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Cardinals’ Kliff Kingsbury got got in prank by Rams coach Sean McVay

Apr 1, 2019, 8:18 AM | Updated: 1:30 pm

Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury, left, and Rams head coach Sean McVay, right. (AP photos)...

Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury, left, and Rams head coach Sean McVay, right. (AP photos)

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Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury will forever be tied to Rams counterpart Sean McVay.

Had McVay not found near-immediate success as a young, offensive innovator, Arizona likely wouldn’t have pulled the trigger in handing the franchise keys to a recently-fired Texas Tech head coach with no NFL coaching experience.

The two coaches are also good friends — good enough friends that McVay recently pulled quite the prank on his buddy while the two shared a dinner with Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.

“I kind of tricked him into thinking he was going to be in trouble with the league with tampering and stuff like that,” McVay told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on The Adam Schefter Podcast. “I think his assistant got all wigged out. He was worried about losing (draft) picks.”

Alright, we need details, Sean.

“We have a mutual friend that I put his name in my phone as (NFL commissioner) Roger Goodell,” McVay told Schefter. “I had this friend send me a text saying, ‘I can’t believe you’re at dinner with Kingsbury and Mahomes. You know better than this. This is tampering. You’re both losing picks.’ And I showed Kliff the text. He saw a ghost.”

That’s pretty innovative! It turns out McVay’s secret sauce of leading an NFL team to the Super Bowl doesn’t include a Belichickien aversion to hanging out with friends and having a little fun.

Next up: Let’s wait to see if and how Kingsbury might get McVay back.

“I’m pretty proud of that one, Adam,” the Rams coach said of his relatively elaborate prank. “(Kingsbury) said, ‘That’s messed up. I’m getting you back.'”

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