GM Steve Keim said earlier in the offseason in regard to potentially using the tag that "we'll evaluate everything," but the tight cap made that unrealistic. The final salary cap has not been finalized, and by extension, neither have the final tag numbers for each position. But the Cards right...
Humphries said his grandmother knew the importance of nutrition while raising him, but didn't always have the money to buy fresh produce over canned goods. After signing a three-year, $44 million contract extension last offseason, he wants to help those who are in a similar situation.
Union is...
The Cardinals cannonballed into free agency, signing J.J. Watt to a two-year deal. The work isn't done, as GM Steve Keim must fill other holes on the roster this offseason. The new league year begins on Wednesday, March 17, with the legal tampering period opening on Monday, March 15. We will...
"Hello Darren, I have a question better suited for the Phoenix Suns, but unlike the Cardinals, they don't have an intrepid beat writer who engages fan questions. I know you're a basketball fan, and also I suppose this question can be applicable to football in some regards. In college basketball...
CB Jaycee Horn, South Carolina (chosen by Todd McShay, ESPN; Mel Kiper, Jr., ESPN; Chad Reuter, NFL.com; Doug Farrar, USA Today; Pete Prisco, CBS Sports): Horn is getting plenty of buzz to land with the Cardinals, as they need help at the position, particularly if Patrick Peterson leaves in free...
Analysis: Kenyan Drake was the team's workhorse last season and came to close to surpassing 1,000 rushing yards. However, his rushing average dropped from a fantastic 5.2 yards per carry with the Cardinals in 2019 to 4.0 last year. Drake made $8.4 million on the transition tag in 2020 and is...
The Cardinals cannonballed into free agency, signing J.J. Watt to a two-year deal. The work isn't done, as GM Steve Keim must fill other holes on the roster this offseason. The new league year begins on Wednesday, March 17, with the legal tampering period opening on Monday, March 15. We will...
The Cardinals cannonballed into free agency, signing J.J. Watt to a two-year deal. The work isn't done, as GM Steve Keim must fill other holes on the roster this offseason. The new league year begins on Wednesday, March 17, with the legal tampering period opening on Monday, March 15. We will...
Scheduled to become a free agent in two weeks, the Cardinals set Zane Gonzalez on to the open market a little sooner.
According to the NFL's official transactions report the team released the veteran kicker Friday, giving Gonzalez a chance to see his value before the market floods on March 17...
The Cardinals cannonballed into free agency, signing J.J. Watt to a two-year deal. The work isn't done, as GM Steve Keim must fill other holes on the roster this offseason. The new league year begins on Wednesday, March 17, with the legal tampering period opening on Monday, March 15. We will...
Murray improved across the board statistically from his rookie season to his sophomore campaign, and earned a Pro Bowl berth for his performance. However, the numbers dipped in the second half of the season, which coincided with a team slide that left it a tiebreaker short of the playoffs.
The...
The Cardinals cannonballed into free agency, signing J.J. Watt to a two-year deal. The work isn't done, as GM Steve Keim must fill other holes on the roster this offseason. The new league year begins on Wednesday, March 17, with the legal tampering period opening on Monday, March 15. We will...
Many of Watt's contract details (although interestingly, not his salary cap number for 2021) emerged on Twitter Wednesday, noting that Watt is set to receive $14.5 million this season total, a $12M signing bonus and has $20M guaranteed immediately, with another $3M in guarantees locking in a...
The Cardinals cannonballed into free agency, signing J.J. Watt to a two-year deal. The work isn't done, as GM Steve Keim must fill other holes on the roster this offseason. The new league year begins on Wednesday, March 17, with the legal tampering period opening on Monday, March 15. We will...
"I'm about to get mad disrespectful but people get hurt when you have the important talks. What is the value of a Hall of Fame when players from 50 years ago who wouldn't even make the league in 2021? In my opinion, a true Hall of Famer is a player who could play in any era. Jim Brown could play...
Watt plans to thank Ellen in a few different ways. He is going to send a charitable donation to the Marshall Goldberg Fund for Traumatic Brain Injury Research, which was established because Goldberg dealt with the effect of concussions.
Watt also wants to spread awareness about Goldberg's...
There were multiple teams chasing Watt, although he did not get into details other than referring a couple of times to all the reports – some true, many false – that came out about his path to a new team.
"The recruiting pitch was strong and heavy (for the Cardinals), but at the end of the...
It was the end of February, and Steve Keim would normally be spending his Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium, either watching players work out on the turf below or interviewing potential draftees to see what they were like as a person.
Instead, the Cardinals' general manager was watching his son...
It made the Instagram post by former and now current teammate DeAndre Hopkins recently – where Hopkins posted an edited photo of he and Watt hugging, both in Cardinals uniforms, with the caption "Let's finish what we started" – look prescient.
Watt, who will turn 32 later this month, fits into...