Free agency is officially underway and the Cardinals have begun the process of building the 2024 roster.
For the latest information surrounding the Cardinals free agency moves, visit this Free Agency Tracker and AZCardinals.com.
The start of the NFL free agency negotiating period began Monday and The Arizona Republic is tracking any news surrounding the Arizona Cardinals.
Players can agree to deals with teams, but the moves won’t become official until Wednesday, which marks the start of the NFL’s new league year. Here are moves impacting the Cardinals as of late Monday afternoon:
Four-year veteran linebacker Krys Barnes announced on his own Instagram page Monday that he has agreed to a one-year deal to return to the Cardinals in 2024.
Barnes got six starts and played 16 games for Arizona in his first season with the team in 2023. When Kyzir White and then Josh Woods were lost to injuries, Barnes moved into the starting lineup and did his part to help the defense. He finished with 35 solo tackles and got his first career interception off of C.J. Stroud and the Houston Texans last November.
Also, ML Football reported via its X (formerly known as Twitter) account that punter Blake Gillikin has agree to return to the Cardinals on a two-year deal.
Cardinals GM Monti Ossenfort seems keen on signing players to three-year contracts as the free agency activity has picked up on Monday. The team has, according to NFL Media, reached an agreement with former New England Patriots linebacker Mack Wilson.
It’s the fourth three-year deal the Cardinals have offered a player so far, out of four players the team will reportedly sign.
According to reports out of Boston, the Patriots were trying to re-sign Wilson, who has played all 17 games of the regular season in each of the past two. He was originally drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the fifth round in 2019.
Wilson had 24 solo tackles and forced two fumbles for the Patriots in 2023. All four players the Cardinals have reached agreements with so far on Monday are on the defensive side of the ball.
