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Arizona Cardinals Cheap Robert Nkemdiche Jersey , coach Steve Wilks calls out the name of one defensive player and one offensive player to go at it one-on-one in front of everyone else.Once it was left tackle D.J. Humphries against defensive end Chandler Jones. Another time defensive tackle Robert Nkemdiche took on right guard Justin Pugh."I like it a lot," Humphries said. "It's like old school, Pop Warner stuff."A week into Wilks' first training camp as an NFL head coach, an overriding theme has been tough, physical play, especially on the offensive line."Really it comes back to my defensive background," Wilks said before the team took the field for another practice in pads Thursday. "There's nothing more demoralizing than having an offense just run the ball. Coming off the ball up front, being physical, it just really takes the air out of you."While most of the training camp takes place in the air-conditioned comfort of University of Phoenix Stadium — the Cardinals' regular- season home — Wilks moved the team outside into the desert heat for practice on Tuesday. They'll be outdoors again Friday."Hopefully it's a little hot out there so we can make sure we're locked in and focused," he said.Wilks believes battling the heat helps build mental toughness."It's all about mental with me. These guys have the skill set. They're physical. They work out all the time. They train their bodies. It's about this here," he said, pointing to his head, "and being outside creates that element Cheap Mason Cole Jersey , particularly in the heat."Wilks has spent his NFL coaching career on defense, with stints as secondary coach for the Chicago Bears, San Diego Chargers and Carolina Panthers. Last year, he was promoted to defensive coordinator in Carolina and, after just one season, was hired to replace the retired Bruce Arians in Arizona.Arians was all about offense, the big-play "no risk it, no biscuit" approach. Wilks, by contrast, wants a team that runs the ball with authority and a defense that just as naturally stops the run up front."We get pretty physical out there," Humphries said. "Our defensive line, both of us know what we're trying to do, what we're trying to get done. It's something that's being preached to us and it's something that we're soaking up and buying into for sure. Most of us it's second nature. We don't have no softies on the O-line. Most of us http://www.cardinalscheapshops.com/cheap-authentic-ricky-seals-jones-jersey , it ain't hard to get us going, so it's good fun."Defensive players appreciate a coach with roots on that side of the ball."It's great," said safety Antoine Bethea, a 13-year NFL veteran. "He gets it. Not saying other coaches don't, but him being on the defensive side of the ball the majority of his career, he just gets what it means to be a defensive player, coming downhill, attacking."But it's the offensive line that's been singled out for praise by Wilks for its physical approach early in camp.And the line loves the idea of blowing open holes for David Johnson, one of the NFL's best running backs who returns after missing virtually all of last season with a fractured wrist.Offensive linemen, in general, love to run block."It's different when you're locking a guy up in pass (blocking). You get them frustrated," Humphries said. "But when you block a dude, you pound on him during the run game http://www.cardinalscheapshops.com/cheap-authentic-gabe-holmes-jersey , you demoralize them. You take their heart. "Teaching Points (How Diche Blows Up a Poorly Conceived Play) Mike McCoy and Sam Bradford have both said recently that they are trying out a number of different plays to see which ones fit their personnel. They said that they are going to sit down and chart the plays that they like best—-and scrap the plays that they don’t like.Here is a play to scrap—-for good—-from the playbook, with all of the reasons why.Shotgun formation (Josh Rosen #3), single RB (Chase Edmonds #29) left of QB—-sweep right to Edmonds, where McCoy wants RT Andre Smith (#71) to down block on DT Robert Nkemdiche (#90) so that C Mason Cole (#64) and RG Justin Pugh (#67) can pull and lead the sweep around the corner.Pre-snap observation—-once again we are seeing sloppy stances and play giveaways from the offensive line (atypical of a Ray Brown coached line).Look at RG Justin Pugh, pre-snap. He’s lining up and shading a half yard back from the center and tackle, which tips off that he’s going to pull on the play. Diche sees this and is already thinking attack mode.With Diche’s quickness off the snap, there is no way that Andre Smith is going to be able to make that down (reach) block. It would help if Smith took a flatter angle, but asking Smith to reach block on Nkemdiche is completely unrealistic.Not only does Diche blow past Smith off the snap, he takes out Mason Cole who, like Justin Pugh, is pulling on the play.After being blasted backward by Diche, Cole quits on the play which nearly allows Diche to get all the way to RB Edmonds.If you want to keep this play, you do not try to pull both Cole and Pugh and you makes sure that Cole helps Smith take care of Nkemdiche. Notice that on the backside Cheap D.J. Humphries Jersey , LT D.J. Humphries (#74) and LG Evan Boehm (#70) are pulling with the flow as well. But from their angle, it would be better to get downfield to the second level—-as both of them just get stuck and stopped in traffic. Look at Boehm’s feet—-it makes one question whether you would ever try to pull him. Play power with him, not finesse.Pugh has to give himself up because of the play side penetration by the ILB and DT Corey Peters (#98)—-when you pull you are taught to take out the first flash of color (opponent’s jersey color)—-but Pugh doesn’t pick up the penetration and heads to the second level. Maybe he was thinking that Cole (supposedly pulling right behind him) would take care of the penetration—-but that too is a mistake.The ILB (long dreads—-can’t make out the number), sees the flow and the pulls and storms the nearest gap, which further slows the play down to where by the time Edmonds gets started on the sweep he is met by Corey Peters and the chase ILB Josh Bynes (#57) for what would be a 2-3 yard loss.The TE (can’t see his number) misses badly on his down block of Peters—which begs another question—-do the Cardinals have a TE who can deliver a good down block on the best run stuffing DT on the roster?I have seen teams try to run zone blocking sweeps from a shotgun formation, but it’s a busted play waiting to happen.With the Cardinals’ current offensive line personnel, they are best suited for a power running game. A cutesy finesse play like this with all its moving parts and unrealistic assignments is made to order—-for the delete button.What’s the best news about this play? This is exactly why the coaches are raving about DTs Robert Nkemdiche and Corey Peters. This play manifests Nkemdiche’s tremendous quickness and power—-to a tee—-or, better yet—-to a TNT.