The Cardinals are "making strides" toward a restructured deal that would keep safety Tyrann Mathieu in Arizona, according to a source.
The Cardinals had previously asked Mathieu to take a pay cut for the upcoming season.
Mathieu is due to have $18 million of is contract guaranteed if he is on the roster Wednesday afternoon.
The Cardinals didn’t want to be on the hook for that, but they do want to keep Mathieu.
A new contract would lower his cap number of $14.1 million for this year.
Mathieu has said previously that he is open to restructuring the contract, but that’s not necessarily the same as being open to a pay cut.