Jameis Winston was awarded NFC Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts.
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Arians has two of those rings from his years as an assistant coach with the Steelers. Not only are the two teams tied with nine wins apiece in the all-time series, each of the last seven games has been decided by seven points or fewer, majority coming down to the wire.
The Arizona Cardinals face off against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers today in an NFL football game on the second Sunday on the 2016 schedule.
Winston threw 51 passes, the most in his two National Football League seasons, completing 27 for 243 yards. The defense didn’t have a very good day, but Verner can certainly still play.
Back at that camp, even at such a young age, Winston made an impression.
Johnson said he knew immediately when he bungled a play, but that didn’t stop Arians from giving him an earful on the sideline. “He was probably throwing 90 miles an hour fastballs back then in the ninth, 10th grade”. The ball was tipped on an attempted screen to Charles Sims.
The Buccaneers turned it right back over to the Cardinals when Winston was intercepted for a second time.
“They were aggressive like we thought they were”, Koetter said. “We got beat up all over the field”. For the first time in the 2016 NFL Season we grade the units on this team, I just wish it would have come under better circumstances.
What are his memories of those days?
“Everything that happened (Sunday) spins off of those turnovers”, Koetter said. Bruce Arians will make sure his guys are ready to play, and put together a much better game plan than they had last week. Ultimately, under my regime, we didn’t get it done. This year was supposed to be different. “He had just run like 90 yards and broke a bunch of tackles”, Palmer said.
With the game on the road, I would suggest caution in starting Winston due to Arizona likely to come hard after him early and often.
Quinn did see several positives against the Buccaneers that he thinks the defense can build on going forward.
Week Two always serves as a good reminder not to overreact to Week One.
Cooper was just one component of a revived Cards defense that was picked apart last weekend against the Patriots.
Winston, the NFL’s offensive player of the week after the season-opening win at Atlanta, agreed.
“I saw Julio Jones walking around, Julius Peppers, all those guys like that”, he said.
“All his catches seem to be in the biggest time of the game”, fellow wideout Larry Fitzgerald said.
Some of the turnovers, Koetter said, were because of Winston’s throws. He just redistributed his body. That good run has continued into September as the games have begun to count.
Brown, who finished with two catches for 78 yards and that touchdown, credited the turnaround for the teams to a must-win mentality. Johnson had 89 yards on 16 attempts and caught four for 43 yards.
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Like the Cardinals, the Buccaneers’ biggest weakness on defense also lies in the secondary. Week #1 Recap:The Tampa Bay Buccaneers weren’t flawless last weekend, but boy did they turn some heads.
