With a couple of days left until free http://www.ravensshopsofficial.com/shop-by-players-lorenzo-taliafer... agents can begin changing teams, the Cardinals are trying to re-sign some of their own – and made a step in that direction Tuesday.
The team came to a four-year agreement with tight end Jermaine Gresham, keeping Gresham off the market later this week. Gresham was among the team’s top priorities to retain. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
After signing a one-year contract http://www.teamcardinalsprostore.com/shop-best-selling-cheap-deone-... in 2015, Gresham had turned down considerably more money as a free
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agent last offseason to return to the Cardinals last season on a one-year, $3.5 million deal. He responded with 37 receptions for 391 yards and two touchdowns, and the team liked not only the production he brought but also the Deion Sanders Authentic Jersey emotion and passion with which he played.
He said late in the season he wanted to stay in Arizona.
“(The offense) works, it’s proven,” Gresham said. “The guys here, they are very accepting. It’s pretty simple.”
With a strong draft class of tight ends, getting under contract makes sense for Gresham as well.
The Cardinals have four tight ends under contract – Gresham, Troy Niklas, Ifeanyi Momah and Hakeem Valles. Darren Fells is a restricted free agent but is not expected to be tendered an offer and would reach unrestricted status Thursday if he does not re-sign before then.
Gresham’s deal leaves the team Doug Baldwin Authentic Jersey with 15 unrestricted free agents-to-be, not counting Fells or fellow restricted free agent kicker Chandler Catanzaro.