Calais Campbell wanted to spend his entire career with the Cardinals, but a frank conversation with team president Michael Bidwill last offseason laid out the unlikelihood of that happening.
It wasn’t because the star defensive tackle’s play was slipping. It was actually the opposite, as Campbell was too good, and thus, too expensive, as free agency beckoned.
“Very honest and very raw (discussion), and I respected him a lot for it,” Campbell said Wednesday in a conference call with the Arizona media. “It’s just the nature of the business. It’s very rare that you see somebody play their whole career in one place.