The Senior Bowl is a weeklong event between practices, interviews, and then the game on Saturday in Mobile, Alabama. It is an important week for draft evaluation, so it is common practice for NFL decision-makers to be present.
Arizona Cardinals general manager Steve Keim and head coach Kliff Kingsbury were there in Mobile but left early.
According to ESPN’s Josh Weinfuss, they left on Wednesday morning, which was after only one day of practice.
Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury and GM Steve Keim left Mobile on Wednesday morning. They watched the Senior Bowl practices together on Tuesday but decided to cut their stay short. They were actually one of the few coach-GM duos in town to begin with.
— Josh Weinfuss (@joshweinfuss) January 23, 2020
Weinfuss noted that they were one of only a few GM/coach pairs in attendance.
Weinfuss also explained that their early departure shouldn’t be seen as a negative.
Some more context: Every team gets video of the Senior Bowl practices and most find it more beneficial to watch and break that down than observing in person. https://t.co/1oUYA8QnrS
— Josh Weinfuss (@joshweinfuss) January 23, 2020
Teams get video of practices, so evaluators don’t have to be at practice to be able to evaluate for the prospects do in practice.
The Cardinals likely already interviewed the players they wanted to speak with and can break down practice film and game film back in Tempe.
So while they left early, they aren’t missing anything else now.
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