Kliff Kingsbury tried to make use of pal Sean McVay’s marriage ceremony for payback.
The Cardinals coach, attending his Rams counterpart’s nuptials over the weekend, jokingly tried to persuade star defensive sort out Aaron Donald to retire and Cooper Kupp, the NFL’s high receiver, to carry out in his chase of a payday.
“I informed (Donald), he’s completed all he can accomplish and it’s a fantastic thought to exit by yourself phrases, all that,” Kingsbury informed reporters on Thursday. “And I informed Kupp, I used to be principally like, ‘I do know you and Sean are mates, however cease taking that McVay low cost, maintain out for the primary three weeks and get one thing sorted out.’

“You’ll be able to inform that didn’t work out both.”
Donald and Kupp signed monster contracts this week to remain in Los Angeles: Donald scored a reworked three-year deal price $95 million whereas Kupp’s extension will pay him $110 million over the next five seasons.
The NFC West rival coaches have some hijinks of their historical past. In 2019 McVay satisfied Kingsbury that they had dedicated tampering for having dinner with Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes.

“We’ve a mutual buddy that I put his title in my telephone as (NFL commissioner) Roger Goodell,” McVay stated on “The Adam Schefter Podcast” in 2019. “I had this buddy ship me a textual content saying, ‘I can’t imagine you’re at dinner with Kingsbury and Mahomes. You understand higher than this. That is tampering. You’re each shedding picks.’
“I confirmed Kliff the textual content, and he noticed a ghost. I stated, ‘You higher name [GM] Steve Keim instantly.’ He stated, ‘I believed I used to be going to lose the No. 1 total decide.’
“We couldn’t let it go on too lengthy, however it was fairly good. We received him good.”
Regardless of their good-natured ribbing, Kingsbury was glad for his pal — and amazed at his wedding to Veronika Khomyn.
“He’s received much more cash than me, I’ll begin at that time,” Kingsbury stated with a smirk.