On the eve of the Cardinals’ OTAs, the Suns walloped the Lakers with J.J. Watt and Kyler Murray cheering from their courtside seats. Everything about the Suns’ convincing victory on the eve of the Cardinals’ OTAs feels wonderfully auspicious.
Except perhaps the notion that the Cardinals and Pro Bowl DE Chandler Jones may be at an impasse with regard to Jones’ 2021 salary.
Heading into the off-season, Jones’ 2021 $15.5M base salary (unguaranteed) in the final year of his 5 year $82.5M contract was the potential elephant in the room, so to speak.
Somewhat lost in the disappointing finish to the Cardinals’ once promising 2020 season is the fact that Chandler Jones had not only suffered a season-ending tricep tear in Week 5, he was suffering through the least productive five game stretch of his tenure with the Cardinals.