ESPN is reporting that the Arizona Cardinals and guard Evan Mathis, who spent the last season in Denver, to possibly fill in the hole left by the recently traded Jonathan Cooper. Cooper was traded to the New England Patriots yesterday along with a second round pick for DE Chandler Jones.
Mathis is viewed as a premiere run blocker in the league and has spent time with five different teams including Carolina, who drafted him in the third round of the 2005 draft, as well as Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Miami and the aforementioned Super Bowl Champion Broncos last season. He made the Pro Bowl in 2013 and 2014, First Team All-Pro in 2013.