‘Something big’ for Cardinals WR Michael Wilson involves a ring

The second-year Cardinals receiver and the professional soccer player heading to the Olympics are engaged to be married.

We now know what “something big” was when Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Michael Wilson talked to the media last Tuesday after the final practice of the offseason program.

Asked at the beginning of the session if he had any plans to get away during the summer and if it was something different, he said, “Uh … TBD. I got something big coming. You guys will probably find out in the next couple weeks.”

It turned out to be a few days when Wilson and girlfriend Sophia Smith became engaged.

On Saturday, Smith was the first to tweet photos of her and Wilson dressed in all white and the words, “Forever meant with you” along with a heart emoji.

A few hours later, Wilson also tweeted all-white photos, but with one showing him down on one knee. His tweet said “A forever thing” and included heart and ring emojis.

Smith is a forward for the Portland Thorns of the National Women’s Soccer League and is expected to be part of the United States team that will participate in the Summer Olympics beginning next month in Paris.

While talking about the extra work he did with quarterback Kyler Murray during the offseason, Wilson admitted that he told Smith early in the offseason he wouldn’t be seeing here every weekend because “I’m staying here so I can work on my relationship with Kyler. It’s really been amazing. I can’t articulate how awesome it’s been.”

When asked how she felt about that, Wilson elicited laughter when he said, “She’s a professional athlete, but she’s also a girlfriend at the same time. She understands from the athlete side, but as a girlfriend there was a little bit of bite-back on it.”

He did do his best, noting, “This has probably been the most games I’ve been able to go to this year because they had the Gold Cup in Los Angeles and that’s where I do my offseason training. So I saw all six of those games and I think I’ve been to two or three home games in Portland. It’s been pretty good so far.”

He admitted, “I earned some slack and then I’m going to go spend some time with her after these OTAs, too.”

The pictures confirm that story.

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