The Arizona Cardinals have denied former vice president Terry McDonough's arbitration claim to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell in which he accused team owner Michael Bidwell of forcing him and ex-head coach Steve Wilks to use a burner phone to communicate with then-general manager Steve Keim during his five-week suspension for extreme DUI in the summer of 2018 and then subsequently harassed him when he refused to comply.
Jim McCarthy, external public relations advisor to the Cardinals, released a statement on behalf of the team that stated McDonough's claims "are wildly false, reckless, and an opportunistic ploy for financial gain.