Week 3 of no fantasy football and I feel barren. No sweet waiver moves to make or trades to fill out your team, nothing. Good thing daily fantasy is a thing because going cold turkey to normal football would be rough.

Anyways, in the last LAFB Network coach background, we covered Freddie Kitchens and the Browns. This time around we have Kliff Kingsbury from the Arizona Cardinals. Many of you remember Kingsbury and the Cardinals because they are one of the Rams division rivals.

But you may also remember the commotion that Kingsbury brewed at the beginning of the season. Kliff wasn’t exactly the most winning Head Coach (HC) when he left Texas Tech so his signing to the Arizona Cardinals was a bit head-scratching.

Then an interview surfaced from before he had become HC for the Cardinals that he thought Kyler Murray should be considered the Number 1 draft pick in the upcoming year. Low and behold Kingsbury becomes the Cardinals HC who just so happens to have the first pick in the upcoming draft.

Kliff Kingsbury At The Helm Of The Arizona Cardinals

Like the previous coach article; I will go from Kingsbury’s best position to worst. Unlike Freddie Kitchens, Kliff Kingsbury improved the value of each position this season.

Receiving Game – Wide Receivers

2018-2019

Rec. Yards – 1,806

Targets – 279

Completions – 158

Rec. TD – 11

2019-2020

Rec. Yards – 2,593

Targets – 369

Completions – 238

Rec. TD – 11

This year the Arizona Cardinals weren’t exactly lighting up the highlight reels on ESPN but what they did do was raise some eyebrows. If you tally all the points from this season and the last, you would find that last season the Cardinals WRs scored 404 fantasy points. This season they reached 563.

What does it mean? Well, last season Josh Rosen was running the backfield and we all know how that turned out. Not to mention, last season Christian Kirk wasn’t a household name for fantasy goers. This season we saw both of those things change.

Kyler Murray is under center and Christian Kirk had only one less target than Larry Fitzgerald. Not only was Kirk right behind Fitzgerald in targets but after the season ended and the final stats were laid to rest; Kirk finished with 709 receiving yards while Larry hauled in 804.

This might lead you to conclude that Fitzgerald should have been the WR to have on your roster but Kirk has a special category of abilities that Fitzgerald hasn’t tapped into. Christian Kirk not only caught balls but he had 10 rushing attempts this season for 93 yards. This ultimately totaled Kirk at 802 scrimmage yards and proved that both WRs were fairly equal in value.