INDIANAPOLIS – With free agency approaching, the Cardinals understand big contracts could cost them key players … like Marcus Cooper.
Defensive lineman Calais Campbell and safety Tony Jefferson have been the starters who are expected to garner significant interest as unrestricted free agents, players the Cards want back. Cooper, the cornerback who started opposite Patrick Peterson, is also wanted back, coach Bruce Arians said Wednesday at the NFL Scouting combine.
It might not be possible, Arians added, underscoring just what kind of hit the Cardinals’ second-ranked defense could absorb over the next few weeks.
“It looks like Coop is going to get a helluva lot of money,” Arians said.