TEMPE, Ariz. -- Vance Joseph sat at the back of the Arizona Cardinals' cafeteria, his dark gray jacket covering a black collared golf shirt, free of responsibility for about an hour.
He had just watched Kliff Kingsbury, one of the NFL's new, young head coaches -- labels Joseph himself held just a few years before -- stand behind a podium on the opposite end of the room and introduce him as the Cardinals' new defensive coordinator in front of the media.
That was once Joseph, who was fired by the Denver Broncos on the first day of this offseason after serving as the team's head coach for two seasons, winning just 11 games.