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How the Arizona Cardinals can adapt their offense without DeAndre Hopkins
TEMPE, Ariz. — The fallout from DeAndre Hopkins’ six-game suspension for violating the NFL’s coverage on performance-enhancing medication began behind closed doorways. The Arizona Cardinals tried to fill his upcoming void by way of a commerce for huge receiver Marquise Brown and by taking tight finish Trey McBride within the second spherical of the NFL draft.
It’ll finish very publicly on the enjoying area.
If historical past repeats itself, the Cardinals would possibly discover themselves struggling to get by throughout these first six video games. They did not fare properly with out Hopkins final season, going 3-5 (together with the playoffs). They went 1-4 after he suffered a knee harm in Week 14.
Now Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury should show he can win with out Hopkins. It is doable, in keeping with ESPN NFL Analyst Matt Bowen, who performed seven years within the league. However he stated it’s going to take a “slight shift in offensive philosophy.”
To Bowen, the Cardinals are a variety offense that’s vertically based mostly with some horizontal parts. Brown may be an asset in that regard as a result of he might help create home windows down the sphere for quarterback Kyler Murray. With out Hopkins final season, the Cardinals needed to depend on yards after the catch: 44% of their passing yards had been after the catch with Hopkins on the sphere in comparison with 56% with out Hopkins, in keeping with ESPN Stats & Info analysis.
Brown may also assist in the horizontal sport, the place Bowen expects second-year receiver Rondale Moore to be a bigger issue.
“You’ll be able to scheme [for Moore] horizontally as a manufactured contact participant to get the ball in his palms in jets and bubbles and huge receiver screens like they’ve carried out previously,” Bowen stated.
What is going to the Cardinals offense appear to be with out Hopkins? Who can exchange him? Will Kingsbury modify with out Hopkins? Just one factor is for certain.
“They do not have one other DeAndre Hopkins on the roster,” Bowen stated. “It is so simple as that, proper?”
What have the Cardinals misplaced?
When groups activate Hopkins’ movie, what do they see? Sure, he’ll be 30 when the season begins. Sure, he is coming off MCL surgical procedure. However he is nonetheless probably the most feared receivers within the NFL and dropping that may be a lot for the Cardinals to switch.
“He is huge receiver that may create his personal separation,” Bowen stated. “He is an excellent route runner. And he’s a viable menace each time you get the ball on the plus-20-yard-line as a result of he is so good contained in the crimson zone by way of his catch radius, his one-on-one capacity and his palms on the level of assault.”
Shedding Hopkins means the Cardinals are dropping their boundary X receiver, a “essential place in in the present day’s NFL,” Bowen stated. The draft was stuffed with receivers who might play it and corners who can defend it.
The Cardinals might attempt Brown remoted on the boundary. Brown has the foot pace to create separation and beat corners off the road, however at 5-foot-9 and 180 kilos he would not have the peak or measurement Bowen says is typical for many boundary X receivers.
“Boundary X receivers largely have had the lengthy frames and greater our bodies the place they will win post-up conditions and use their catch radius on the level of assault to make contested catches, whether or not it is a curl, come again in break or no matter it might be, while you’re attempting to win that state of affairs which is often on third down,” Bowen stated.
Bowen additionally advised shifting A.J. Inexperienced to the boundary X spot due to his measurement (6-4, 207 kilos). There he may very well be used as a possession receiver and as a receiver who could make catches within the second stage.
Tight finish an possibility?
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By taking McBride within the second spherical, the Cardinals may need tipped their hand on the place Kingsbury is heading with the offense.
By pairing McBride with fellow tight finish Zach Ertz, whom the Cardinals re-signed this offseason, Arizona now has two proficient pass-catchers. Bowen thinks Ertz and McBride might assist Kingsbury name extra appears and dig deeper into his already deep playbook to “to assault defenses in a different way however nonetheless attempting to have the identical sort of pass-game manufacturing.”
The Cardinals might play extra 12 personnel — one working again and two tight ends — than they did final yr, once they used it 21.2% of the time, in keeping with NFL Subsequent Gen Stats, their lowest price in Kingsbury’s three seasons.
Each Ertz and McBride may be choices on the boundary X receiver spot, Bowen defined. There’s precedent for it. The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, Atlanta Falcons and Miami Dolphins lined up tight ends Travis Kelce, Kyle Pitts and Mike Gesicki, respectively, out huge on no less than 138 routes final season.
“Now you are speaking a couple of greater goal with an even bigger body and extra of a bodily profile in place to work in his protection and create leverage again to the soccer,” Bowen stated.
If Kingsbury determines Brown and Inexperienced cannot win these one-on-ones, he may need to find out the right way to get the tight ends concerned.
How is the run sport impacted?
Having Hopkins on the sphere often meant the Cardinals noticed no less than two defenders targeted on the five-time Professional Bowler — one at nook and one at security excessive. That meant 9 different defenders had been chargeable for 10 offensive gamers.
That led to a extra open field for the Cardinals’ dashing sport to work.
With out Hopkins, it is seemingly groups will take that further defender and use him within the field extra usually. That might change if Brown proves he is as huge of a menace as Hopkins, Bowen stated.
“That is one thing that Kliff goes to have to reply to,” Bowen stated.
If Brown could be a deep menace — and with Kingsbury’s popularity for utilizing the vertical passing sport — defenses will proceed to play the Cardinals the identical approach, leaving room for the Cardinals to run.
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Amazon has paused all drone deliveries in Arizona.
Currently, Amazon’s Tolleson, Arizona, facility and College Station, Texas, facility are the only ones in the country that offer Air Prime.
Air Prime uses autonomous drones to deliver packages weighing up to 5lbs to customers in 30 minutes or less.
Amazon spokesperson Sam Stephenson says that part of the reason why the company decided to pause drone deliveries was an accident at its test site in Pendleton, Oregon, in December.
“Safety underscores everything we do in Prime Air, and our MK30 drone is safe and compliant. It’s designed to safely respond to unknown events in a known way, and the overall architecture of the drone has performed as expected,” he said. “We’re currently in the process of making software changes to the drone and will be voluntarily pausing our commercial operations on Friday, Jan. 17. Our services will resume once these updates are completed and approved by the FAA.”
Stephenson emphasized that the employees at the Tolleson and College Station facilities will remain working and get paid through the pause in service.
He said that although the incident in Oregon was part of the reason for the pause, it was not the main cause.
“The incident that occurred at our Pendleton, Oregon, facility in Dec. 2024 is not the primary reason for our voluntary operational pause. Prime Air continued to deliver to customers safely and within federal compliance until we voluntarily paused the service on Jan. 17,” Stephenson said.
Mike Fraietta, an FAA-certified drone pilot for Gargoyle Systems, said while this appears to be a step back in drone deliveries, he is optimistic about its future.
“Fortunately, it happened in the lab before it happened in public,” said Fraietta. “With any kind of technology, we’re going to have these hiccups. It’s still in its early stages. These challenges highlight that we need to ensure improvement, ensure safety and reliability.”
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PHOENIX — Rep. Andy Biggs filed a statement of interest on Tuesday to run for Arizona governor in 2026, the first Republican politician in office to do so for the next election cycle.
Biggs, who represents the 5th Congressional District spanning most of the East Valley, said in a statement that he’d rely on his previous political experience if he did decide to run for governor.
“Arizona has a bright future but will need strong leadership to reach its full potential,” Biggs said. “I have been honored to serve Arizona at the state and federal levels and will bring my experience home to my native state to help it fulfill its tremendous capacity.”
What would gubernatorial race look like with Andy Biggs?
A statement of interest filed with the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office doesn’t mean a candidate will officially run for a position, but it does signal Biggs’ captivation with being the Republican nominee for governor.
The list of interested politicians will grow as the 2026 primary election moves closer, but it won’t be the only hurdle for Biggs.
President Donald Trump has already endorsed Karrin Taylor Robson for governor in 2026. Taylor Robson lost to Kari Lake in the 2022 Republican gubernatorial primary.
“Are you running for governor? I think so, Karrin. Because if you do, you’re going to have my support,” Trump said after pointing to Robson in the crowd during Turning Point’s AmericaFest event at the Phoenix Convention Center in December.
If Biggs won the primary, he’d likely face off against Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs in the general election.
Scott Neely, who unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2022 and Mesa mayor in 2024, is one of five other politicians to file a statement of interest for governor in 2026.
“I have a firm understanding of what the state needs to thrive,” Biggs said. “I look forward to conversing with my fellow Arizonans as I consider this weighty decision.”
It’s a rather quick turnaround for the West Virginia Mountaineers, who are coming off yet another massive win, this time over second-ranked Iowa State.
Tonight, Darian DeVries and Co. will welcome the Arizona State Sun Devils to the WVU Coliseum for the first time in what will be the first-ever matchup between the two programs.
According to the ESPN Basketball Power Index (BPI) matchup predictor, West Virginia has a 75.2% chance to improve to 14-4, while Arizona State has a 24.8% chance to pick up their second win in league play.
Given Arizona State’s struggles throughout the first half of the season, this number feels like it’s in the right spot. They have the talent to win some games in the Big 12 and aren’t likely to finish in the bottom three or four, so that’s why it’s hard to justify going much higher than the 75%. Plus, can WVU control its emotions and put the Iowa State win to bed?
For the Mountaineers to remain in the Big 12 title picture, they really needed to go 1-1 at worst last week against a pair of top-10 teams, and they did exactly that. They fought as long as they could on the road at Houston but just wore out at the end of the second half. DeVries’ squad was able to bounce back and protect its home floor on Saturday, knocking off No. 2 Iowa State on the day they honored the legendary Jerry West.
The Sun Devils lost both of their games last week against UCF and Cincinnati by six and seven points, respectively. In their loss to UCF, ASU shot the ball extremely well, going 52% from the floor and 50% (12/24) from three-point range. They accomplished just about everything they wanted to do offensively. The problem is that UCF did as well. The loss to Cincinnati was more of an old-school slugfest where they found themselves trailing by 14 at the half. They outscored the Bearcats in the second half, but it was too little, too late.
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