The thudding bass and the loud cheers on Sunday didn’t rattle the wall that separates the Cardinals' locker room from the press-conference room on the ground floor of State Farm Stadium.
It is made of concrete block, after all.
But the noises from the locker room could be heard, and it wasn’t hard to guess what prompted them. Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury had given his players a “victory Monday” – a day off – after their 38-24 victory over the Browns.
“We’ve been waiting a while, six weeks, to get to say that,” Kingsbury said.
A few years ago, victory Mondays were commonplace for the Cardinals, especially after home games.