Former NFL coaches Steve Wilks and Ray Horton joined Brian Flores’s racial discrimination lawsuit on Thursday.
Wilks, who served as the Cardinals’ coach during the 2018 campaign, said in the amended filing that the franchise hired him as a “bridge coach” but did not have long-term plans to keep him on the team.
Arizona released a statement to Sports Illustrated’s Conor Orr on Thursday concerning the matter.
“The decisions we made after the 2018 season were very difficult ones. But as we said at the time, they were entirely driven by what was in the best interests of our organization and necessary for team improvement.