Bruce Arians losing could delight Arizona Cardinals fans

The most successful coach in team history for the Arizona Cardinals retired in 2017-Or so we thought.

It was bittersweet for Arizona Cardinals fans when Bruce Arians announced his retirement. Arians took this team from nothing into Super Bowl contenders in a such a short amount of time. He left the team after the last game of the 2017 season, citing health issues and a desire to spend more time with his wife.

When Bruce Arians got hired in 2019 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, it raised some question marks from Cardinals fans. Here he is, shortly after his first year in broadcasting, going back on what he said and getting a job again in the NFL- and that just didn’t sit right. The fact that Carson Palmer was retiring had to be a factor in his decision to retire, as he probably didn’t want to rebuild with the team. I don’t blame him with how his life was at that point for retiring.

But if someone only wants to be there when times are good and instead of vice versa, it can create tension. When he came back, he burned his bridge to a lot of the Arizona Cardinals fans and basically said “Thanks for the memories, but now I got what I really want” (For a comparison, see the Minkah Fitzpatrick trade a few years ago). Not all Arizona Cardinals fans feel this way, however and I understand that.

A lot of his bold and brash remarks he would make during his time in the desert fired up the fanbase and we for sure had some laughs. However being on the other side now I can see why his demeanor can rub people the wrong way. Arians’ response to Chase Young was warranted, but it just seems like he’s returning fire and helping the WFT have their own bulletin board material.

Chase Young is calling his shot

WFT rookie Chase Young was excited to get a shot at Tom Brady, which is one of his goals he talked about before coming into the league. Of course, Bruce Arians fired a warning shot back at Young, basically saying “be careful what you wish for”. Both teams have had some memorable seasons so far and this throws more gasoline onto the fire. This week I saw that on one of our sister sites here on FanSided, The Pewter Plank, published an article saying this about the upcoming game that I disagree with:.

"“The Buccaneers and WFT played four common opponents, and the results aren’t even close.Washington lost two games against the Giants while the Buccaneers escaped a resurgent Giant comeback with a win. The WFT also lost close games against the Panthers and the Lions, two teams that the Buccaneers easily dominated.The one common result was against the Rams, where both teams lost. On paper, with wins and losses, the Buccaneers get the advantage.”-Rob Leeds, The Pewter Plank"

The WFT has a team that when led by Alex Smith and Chase Young can beat some great teams. They went into Pittsburgh on primetime television and took their undefeated season away by shutting down their run game and forcing Ben Roethlisberger to throw the ball a ridiculous amount of times in that game. We all know Brady hates being pressured, and I think the WFT will get home in their pass rush this week.

For their team being able to overcome all that they have this year with head coach Ron Rivera’s cancer treatment, to the Dwayne Haskins situation and playing without a name I feel confident that Washington can beat the Buccaneers this weekend. Am I saying they’ll win for sure? No. Tom Brady is a legend and is in “GOAT” talks daily and his respect is earned.

Any team who can beat Bruce’s squad will be doing Cardinals fans a favor. Let’s not forget this is also the same quarterback who forgot what down it was in an embarrassing loss to the Chicago Bears.

Best of luck to both teams, but would it be sweet to not have to see Arians and Brady go any further in the playoffs.