The Arizona Cardinals lost their game last night due to a) a few ugly turnovers, b) an enormous special teams collapse at a crucial moment, and c) a missed field goal. They also scored 23 points on the toughest defense in the NFL. So, naturally, they fired their offensive coordinator. By this logic, the 2-4 Redskins should seriously consider terminating the Hogettes (that website hasn’t been updated in weeks!).
Dennis “Denny” Green is the head coach and, in the scenario that makes him look best, sat idly by while his offensive coordinator called a passive and completely ineffective second half in an effort to protect a lead. The worst case scenario goes something like this: he told his offensive coordinator to call a passive game to try to protect the lead, and then when his team completely collapsed in a way that can only be his own damn fault, he fired the guy he gave the orders to. The Cardinals defense gave up three points (for those of you keeping score, that’s twenty points fewer than their allegedly-worthless offense managed) to a Bears offense that has been absolutely destroying their oppenents and the Cardinals still lost the game. The coordinator’s play-calling–you know, the thing that is so awful that it got him fired–gave the Cardinals a 20 point lead in the second half of the game! Talk about a fall guy–this poor sap got fired after Denny Green squandered the best half of a game he’s ever called.
“I’ve known Keith for a long time. I have the utmost respect for him,” Green said, adding “and that’s why I’m making him the scapegoat for a season’s worth of my screw-ups.”
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