A new interview with Arians in The MMQB paints the coach as one of the more fascinating individauls wearing a headset. Arians is the rare NFL head coach who seems to understand that this is actually a game, not war.
What shines through in the interview is the way Arians looks to take advantage of every matchup possible in order to maximize gain. "We’ll build a play with first-down capabilities, but also touchdown/downtown capability too," he says. "My quarterback has to know: If you have the right matchup, take it."
Plus, Arians tends to call plays like he's holding a Madden controller. It's what beat Philadelphia in one of last week's key matchups, and it's what could lead Arizona deep into January. "Veteran quarterbacks especially, they always want to take the completions," he says. "Which is good mostly. But when Carson [Palmer] first got here, he looked at me like I was crazy. I’d tell him, ‘Have fun. Throw it! This is what we do.’ He was like, ‘Really? I can look at the deep ball like that?’ Our reads are often checkdown or touchdown."
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Also worth reading is Arians' story of teaching a young Peyton Manning, the way he knew he was fired from Pittsburgh, and the way he handled filling in for Indianapolis coach Chuck Pagano during the latter's illness. ("I never allowed anyone to call me the head coach. I never assumed I would be the head coach. Chuck was the head coach every day he was gone.")
Check out the full interview over at The MMQB. If your team's already out of it this year, you might just get a backup team to root for.
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