Arizona Cardinals' QB Coach Chris Miller On XTRA Sports 910
by Andrew602 on Apr 8, 2010 8:57 AM MDT
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Cardinals' quarterbacks coach, Jim Miller, spoke with XTRA Sports 910 on Wednesday regarding a number of topics with the team.
Miller started with Matt Leinart. He stated that the team will use more naked bootlegs with Leinart, declaring that Matt is more mobile then Kurt. He stated that running the boots will depend on the success of the running game. Miller said that Leinart throws very well on the run.
Miller talked about newly signed quarterback Derek Anderson. He believes that Anderson's mechanics slipped the last two years - a stretch of very poor production from Anderson. He said he will work with Anderson during the Cardinals offseason workouts, hoping to improve his fundamentals and get him back to his 2007pro bowl form.
Miller also discussed Kurt Warner's situation last year. He revealed that Warner stopped throwing the deep ball last season after he took a hit to his throwing shoulder early last year. Warner lost confidence throwing deep and rarely threw over 15-20 yards. Most of us wondered why the offense lacked the explosive play were were used to seeing - now we know the reason why. The lack of a deep passing attack limited the production for Anquan Boldin, Steve Breaston, and most notably Larry Fitzgerald. Miller also reminded us that Warner was still very effective in the short to medium range last season.
The interview concluded with Miller predicting that the Rams will select Sam Bradford with the 1st overall pick in the draft. He also thought that Jimmy Clausen was a very good quarterback. He questioned Colt McCoy's deep throw but believes he'll go to a team with a West Coast attack.
Hearing Chris Miller instills more confidence that the passing offense won't greatly be effected with Warner out of the line up. It sounds like he'll have more options with Leinart and Anderson and one of the quarterbacks will get the job done this season. That's certainly good to hear.
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Man, the more and more I hear these stories...
The more and more I can’t wait for the season to start.
+1
The part about Warner not wanting to throw the deep ball makes a lot more sense now, and his retirement also makes more sense. Warner is still one of the best to me, but I understand the injuries started to degrade his game and some of his confidence. I’m glad he went out on top with back to back playoff runs. Warner = Future HOF
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He has to get in
What? I didn't break it, I was just testing its durability, and then I placed it in the woods becuase it's made out of wood and I just thought he should be with his family.
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Deep ball mystery solved
It really hurt the offense last year that they didn’t go deep much. The ability to stretch the defense out is huge.
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What? I didn't break it, I was just testing its durability, and then I placed it in the woods becuase it's made out of wood and I just thought he should be with his family.
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Agree
Hopefully he can use his skills to get the most out of Leinart or Anderson
What? I didn't break it, I was just testing its durability, and then I placed it in the woods becuase it's made out of wood and I just thought he should be with his family.
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draft
I still want to see the team draft the BYU kid for the future
The only thing I can think of is when Warner had the Stinger early in the year.
The 49ers or Jaguars game?
It does make a lot of sense that that is why he stopped throwing deep, and it might be part of why he retired.
Lets just hope that Miller can get the most out of Leinart and Anderson.
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan.
I can't stand fair-weather/bandwagon fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad.
Don't see how he wouldn't...
His playoff and Superbowl performances alone rank among the greatest of all time. Some of them are the greatest! He’ll make it in for sure.
I am also extremely excited for the season to start and se how the quarterback soap opera unfolds. No matter what happens, I think it will be an exciting season giving us plenty of quarterback drama to discuss! :)
No way he won't make it in.
He will probably be a first ballot guy if Favre comes back too.
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan.
I can't stand fair-weather/bandwagon fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad.
Finally, it has been revealed
And now I feel somewhat vindicated after my tirades following the loss to Carolina. It was clear at that point, and even before, that there was a problem with the offense and the problem was that we almost never threw the ball more than 12-18 yds downfield and it was making no sense. I know some people here probably got a little ticked off at me at the way I went after KW, but it was just very frustrating to watch.
But I agree with Pyromnc, we went 10-6 with a QB with limited arm strength and limited mobility and only really started using the full compliments of our running game until the season was almost half over. I am extremely excited about the prospects of this team .
Let all those Niner fans think the division is theirs now that KW is gone. They are in for a rude awakening!
It was extremely frustrating.
It was extremely limiting too. It’s funny that people make so much of Leinart’s lack of arm strength. The Cards won the division without throwing deep last season. How could anyone not have seen that. Unless they didn’t watch the games.
If HardHate thinks Matt has a noodle arm
What does that say about Warner after the injury?
I’m not too worried about Matts are strength, and even when Warner lost some of the deep ball his arm was still good enough to make most of the throws.
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan.
I can't stand fair-weather/bandwagon fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad.
I think the league is in for a surprise
The only concern I have regarding our current quarterback situation and the loss of Kurt Warner comes with the blitz. Warner was great because he was so quick at reading the defense, recognizing and picking up the blitz, and getting rid of the blitz before it got to him. I hope Leinart has learned this from Warner and gets the ball out of his hands, while makin wise decisions, before the blitz finds him.
Let's hope his mobility balances out with losing Warner's quick release.
With more practice and play time he will hopefully get that floating deep ball under control too.
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Warner was as good at that as anybody I’ve ever seen. For all the concerns everyone has about all that has gone on this off-season, I think you’ve called out the one that will likely be the most significant.
The ratio of sacks to QB hits on us is absurd, isn't it?
And I doubt Leinart’s mobility is going to balance out, but it is something that will help.
It makes it difficult to pick out potential fits in our scheme. I kinda like Levi Brown but he’s slow as crap and the knock on him is that he takes his time — recipe for disaster here. Then you’ve got LeFevour who’s pretty quick and throws well on the run, but gets flustered easily when pressured…
Although
I don’t want anyone to take this as a knock on Warner, because it’s not, but having Leinart at QB will likely increase our commitment to the power running game and make life easier on our linemen. The only negative to Warner is he only seemed to excel in offenses where he threw 35-40 times a game. I think the change in offensive philosophy may make this much less of a concern.
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