Why Cardinals' Defense Should Play the Entire Pre-Season in Cover 1 (Man Up) By Walter Mitchell What's astonishing about the Arizona Cardinals' sheer reluctance to play man-to-man pass coverage is the fact that since 2013 ever since Michael Bidwill took over as team president, all of their head honchos on defense such as Todd Bowles, Steve Wilks, Vance Joseph and Jonathan Gannon cut their NFL teeth coaching defensive backs. Pass Coverage Grades and Man-to-Man Coverage Percentages since 2013: 2013 Todd Bowles --- #4 --- 25.4% 2014 Todd Bowles --- #22 --- 42.2%- 2015 James Bettcher --- #6 --- 43.3% 2016 James Bettcher --- #11 --- 42.2% 2017 James Bettcher --- #14 --- 15.0% 2018 Steve Wilks --- #24 --- 25.0% 2019 Vance Joseph --- #31 --- 32.0% 2020 Vance Joseph --- #24 --- 18.3% 2021 Vance Joseph --- #17 --- 15.1% 2022 Vance Joseph --- #23 --- 15.1% 2023 Jonathan Gannon --- #30 --- 15.6% 2024 Jonathan Gannon --- #17 --- 15.1% 2025 Jonathan Gannon --- #27 --- 15.1% The profoun...