It has been said there’s very little rest for the weary in the NFL, and that’s especially the case at this time of the year.
The transactions have been in the hundreds around the league in the first week of the 2024 league year and the Cardinals have been a big part of that.
Eleven players have been re-signed and another eight added that ended the 2023 season on another team. The total includes four players re-signed prior to the official opening of the league year on Wednesday: wide receiver Greg Dortch, defensive end L.J. Collier, linebacker Jesse Luketa and tackle/guard Carter O’Donnell.
Prior to Saturday, we reported on the contract details for 11 players. Cards Wire learned the numbers for another six today, leaving only wide receiver Chris Moore and defensive lineman Khyiris Tonga with unknown figures.
The six are punter Blake Gillikin, long snapper Aaron Brewer, offensive linemen Elijah Wilkinson, Trystan Colon and Keith Ismael and cornerback Bobby Price.
Aaron Brewer contract, salary, salary cap details
Brewer signed a one-year contract worth $1,377,500 that includes an $83,750 signing bonus and a roster bonus of $83,750 to be paid in Week 1.
As a veteran qualifying contract, only $985,000 of his $1.21 million base salary counts against the cap plus the signing and roster bonus for a total cap charge of $1.152 million.
The 33-year-old Brewer (34 on July 5) begins his eighth season with the Cardinals and 13th in the NFL after entering the league as an undrafted free agent with the Broncos in 2012. He has played 179 games in his career. Cardinals assistant head coach and special-teams coordinator Jeff Rodgers has been with Brewer for eight seasons: two in Denver and six in Arizona through 2023.
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