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The sweat was dripping and the chests were heaving at Cardinals practice on Friday morning.
Even though coach Kliff Kingsbury cut the session from two hours to one, the water coolers were still a player’s best friend between snaps.
The Cardinals won’t be playing in such oppressive heat when the regular season begins, but conditioning could still play a key factor in their fortunes.
If training camp is any indication, the offense will play fast in 2019.The criticism of such a style is that it wears down the team’s own defense because it is on the field a lot week after week. Texas Tech, for instance, averaged 78.4 defensive snaps per game during Kingsbury’s coaching tenure, about 12 more than the Cardinals defense played in 2019.
When asked about the potential pitfalls of a higher snap count, defensive coordinator Vance Joseph bats away any concern.
“We don’t care about that,” Joseph said. “When our number is called, we’re going to play. Our main focus is to win first down and dominate third down. … We can simply limit the snaps we play by winning third down.”
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