In his comments postgame to his team Sunday, Bruce Arians noted that his team likely wasn’t going to make the playoffs.
“Are you going to sugarcoat it?” Arians said Monday.
That is not how the Cardinals coach operates. During the rest of his press conference Monday, Arians stuck with that philosophy, including an impassioned defense of special teams coordinator Amos Jones.
“It’s been a snap or a punt or a kick all year,” Arians said when asked about special team struggles. “The
one thing, coaches don’t do any of those things.