Lyle Sendlein was in Austin, Texas, building his dream house with his wife, changing diapers on their baby, working out and acknowledged he was “irritable as hell.”
The veteran center, who had been cut by the Cardinals in March, wanted to be playing football. While there was interest from some teams, “deep down, we wanted to come back here.”
That worked out Friday, when Sendlein signed a one-year contract to return to the Cards and enter the mix for center.
“He’ll be light years ahead of anyone else who would have come in off the street, and has played and is well-respected in the locker room,” coach Bruce Arians said.