Tempe, Ariz. – With training camp starting in late July, the new Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Marquis Brown is no less than the general education curve with players joining the new team.
Sure, Brown will still be learning the nuances of the new playbook, the trends of new teammates, and how his new team works, but Brown is unique in Arizona. He knows quarterbacks, former Oklahoma teammate Kyler Murray, as well as any receiver can recognize his quarterbacks, and his head coach Cliff Kingsbury has largely blamed the Browns for what he played here in Oklahoma. Also for some practice.
Brown is already at home in the Cardinals offense and won’t be running to start training camp. He would run out of the flat.
“I would say, relatively, if you’re talking about someone who doesn’t know quarterback or he’s not playing in the same system and can’t work with him and can’t hear the call, look at the signal, I’d say he’s too far beyond the curve, “Kingsbury said.
Part of Brown’s rapid transformation was due to his relationship with Mare. The two worked together this off-season in Dallas before trading to the Brown Cardinals on the first day of the NFL Draft in April. He continued his throwing session after rejoining as a teammate. However, those workouts took on a different tone.
Murray began explaining the plan to Brown and was able to teach Arizona the hand signals he used to relay plays from quarterback to receiver. They also went at the pace of Arizona’s game, Kingsbury said. When they came together for the minicamp, Brown didn’t take the time to learn both the offense and the sign.
He already knew them.
“It helped me a lot,” Brown said.
Both talk every day and have gotten some passing passes from Murray since 2017, Brown knows what his quarterback likes and dislikes.
“It’s great to spend time together when you can get that kind of work,” Kingsbury said.
Going beyond what Murray helped, the similarities between Murray and Oklahoma in the Browns ’background have exacerbated the crime. This was intentional and began in 2019 when Marella was drafted as the No. 1 overall pick.
Kingsbury, who coaches the Air Ride Edition at Texas Tech, adapted some of the plans he ran with the Sooners to ease Murray’s learning curve upon entering the NFL. By doing so three years ago, Brown is now able to quickly accept Arizona’s offense.
Kingsbury said, “I think it’s the same as he played in OU.” Obviously, by the way, no-barrier content, signal-based. He’s comfortable. “
Arizona has some of the same terminology as Oklahoma.
“He’s not going to learn anything completely foreign to him,” USC coach Lincoln Riley, who coached Brown and Murray in Oklahoma, told ESPN. “It simply came to our notice then.
“So, now, I think in addition to being subject to that exact coach, I think it would be hard to ask for a possible smooth transition.”
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“Just attack, attack the mindset,” Brown said. “We’re trying to increase the score and you know, I like it.”
By the time Arizona’s mandatory minicamp ended in mid-June, Brown was about to begin shaping his body for training camp. He then plans to move to a place already established by Murray and move based on moving rather than entering training camp during off-season practice.
“The time they spend together adds to the bond they have on and off the field,” Riley said. “I mean, it’s important. There will be a lot of confidence and enthusiasm.”