Cardinals have big plans for Patrick Peterson on offense

[BullheadCardFan]

Cardinals cornerback and punt returner Patrick Peterson has shown that he’s a dynamic playmaker with the ball in his hands. So new Cardinals coach Bruce Arians has a good idea: Get the ball into Peterson’s hands more often.

Peterson played a little bit of offense in his first two NFL seasons, running the ball three times and catching four passes. But this year, Arizona plans to give Peterson a more substantial role offensively.

Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer told the team’s website that there’s a “pretty big package” of plays for Peterson on offense. In today’s practice that included not only Peterson catching a deep ball from Palmer, but also Peterson throwing a pass to Larry Fitzgerald. Palmer believes Peterson could be a very good offensive player.

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[jw7]

Patrick Peterson on Offense

Sounds like he was on offense quite a bit. Per Urban, caught a bomb after beating out T. Mathieu and also made a pass completion to Fitz.

Dunno if this is a smokescreen or what, but Urban had some interesting comments.

Linky

 

[jw7]

Link.

Looks like we made the same thread at about the same time. I'll merge my post into yours. Only difference is mine was sourced by Urban.

 

[MadCardDisease]

Sounds like he was on offense quite a bit. Per Urban, caught a bomb after beating out T. Mathieu and also made a pass completion to Fitz.

Dunno if this is a smokescreen or what, but Urban had some interesting comments.

Linky

Not a smokescreen.

When I was at practice the other day, Peterson was running with the offense several times. I think we will see Peterson on offense 5-7 times a game. At times he will be a decoy and at time the ball will go to him. From what I saw at practice he is the real deal on offense and once the ball is in his hands he is a playmaker.

 

[Shane]

Not really like this is anything new..

 

[moosehead]

http://www.azcardinals.com/videos-p..._offense/f0ce6682-bcda-4a19-8711-e5e8b979e04d

 

[oaken1]

.....for those of you who wanted a Tavon Austin to throw the ball too.......

 

[GuernseyCard]

Not really like this is anything new..

A full package of plays, and not Whiz's ad hoc approach, is certainly new.

 

[cardncubfan]

A full package of plays, and not Whiz's ad hoc approach, is certainly new.

This.

 

[ChicagoCardsFan]

I realize that he's a completely different player, but putting Hester on offense is pretty much what ruined him as a return guy. Of course, he was on offense much more than 5-7 times a game. Reading this just reminded me of Hester.

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

Should be used as decoy more often than not... Don't put your best corner in the position of taking too many shots.

 

[CardsSunsDbacks]

Arians said in his post practice press conference that the package is about 15 plays right now, but they wouldn't use that many in one game. If I had to guess I would expect him to be in on offense somewhere around 5 plays a game and maybe 10 or so if it is effective enough.