As seen on the most recent episode of the Arizona Cardinals’ “Flight Plan”, Michael Bidwill’s opening of camp message to the players was “all of you were hand picked” and as such he impelled every one of them to provide leadership in everything they do.
These were very fitting words of encouragement from the team owner and president, because Michael Bidwill’s off-season agenda was to re-define the leadership of the team and as such, to make the team tougher and more disciplined.
There is no question that Bidwill, Steve Keim, Kliff Kingsbury and the coaches combed through the roster and the list of their own free agents to determine which players were the toughest and most highly motivated to win.