The second round of the 2015 NFL Draft came rolling around, and the Arizona Cardinals needed a running back. While speaking to the back they were ready to select with the 58th overall pick, their conversation got interrupted.
They had Ameer Abdullah on the phone, and it was the Detroit Lions who had interrupted the call. The Lions were calling Abdullah to let him know that it was they who would be drafting him. They had thwarted the Cards’ plans, forcing Steve Keim and company to switch gears on the fly.
Outside linebacker Markus Golden turned out to be the Cardinals’ fall-back plan.