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A different sort of film session

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FLAGSTAFF - The Cardinals went to the practice field twice Wednesday but worked hard in just one of them.

That's because coach Ken Whisenhunt called off the morning session and took everyone to the movies instead. Talk about a fun film session.

"We just had the best practice we've had all camp," Whisenhunt joked at his noon meeting with reporters.




The movie outing was Whisenhunt's way of rewarding his players for their hard work and to foster a little bit of camaraderie. It's something Whisenhunt learned in Pittsburgh when he worked for Bill Cowher.

"Any time these guys are spending time together, outside of just on the football field, I think it builds that chemistry," he said. "When you do something like this, you got offensive guys, defensive guys, special-teams guys all sitting inter-mixed in auditoriums. To me, that's important."

After the players reported to the practice field around 9 a.m. Whisenhunt called them together.

Some of them thought they were in trouble.

"There were a couple of players who had a pretty good idea, most noticeably our two knucklehead quarterbacks," Whisenhunt said, referring to Matt Leinart and Kurt Warner.

"I knew they had an idea when (Warner) wasn't spatted up (taped up) for practice."

Players had their choice of three movies: The Bourne Ultimatum, Transformers and I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry.

Guard Deuce Lutui saw the Bourne movie, although he joked that his teammates told him it was going to be about food, for some reason.

"They tricked me," he said.

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