With minicamp about to start, the Cardinals arrived Monday to get physicals done and also to have their own "media day" for 2015.
This media day isn't about interviews as much as face time. Those fancy graphics that pop up during national TV games on Sunday, Monday and Thursday nights don't just appear out of thin air, nor the hype clips that show up Sundays at University of Phoenix Stadium. This is the day, here in the middle of the offseason, when player don their uniforms and show their pearly whites for the cameras so game days can be everything they can be in the fall.
Some players arrived as early as 6:15 a.m. to get their day started, and it was wrapped up by wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald in the early afternoon, his toddler son Apollo following him around. Not all players need to tug on a jersey or even show up to every media station – there was a media day in 2014 too, and NBC, for instance, doesn't need to update what it has on Patrick Peterson.
It was the first time newcomers like linebacker Sean Weatherspoon and guard Mike Iupati got to don Cardinal red. It was also the first time players got to use the totally remodeled locker room at the team's Tempe facility.
There was also a "photo booth" for players to have a little more relaxed segment on camera. (Although that beard, Justin Bethel ...)
Now the rest of the week is for football work. First, a sampling from the day:
Pictures from #CardsMediaDay, as players get video and stills taken by the team, NBC, CBS and ESPN

S Tyrann Mathieu

RB Andre Ellington

CB Justin Bethel

TE Troy Niklas does his best Zoolander impression

DE Calais Campbell

QB Carson Palmer

DE Frostee Rucker

CB Justin Bethel

Vice president of broadcasting Tim Delaney checks out a shot

DE Calais Campbell on screen

WR Larry Fitzgerald

Capturing DE Calais Campbell in his native habitat -- the locker room

RB Andre Ellington

WR Michael Floyd waits to be called

QB Carson Palmer

WR Larry Fitzgerald gets ready

CB Patrick Peterson

DE Frostee Rucker

QB Carson Palmer

WR Brittan Golden hams it up for the "photo booth"

LB Markus Golden

DE Calais Campbell

G Mike Iupati

S Tony Jefferson

TE Troy Niklas

LB Markus Golden on screen

QB Drew Stanton

S Tyrann Mathieu

LB Kevin Minter

LB Kevin Minter

TE Troy Niklas

QB Carson Palmer at the photo booth ...

... and Carson Palmer checking out his photo booth work

LB Sean Weatherspoon

CB Patrick Peterson

CB Jerraud Powers

S Tyrann Mathieu

S Rashad Johnson

LB Sean Weatherspoon

Make sure you read the signs

CB Justin Bethel makes a crazy stop at the photo booth

LB Sean Weatherspoon gets his jersey on for the first time

CB Patrick Peterson

TE Troy Niklas

S Tyrann Mathieu gets his head shot

T Jared Veldheer gets suited up

QB Drew Stanton