Cardinals’ Isaiah Adams is down witH the dirty work

Isaiah Adams was passing out bath towels to his veteran Arizona Cardinals teammates after practice on Thursday. It's one of his rookie duties, but he did it with a smile on his face.
That tracks. If Adams hadn't been willing to embrace the dirty side of the job, he wouldn't be in the NFL today.
Adams grew up near Toronto. Football exists there, but it is not king like it is in the United States. It's not even a prince. That distinction belongs, of course, to hockey. Adams played it from the time he was able to run on pavement.
"In Canada, road hockey is huge, too," he said. "You just put two nets on the road, pull them away while the cars drive by and you're back at it. That's normal.
"But...