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“I learned so much football there.”Īrians’ current coaching pupils share his appreciation for their years with the Chiefs. “What a great staff we had,” Arians said. Hall of Famers Bill Cowher and Tony Dungy were there too. Tampa Bay traded a 2019 sixth-round pick to the Arizona Cardinals for him because the Cardinals still held his rights through 2019, according to his Arizona contract, which was signed in 2015.Īrians was not the only notable Chiefs coach during his time in Kansas City. The current Buccaneers have offensive firepower as well, and Arians, who is in the second year of his four-year contract with them, directs it. We just didn’t have that firepower at that position that they have now.” “That defense was very dominant back then, and we had a nice, sound running game. “If we had Mahomes back then, we’d probably have four rings - at least,” Ross said. It might have been the Chiefs - not Elway’s Denver Broncos - who regularly represented the AFC in the Super Bowl had they had a quarterback like Mahomes to go along with their stellar defense led by Derrick Thomas and Neil Smith. Mahomes threw for 462 yards in the game, and Ross compared Mahomes’ ability to elude rushers and throw across his body to any point on the field to John Elway, a longtime nemesis of the Chiefs. Ross will be tasked with slowing the Chiefs Legion of Zoom receivers, including Tyreek Hill, who had 13 catches for 269 yards and three touchdowns against the Buccaneers during the Chiefs’ 27-24 victory on Nov. “I was very happy for them and now to play against them in the biggest game I’ve ever been involved with is special,” Ross said. He rooted for them to win last year’s Super Bowl. He was inducted into the Chiefs Hall of Fame in 2011.

#Bruce arians past teams coached pro

Kevin Ross, who has known McNair for 30 years and was a co-captain with him on the Chiefs, is the Buccaneers cornerbacks coach.Ī physical, bump-and-run corner who played for the Chiefs from 1984 to 1993 and in 1997, Ross made the Pro Bowl in the 19 seasons for them.

(Photo by Rich Pilling/Diamond Images via Getty Images) Diamond Images via Getty Images Elway of the Denver Broncos during a game on Dec. “To have that opportunity, it’s an amazing opportunity for him and a huge opportunity for me because I don’t have a ring and that’s what we are here for.Now a Buccaneers coach, cornerback Kevin Ross of the Kansas City Chiefs tackles quarterback John. “He’s coached for a long time, won Super Bowls and done everything you want to do as a coach, except win the ring himself as a head man,” Palmer said. The veteran quarterback said he is glad his coach didn’t end up in Chicago, as it has been “a blast” playing for Arians in Arizona. That’s in part because of Carson Palmer, whom Arians and the Cardinals acquired a couple months after the coach landed the job. “I’m just happy they said ‘no.'”Īsked to reaffirm that, Arians said, “hell yeah,” and why wouldn’t he be pleased with how things worked out? Arians is in a good situation with a team that seems to fit his mentality, one that enjoys his coaching style while giving him a chance at a Super Bowl. “I’ve never been told anything, don’t really care,” he said. Then-Temple coach Bruce Arians announces that he will not return for another season at a press conference in 1988 in Philadelphia. Speaking with the Arizona media, the 62-year-old first-time head coach said he doesn’t know what else he could have done to impress the Bears into hiring him. Suffice to say, things worked out better - at least right now - for the Cardinals. Chicago slipped to five wins in 2014, leading to Trestman being fired, while Arians guided Arizona to 11 wins, earning a playoff berth and the coach his second career Coach of the Year Award. The Bears won eight games in 2013, a year in which the Cardinals won 10. Just a couple days later, the Cardinals tabbed Arians to be their head coach and the rest, as they say, is history. He had a great plan and obviously Arizona picked him and got a great coach.”īut for whatever reason the Bears did make the decision to pass on Arians, instead choosing former NFL offensive coordinator and then-Montreal Alouettes coach Marc Trestman.

He knew offensive football, that was the least of his concern. He could sit around and shoot the  with you or he could sit around and do whatever. “You could tell right away that the guys were going to like him and buy into what he had to say. Jay Cutler, who is the Bears quarterback now and was then, met with Arians during his visit.