The NFL offseason has been an odd one so far because of the uncertainty during the coronavirus pandemic. Team facilities are closed down. Free agency happened and so will the draft but almost all virtually.
As a result of everything, the start of offseason programs will not be able to begin on time.
The Arizona Cardinals would not have begun phase one of their offseason program until later this month, but it appears their will be a truncated offseason before the start of the season, assuming the season will be able to begin on time.
However, the Cardinals enter the second year with a coaching staff that had few changes. They re-signed 12 of their own players.
“For us, being in Year 2 I think goes a long way,” said head coach Kliff Kingsbury in a video call with reporters on Tuesday. “We had a lot of continuity with the staff, with the players coming back, keeping our schemes in place.”
He does have a plan in place when they can begin to meet with players. It just might be virtually.
“We’re going to do the Zoom meetings when we’re allowed to and do every sort of tele-coaching that we can come up with,” he said.
They have almost all the same starters on offense again as well as on defense. Their specialists are the same. They will run the same offense and defense.
The offseason has been as far from ideal as it could, but considering where the Cardinals are as a team, they have as ideal a situation as one could hope to have right now.
“That continuity I think will serve us well.”
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