Confident Arians says anything but Super Bowl ring will be ‘unsuccessful and
Originally from Florida, she has been all over the news of late, heralded as the first woman employed on an NFL coaching staff. The job, helping to instruct inside linebackers, is hers for the duration of training camp and could lead to a full-time position with the Cardinals. “Nothing else is going to be successful or acceptable”.
Cardinals coach Bruce Arians finished her sentence.
The Cardinals aren’t pleased with how last year’s team finished. The one thing I’ve learned from players is all they want to know is: ‘How are you going to make me better? Not under today’s rules.
“I know they can play on Sundays, but they still have to be game speed ready”, Arians said.
During her rounds of interviews with the team, Welter revealed that her own experience playing professional football earned her paycheck not quite up to NFL standards.
Injuries are a concern in that first practice, Arians said. A short time later, backup Drew Stanton was knocked out for the season with a knee injury. Excitement and confidence was in the air as camp began. Firstly, his comment is doing something of a disservice to his players because the assumption is that if a woman is merely present at a Cardinals training session, their focus will be disrupted.
For those who say she’s only good for women’s football, think again. We show them as accessories, for no other better way to put it. We teach them very early on to be pretty, marry well and then act badly, and you’ll get on TV. She assists the great Gregg Popovich, who hired her because he felt “confident in her basketball IQ, work ethic, and interpersonal skills”. “Now it just comes down to execution”.
“As soon as she played football she said this is it for me”.
Welter played 14 seasons in the WFA, winning four titles along the way. The brace and cast are gone. When Scott Booth became the new coach of Glasgow City earlier this month, there was no clamour telling fans not to worry, the players would not be distracted by his presence. The scheme hasn’t changed but it’s yet to be seen how Bettcher’s work compares with the innovative game plans, disguised blitzes from all angles and halftime adjustments that were Bowles’ trademark.
Players Arians singled out on Friday were cornerback Patrick Peterson, linebacker Kevin Minter, and tight ends Darren Fells and Troy Niklas.
And if they are to reach such lofty postseason destinations, they will have to deal with reigning NFC West champion Seattle, a team that’s been to two straight Super Bowls. “We [tell] little girls all the time to be lovely and to do it all the wrong ways”.
Kirkland, who performed 11 decades with all Seattle Seahawks the Steelers and Eagles, was a coaching intern with the Cardinals this offseason.