In case anyone hasn't been paying attention yet this season, Bruce Arians has never been shy of being blunt (including with himself.) It's been apparent since the day he arrived, and I have noted before how amazing it has been to watch a coach who can be so hard on a player on the practice field and be able to let it go moments later. He makes his point, and then it's over.

"Because I think guys like honesty," Arians said. "If it's brutal, it's still honest."

Arians said when he walked in the door he just wanted to be straightforward with players. He threw some people this week when he publicly called out David Johnson (never forget, Arians doesn't say anything publicly he hasn't already said privately.) But Johnson was on the same page with his coach, lamenting missed opportunities when it looked like Johnson had played pretty well. He has said things about Larry Fitzgerald, Carson Palmer, Calais Campbell. It's hard not to think of a player who didn't get mentioned in such a way since Arians arrived in 2013.

And like his need for honesty, there really isn't any subtext to Arians' callouts.

"The method is to get guys to do the right thing," Palmer said.  I don't think it's a motivational thing. I know it's not to prove a point like, 'I can yell at anybody.' It's he expects it to be done right, whether it's David, Andre (Ellington), Chris (Johnson), myself, Larry, whoever it is. He expects things done right and when they're not, he's not subtle about it. You're going to find out."