It almost never ever happens in professional sports. In fact, it’s pretty much unprecedented. It’s taboo and forbidden. It’s probably worse than insider trading. It’s top secret, actually.
Yeah, we’re talking James Bond kind-of-stuff here.
“I better draw it all out for you,” Cardinals safety Rashad Johnson said in a hushed voice. “Let me have your pen and your notebook.”
Look, we’re no spies, but azcentral sports wanted to learn the cloak-and-dagger truth behind the Arizona Cardinals’ hush-hush and most unconventional defensive scheme. It’s a mysterious, as yet unexplained, formational package that not only has helped elevate a dangerous defense into a top-5 overall ranking but into one of the most unpredictable units in all of the NFL.