Back in January, the Arizona Cardinals organization decided to take a chance. Fresh off of a miserable 3-13 campaign the year before, general manager Steve Keim chose to go in an entirely different direction. As it turns out, there are people around the NFL who vehemently disagree with the philosophy of the head coach who was ultimately hired by the Cards.
Kliff Kingsbury brings into the league with him the “Air Raid” scheme, a version of the “spread” offense that has found success at times in the college ranks. It’s a scoring attack that is run primarily out of the shotgun formation, and utilizes mostly four and five wide receiver sets.