Chris B. Brown is the author of two books: “The Essential Smart Football” and “The Art of Smart Football.” He has written previously for Grantland and The New York Times, in addition to his own web site. Brown joined us for a Q&A on some of the most interesting X’s and O’s topics heading into the NFL season.



Q: You’ve written extensively about the Air Raid in the past. On Sunday, we’ll get our first look at what version Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury and quarterback Kyler Murray will bring to the NFL. What are you expecting?



Brown: It’ll be really interesting. The more I think about it, the more it’s, “Can these guys do enough and the whole organization do enough to get to Year 2?” Year 2 is almost more interesting than Year 1 because there’s gonna be some trial and error and some frustrations and some ups and downs this year. The roster’s not that great, and the line’s not...