I believe that the offenses of the Cardinals’ rivals in the NFC West are going to run a steady diet of “12 personnel” (2 TEs) versus Vance Joseph’s defense—-for 3 basic reasons:
- All three rivals are fully committed to running the football.
- In 12 personnel, all three rivals like to use RPO type play action to hit their TEs and slot WRs—-and if there is no defender head up on the TE, they opt for quick TE receptions up the seams or into the flats.
- All three rivals have strong TE tandems: LA: Tyler Higbee and Gerald Everett; SF: George Kittle ands Ross Dwelley; SEA: Greg Olsen, Luke Willson and Will Dissly.