Cardinals announce coaching additions, promotions

They announce four additions to the staff.

Brentson Buckner

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He returns to the Cardinals coaching staff after previously serving in the same capacity with the team from 2013-17. He comes back to Arizona after working as the defensive line coach with the Oakland Raiders in 2019 and with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2018. With Oakland last season, Buckner helped the Raiders improve from 13 sacks in 2018 to 32 in 2019 and finished ranked eighth in the NFL against the run this past season after finishing 30th in 2018. During his five seasons with the Cardinals, Arizona’s defense ranked second in rushing yards allowed per game (93.8 avg.), third in yards allowed (324.7 avg.), fourth in rushing yards per attempt (3.81 avg.) and had 203 sacks, the seventh-most in the NFL in that span.

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