Cardinals’ Bruce Arians enlists tackling dummies to help
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USA TODAY Sports’ Tom Pelissero recaps the NFL owners meeting and the proposed league rule changes. USA TODAY Sports
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WATCH THE LATEST CARDINALS AND NFL VIDEOS FROM AZCENTRAL SPORTSNFL meetings in Phoenix: On Bruce Arians, new rules, the draft | 3:35
Bob McManaman and Kent Somers at the NFL owners meetings on Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Bruce Arianas likes full-time officials, centralized replay and says there’s 1 QB in upcoming draft who’s plug-and-play. Video: Tom Tingle/azcentral sports
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azcentral sports’ Dan Bickley discusses the NFL’s commercial breaks, kickers and touchdowns celebrations, as well as Tom Brady and the Cardinals drafting a QB.
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WATCH THE LATEST CARDINALS AND NFL VIDEOS FROM AZCENTRAL SPORTSNFC coaches take questions at NFL owners meeting | 2:14
Coaches of the National Football Conference take questions from the media in Phoenix on March 29, 2017. Tom Tingle/azcentral sports
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WATCH THE LATEST CARDINALS AND NFL VIDEOS FROM AZCENTRAL SPORTSKent Somers talks with Bruce Arians at NFC coaches breakfast | 2:44
Cardinals insider Kent Somers and other reporters talk with Cardinals head coach Bruce Arians at the NFC coaches breakfast on Wednesday at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix. Video by Tom Tingle/azcentral sports
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WATCH THE LATEST CARDINALS AND NFL VIDEOS FROM AZCENTRAL SPORTSShot Clock: NFL’s curious, but intriguing Vegas move | 1:55
azcentral sports’ Dan Bickley talks about the NFL moving the Raiders from Oakland to Las Vegas.
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WATCH THE LATEST CARDINALS AND NFL VIDEOS FROM AZCENTRAL SPORTSBob McManaman talks to AFC coaches | 1:55
Bob McManaman of azcentral sports talks to AFC coaches at the annual NFL owners meeting at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix, Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Tom Tingle/azcentral sports
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WATCH THE LATEST CARDINALS AND NFL VIDEOS FROM AZCENTRAL SPORTSAt the NFL owner’s meetings: AFC head coaches meet the media | 2:06
Bob McManaman and Kent Somers at the NFL owner’s meetings: Coaches of AFC teams meet the media at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix on Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Video: Tom Tingle/azcentral sports
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WATCH THE LATEST CARDINALS AND NFL VIDEOS FROM AZCENTRAL SPORTSCardinals’ Arians talks free agency and draft | 1:54
Cardinals coach Bruce Arians discusses free agency, quarterbacks and cornerbacks in the draft on Wednesday night. Kent Somers/azcentral sports
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Cardinals GM Steve Keim discusses this year’s rookie quarterback class ahead of the NFL draft on Wednesday night. Kent Somers/azcentral sports
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WATCH THE LATEST CARDINALS AND NFL VIDEOS FROM AZCENTRAL SPORTSShot Clock: Which QB do Cardinals draft? | 1:51
azcentral sports’ Jay Dieffenbach and Bob McManaman tackle the Cardinals and the draft and the latest with Roger Goodell and the NFL.
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WATCH THE LATEST CARDINALS AND NFL VIDEOS FROM AZCENTRAL SPORTSUSA Baseball, Trubisky to Cards, Kurt Warner’s stolen jersey | 1:54
Shot Clock: Why isn’t Paul Goldschmidt playing? Will Cardinals draft QB Mitchell Trubisky? Kurt Warner also had a Super Bowl jersey stolen? The Shot Clock tackles the burning topics in Arizona sports.
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Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins says he did not demand a trade away from the team, but instead asked about the franchise’s plans after having the franchise tag placed on him. Time_Sports
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WATCH THE LATEST CARDINALS AND NFL VIDEOS FROM AZCENTRAL SPORTSThe issue with Colin Kaepernick | 1:00
The MMQB’s Andy Benoit takes a look at the on-field problem facing free agent QB Colin Kaepernick. Time_Sports
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WATCH THE LATEST CARDINALS AND NFL VIDEOS FROM AZCENTRAL SPORTSPhil Dawson talks about joining Cardinals | 1:30
Free agent kicker Phil Dawson signed a 2-year deal with the Arizona Cardinals on March 10, 2017 at the Cardinals training facility in Tempe.
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WATCH THE LATEST CARDINALS AND NFL VIDEOS FROM AZCENTRAL SPORTSNFL free agency and how it affects the Arizona Cardinals | 1:59
Shot Clock: NFL free agency moves, including Chandler Jones staying and Calais Campbell and Tony Jefferson likely leaving the Arizona Cardinals. Video: azcentral sports
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The Texans have traded quarterback Brock Osweiler and a 2018 second-round draft pick to the Browns, according to multiple reports. ESPN’s Adam Schefter first reported the news. Time_Sports
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Shot Clock: The beginning of the new NFL year, what the Cardinals’ chances are for keeping Calais Campbell and Tony Jefferson and who might make an impact around the league. Video: azcentral sports
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WATCH THE LATEST CARDINALS AND NFL VIDEOS FROM AZCENTRAL SPORTSDeshaun Watson says it’d be awesome to learn from a veteran NFL quarterback | 0:30
Clemson QB Deshaun Watson said he could benefit from backing up a veteran when he enters the NFL. Video: Kent Somers/azcentral sports
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Quarterback Patrick Mahomes threw for 5,052 total and 41 TDs with 10 INTs in 2016 at Texas Tech. Video: Kent Somers/azcentral sports
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USA TODAY Sports’ Lorenzo Reyes gives insight as to which teams will be searching for a quarterback at the NFL Scouting Combine. USA TODAY Sports
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Cardinals coach Bruce Arians discusses finding the team’s future quarterback in the draft.
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Cardinals coach Bruce Arians believes poor tackling contributed to last season’s 7-8-1 record, the first losing season in his four-year tenure.
Improvement requires practice, but that’s challenging because the collective bargaining agreement between the NFL and players forbids padded practices in the spring and limits the number of them in training camp and during the season.
Part of the solution, Arians hopes, is the addition of mobile tackling devices: tackling dummies operated by remote control.
A handful of NFL teams and colleges already have them, and the Cardinals will use them when practices begin next month.
“Tackling is a lost art. Guys don’t know how to use their arms,” Arians said recently at the NFL’s annual meeting.
Last season, the Cardinals started using large, padded rings in an effort to teach players to use their shoulders and wrap up when tackling. The mobile dummies are the next logical step, according to Arians.
“I think you’ll continue to see those types of innovations in this sport where tackling becomes a better art form,” he said. “When I was taught to play football, you never used your head. You used your shoulders and I think through the ’70s and ’80s, we got that big ESPN prime-time hit that you put on television and that took off.”
Arians plans to conduct a more physical training camp than in past years, but practice time will be limited before the Cardinals play the Cowboys in the Hall of Fame game on Aug. 3 in Canton, Ohio.
“It’s only going to be seven or eight (padded practices) before we play the Hall of Fame game,” Arians said. “So you go all through spring, all through camp and you’re only in football gear seven, eight times before you’re going to go compete against somebody. So, we’re going to compete against each other a little harder to avoid those injuries, hopefully, in that time.”