The Arizona Cardinals ended the 2020 season in disappointing fashion. After a 6-3 start, they were on track to make the playoffs. At one point, they were in first place in the NFC West. However, they stumbled down the stretch, finishing 8-8 and missing the playoffs by one game.
Team owner Michael Bidwill was disappointed. He expected to make the playoffs.
After the late-season collapse, are head coach Kliff Kingsbury and general manager Steve Keim on the hot seat?
Bidwill wouldn’t say exactly in his interview on Arizona Sports 98.7 FM. He did express optimism for the coming season.
“We’ve had some great conversations internally,” he said. “Both those men are as disappointed as I was at the end of the season. They are digging deep and they know what they’ve gotta do and we all know what we’ve got to do. We’ve got to improve.”
Bidwill was pleased with the progress between 2019 and 2020. He is “excited” about what is coming in 2021, between the progress of players on the roster and the potential signing of talented players who will surely become available because of the decreasing salary cap.
Bidwill thinks 2020 first-round pick Isaiah Simmons “is going to come on” next season.
He loves the competitive fire that quarterback Kyler Murray has.
Whether Keim’s and Kingsbury’s jobs are on the line for next season, expectations are high for 2021, which is where they should be.
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