Free agency for the Arizona Cardinals and the rest of the NFL will begin in March. For exclusive rights free agents, it means hoping that their team in 2023 still wants them back.
Exclusive rights free agents are players with fewer than three accrued seasons but are not under contract for the following season. They remain under team control even without a contract.
These players only will be true free agents if their team from the previous season does not tender them a qualifying offer, almost always being for the minimum salary based on years credited.
The Cardinals have four exclusive rights free agents, or four players whom they can re-sign if they want them back. If they tender them a contract, they will be back because they cannot sign elsewhere unless the Cardinals do not offer them a contract.
Who are they? Check them out below.