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coach Bruce Arians has no concerns about his team's sluggish start in the past two games.In fact, Arians stre sed during Wednesday's news conference that the
Shane Greene Jersey tight back-and-forth battle with Green Bay in the was "very beneficial to us."Confident that and the rest of the got their postseason jitters out of the way, Arians said he's seen a "different football team" this week.Palmer conceded that he and others were tentative versus the from
Deion Sanders Jersey "wanting it so bad." Still, he seconded Arians' opinion that the mindset has been different since the second half of last week's thriller.Playing tight is "not our style," Palmer added.Here's what else we learned from Wednesday's news conference:The are obse sed with limiting the impact of tight end . "Greg's going to be a problem because he's everywhere," Arians said. "He is their focal point. If we take him out of the pa sing game, that's 40 percent of their offense. That's our goal. That's hard to do, though."Arians labeled "
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Kurt Suzuki Jersey moment."Fizgerald wasn't the only wide receiver to earn praise. Arians believes would have had a 1,500-yard season had he not broken three fingers early in training camp.Palmer insisted "there is no i sue" with the late-season finger
Jonny Venters Jersey injury on his throwing hand.The weren't about to start a war of words with cornerback . "If anybody reminds you of ," Palmer said, "It's him." also acknowledged that Norman is a "good player" and has earned the right to be called "arguably one of the best defensive backs in the league."