Arizona Cardinals tight end coach Ben Steele could hold the keys to the team's offensive success in 2024.
Position coaches tend to be the forgotten element when looking at the success of a football organization in the NFL. Head coaches, coordinators, and even general managers tend to pull most of the focus toward themselves and the average fan forgets that for the players they most admire on their favorite team, it is often their position coach that influences them the most.
After a quiet rookie season, McBride emerged as a major component of the Cardinals' offense in 2023. He finished the season in the top seven of all tight ends in the NFL with 81 receptions on 105 targets for 825 yards. While McBride provides an offensive punch at tight end that the Cardinals have not had in many years, the selection of Reiman in the third round of this year's NFL Draft points toward an emerging offensive identity that uses tight ends in a variety of ways.
So with two players who technically play the same position but provide completely different skillsets, what is the common denominator? Tight ends coach Ben Steele will have to oversee the progression and usage of both of these players.Steele began his coaching career in the NFL in 2014 as offensive quality control coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before becoming their tight ends coach in 2017.
“You are asked to do a lot, you’re asked to know a lot. You’re asked to block, you’re asked to run routes, asked to pass protect. It’s a tough position, but I think the offense we run here values the tight end.”
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