With how the NFL offseason has played out and more or less everyone having more time at home, it has given Arizona Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury more time to play with his offense. He has had time to look at other offensive systems.
But it hasn’t been NFL offenses he has studied.
“It’s definitely allowed me to dive into a lot of the college game more,” he told reporters this week on a video conference. “I’ve always tried to study some of those top offensive guys that I had a ton of respect for and liked the way they operated. But it’s really allowed me to watch a lot more of that. There’s a lot of great minds at that level.”
Kingsbury brought what many call a college offense to the pros last year with the Cardinals in his first year as head coach and, after early struggles, has had some success.
Now, why study college offenses instead of other pro schemes?
Partly has to be because he did that during the season.
If he is looking for innovation, the college game is where to go, as that is where there are concepts not yet used in the NFL.
We will see what that translates into once the season begins.
“It’s definitely a deeper dive into offensive football this offseason with all the downtime.”
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