Just one year ago, the Arizona Cardinals offense was the worst in the NFL. Unimaginative coordinator Mike McCoy was given his walking papers after just seven games. His replacement, Byron Leftwich, was just about as clueless as his predecessor.
The putrid performance by the scoring attack prompted the Cards front office to go out and find an offensive-oriented head coach. Kliff Kingsbury, a proponent of the “Air Raid” ideology, was brought to the desert to remedy the ugly predicament. Fixing a unit that ranked dead last in the league last season would not be easy, but Arizona believed that the young guru would be up to the task.