Wilson Gets New Deal With Cardinals

The Arizona Cardinals and Adrian Wilson have agreed to a $39 million deal, with $18.5 million guaranteed.

The deal is a 4 year extension, added to his one year from his previous deal. So if I do my math correctly that’s almost $8 million a year. Probably about right for a Pro Bowl safety.

Here’s what Adrian Wilson had to say about the new contract…

“I can’t put into words exactly how I feel right now,” Wilson said. “Every time I step on the field at the new stadium I look at all the names, the Ring of Honor and all that, and always say that one day I want my number up there, I want my number up there beside Aeneas [Williams], I want my number up there next to Pat [Tillman].”

This deal is nothing but good news for the Cardinals and their fans. Wilson, currently longest tenured Cardinal is the perfect package of power and speed for an NFL safety. Ever since Aeneas Williams departure in 2001 Wilson has been the anchor of the Cardinals secondary. It looks like he’ll continue to be the back bone of the Cardinals D for at least another few years.

This is big for the Cardinals front office. The Wilson extension knocks one blue chip player off the Cardinals list. Now they have to find a way to get Karlos Dansby, Anquan Boldin, and first round pick Beanie Wells signed with new deals. My guess is Karlos Dansby is the next to get his deal. Dansby is currently franchise tagged which only makes it harder to work on the other players deals. So hopefully we see a deal done with Dansby fairly soon.

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