed the fact that offense – or, at least, the passing attack – finally found a groove after three weeks of uncharacteristically low production.

The obvious conclusion is that the Buccaneers’ offense is much better when Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, Donovan Smith, Julio Jones and Russell Gage are all involved at the same time, and that’s certainly not wrong. Evans made a huge impact in his return from a one-game suspension, catching eight passes for 103 yards and two touchdowns. Godwin also had seven grabs for 59 yards and helped the Bucs work the middle of the field much better than in previous weeks. Tom Brady was only sacked once, albeit on a play that resulted in a lost fumble. In all, Brady finished with 385 passing yards and three touchdowns, a stat line much more reminiscent of what he spent the 2020 and 2021 seasons doing on a weekly basis.

As hinted at above, however, the Buccaneers’ rushing attack was stopped dead in its tracks, gaining just three yards on six carries, though rookie back Rachaad White did score his first touchdown on a one-yard plunge in the fourth quarter. That’s the second-lowest rushing total a Tampa Bay team has ever produced in a single game.

Despite that, White and veteran starter Leonard Fournette did have a somewhat effective day on offense because Brady was able to get both involved in the passing attack. Between them, Fournette and White accounted for 12 catches, 107 yards and a touchdown on exactly 12 targets.

According to NFL Next Gen Stats, that 100% catch efficiency on a dozen targets was a better performance than should have been expected. Fournette had an expected catch percentage of 83.1% and finished with catch rate over expected (CPOE) of 16.9%. White’s CPOE was 18.5%.

Fournette’s 57 yards on five catches were basically all the product of well-executed screens. Fournette caught the ball at an average route depth of -1.2, meaning he was a little bit over a yard behind the line of scrimmage when he got the ball, on average. That’s how he racked up 74 yards after the catch (YAC) despite finishing with a receiving total of 57 yards. Fournette performed well on those plays, gaining 21 yards more than expected (YACOE) after getting the ball in his hands. Fournette’s 77 yards after the catch were the fourth most by any player in the NFL in Week Four and the most by any running back.

White got a little deeper on his routes, with an average route depth of 1.2 yards on his five catches for 50 yards. He gained 36 yards after the catch and had six YACOE. White’s expected points added (EPA) of 3.3 was the fifth most by any running back in Week Four. (EPA is derived from Next Gen Stats Expected Points model, which measures how each play potentially affects the score of the game relative to the situation.)

Brady’s passer rating when targeting Fournette was 140.2. It was 108.3 on throws to White.

All told, Brady got the ball to 10 different targets on Sunday night, and while it wasn’t enough to overcome what Mahomes and company were doing when they had the ball, it did give Tampa Bay its first 30-point game of the season, something that had become commonplace the previous two years. Brady is certain to continue to rely on his top targets, particularly Evans and Godwin, going forward, but he appears to have two reliable weapons out of the backfield, as well.

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How to watch, listen and live stream Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Kansas City Chiefs Week 4, 2022

How to watch, listen and live stream Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Kansas City Chiefs Week 4, 2022

Kansas City Chiefs (2-1) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-1)

  • Sunday, October 2, 2022
  • Kickoff: 8:20 pm ET
  • Location: Raymond James Stadium
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Bucs Activate Cole Beasley for Second Straight Week

Bucs Activate Cole Beasley for Second Straight Week

 

For the second week in a row, the Buccaneers are calling on 11th-year veteran Cole Beasley to bolster a banged-up receiving corps.

On Saturday, the Buccaneers activated Beasley from the practice squad, making him eligible to play in their Sunday night game against the Kansas City Chiefs in Week Four. Beasley, who was originally signed to the Bucs’ practice squad on September 21, also played in the team’s Week Three loss to the Green Bay Packers four days later. He logged nine snaps on offense and three on special teams and was targeted on four passes, catching three for 12 yards. His first reception as a Buccaneer was a nifty diving grab for four yards on fourth-and-one.

The Buccaneers played against the Packers without wide receivers Mike Evans (suspension), Chris Godwin (hamstring) and Julio Jones (knee). Evans is back for this week’s game but Godwin and Jones are both considered questionable to suit up on Sunday night. In addition, wide receiver Breshad Perriman (knee/hamstring) is listed as doubtful for the game and wide receiver Russell Gage (hamstring) is questionable.

The NFL introduced the elevation option in 2020, which allows teams to activate up to two players from their practice squad for each game. By activating Beasley for Sunday’s contest, the Buccaneers have increased their game day roster to 54 players. They will be able to keep 48 of those players active for the game, naming six inactives prior to kickoff.

Each player on the practice squad can be elevated up to three times during the regular season and an unlimited amount of times in the postseason. After the game, elevated players automatically revert to the practice squad without having to pass through waivers.

Beasley is coming off consecutive 82-catch seasons for the Buffalo Bills. He has played extensively in the slot during his career and has appeared in 149 games with 50 starts, recording 550 receptions for 5,709 yards and 54 touchdowns.

Kliff Kingsbury attempted to get Patrick Mahomes to live with him one greater season at Texas Tech
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Kliff Kingsbury attempted to get Patrick Mahomes to live with him one greater season at Texas Tech.

Kliff Kingsbury attempted to get Patrick Mahomes to live with him one greater season at Texas Tech.

The NFL had advised Mahomes he changed into a possible second-spherical choose if he got here out for the 2017 draft, notwithstanding the online game records Mahomes placed up in Kingsbury’s Air Raid offense.

Those specialists likely failed to understand what they had been saying, Kingsbury notion even then – “The men I relied on withinside the league, the men I knew, what they had been telling me, I had a sense that he changed into going to be simply fine” – however if you have a skills along with Mahomes, you do not provide up.

“It changed into like ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm,’ due to the fact I think (his family) knew some thing,” Kingsbury stated with a smile. “I respect them giving me the opportunity, however it changed into a foregone conclusion. I did my great.”

But the manner Mahomes recollects it, Kingsbury failed to push for any precise outcome. The train advised his QB, whether or not he changed into going to go to the NFL or live one greater yr at Tech, to “be all in.”

So Mahomes went pro. He took a yr to study with the Kansas City Chiefs, after which had arguably the great begin of a profession of any quarterback in NFL history.

Now, Mahomes will open the 2022 season going through off towards his university train, whilst the Chiefs go to the Cardinals at State Farm Stadium on Sunday.

The are close. Kingsbury changed into a first-time head train at Tech, hooking himself up with the baseball-participant-gambling-soccer Mahomes as they commenced the trips to this point. Mahomes, who appears destined for Canton whilst his gambling days are over, had simplest Kingsbury chasing him for soccer as soon as upon a time.

“He changed into the only that believed in me,” Mahomes stated in his press convention Wednesday. “That’s why I’m on this position.”

Adam Cook knew Kliff Kingsbury, however in call and recognition simplest.

Cook had walked on at Texas Tech to play soccer – he changed into cut – and remained on the college, cheering the subsequent yr for Kingsbury, the team’s new quarterback. Cook ultimately have become the top soccer train at Whitehouse High School, wherein his beginning protection changed into a sophomore named Patrick Mahomes.

Kingsbury wasn’t recruiting that area. But at Texas A&M, wherein Kingsbury changed into the offensive coordinator, every other assistant named B.J. Anderson dropped off a few tape of Mahomes – now a junior quarterback for Cook.

“I notion he changed into genuinely raw,” Kingsbury stated. “He’d run round the sector and make plays. He changed into genuinely the great participant on the sector in any recreation he performed. He hadn’t ever targeted on soccer. He failed to visit camps developing up. That changed into the primary I had visible of him.”

At A&M, Kingsbury changed into capable of train Johnny Manziel. But the subsequent spring, Kingsbury changed into named his alma mater’s new head train. His first choice changed into to move after Mahomes to be his QB.

“It took place so fast,” Cook stated. “He’s throughout Patrick, gives him, we could him understand ‘You’re our guy’ and the courtship for them first commenced.”

Mahomes, whose father Pat changed into an established Major League baseball pitcher, additionally performed baseball. And basketball. His mother and father failed to try to sway him to a sport (despite the fact that Cook stated Pat Mahomes could’ve performed soccer himself, till he noticed who is probably tackling him at the university level.)

“We went after him tough due to the fact we knew we wished him,” Kingsbury stated. “Once I were given round him, were given to understand him, labored him out at soccer camps, you can inform he simply had a few unique cappotential and traits of a actual leader. We knew it’d be a massive get for us.”

While Mahomes stated he did not have another foremost faculties providing soccer scholarships, Kingsbury stopped recruiting all different quarterbacks as soon as Mahomes committed. Tech changed into going to allow Mahomes play baseball as well.

Meanwhile, Kingsbury, who hadn’t visible Mahomes play in person, were given to peer him play that fall in soccer, and noticed him in basketball.

“It’s approximately relationships,” Cook stated, and Kingsbury desired to start constructing his with Mahomes.

One of the matters that made the connection grow – some thing Kyler Murray has pointed out being a great a part of his personal courting with Kingsbury – changed into Kingsbury’s willingness to allow the quarterback be who he is.

Kingsbury did train Mahomes mechanics and fundamentals, however “he in no way restrained who I changed into,” Mahomes stated.

“It’s a person who has taught me a ton now no longer simplest approximately soccer however approximately life,” Mahomes stated. “He were given me out of excessive college once I changed into a baseball participant looking to play soccer and essentially looking to be on my personal.

“He helped me end up who I am today. It’ll be cool so that it will play towards him.”

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