As a draft analyst, you often have to take a deep dive into individual teams to understand everything you possibly can about them before you ever start pairing them up with prospects. It’s one thing to say “this defense needs an Edge rusher” or “this receiving corps needs help”, but it’s an entirely new challenge to put yourself in the minds of their coaches to determine what kinds of edge rushers they like and what types of receivers they really need. Scheme matters, philosophy matters, but most importantly, history matters too.
So for this week’s Film Room episode, I decided to look at all three of those things for the new Arizona Cardinals coaching staff - scheme, philosophy, and history - to determine exactly what kind of quarterback this franchise really needs to be successful.