{"id":39056,"date":"2018-03-13T14:33:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T18:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=39056"},"modified":"2018-03-13T14:46:12","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T18:46:12","slug":"sam-bradford-sign-arizona-cardinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2018\/03\/13\/sam-bradford-sign-arizona-cardinals\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Sam Bradford to Join Arizona Cardinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BradSa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sam Bradford<\/a><\/strong> has found his new team. ESPN&#8217;s Adam Schefter reported Tuesday afternoon that he intends to sign with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/cardinals\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arizona Cardinals<\/a>. He later added that the deal is for one year at $20 million with another option year possible at the same rate. The new contract contains $15 million in guarantees. This marks Bradford&#8217;s fourth NFL team in his nine-year career.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sam Bradford to Arizona: 1-year for $20M, including $15M guaranteed; 1-year option for $20M, per source.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/973629568216195072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 13, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><b>Report: Arizona Cardinals Will Sign Sam Bradford to One-Year, $20 Million Deal With Option for Second Year<\/b><\/h1>\n<p>Bradford spent his last two season with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/vikings\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Vikings<\/a>. He only appeared in two games in 2017, due to a lingering knee issue. In his limited time, he completed 32 of 43 passes for three touchdowns and no interceptions, posting a 124.4 passer rating. Bradford was traded to the Vikings from the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/eagles\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> in the 2016 season after Vikings starter <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BridTe00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Teddy Bridgewater<\/a><\/strong> went down with an ACL injury.<\/p>\n<p>He started 15 games that year, reestablishing that he could be a high-caliber starter in the league. His 71.6% completion percentage set a new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vikings.com\/news\/article-1\/Sam-Bradford-Breaks-NFL-Record-Team-Records-in-Season-Finale\/bf5f32ae-be3a-4005-8c55-8f64f8480c94\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NFL single season record<\/a>. Overall, he had a 99.3 passer rating en route to 3,877 yards, 20 touchdowns, and just <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/player\/sambradford\/497095\/careerstats\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">five interceptions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Before going to the Vikings, Bradford played one season with the Chip Kelly-led Philadelphia Eagles. He was part of a trade between the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/rams\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St. Lois Rams<\/a> and Eagles where they <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/story\/0ap3000000477790\/article\/rams-trading-sam-bradford-to-eagles-for-nick-foles\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">basically swapped quarterbacks<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/F\/FoleNi00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Foles<\/a><\/strong> went to the Rams, while Philadelphia received Bradford. It was an up-and-down season for Bradford. He managed to put an 86.4 passer rating while throwing for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/player\/sambradford\/497095\/careerstats\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">19 touchdowns and 14 interceptions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In his first season, Bradford took home <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nfl\/story\/sam-bradford-wins-offensive-rookie-of-the-year-020411\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">offensive rookie of the year<\/a> honors. He showed a lot of promise and poise in the pocket, throwing for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/player\/sambradford\/497095\/careerstats\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3,512 yards, 18 touchdowns<\/a>, and 15 interceptions. His downfall, however, was his health. In his sophomore season, he missed six games due to injury. Then, his fate with the Rams was basically sealed, after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/rams\/2014\/08\/24\/sam-bradford-acl-injury-st-louis-rams\/14533013\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he tore his left ACL<\/a> in both the 2013 and 2014 season.<\/p>\n<p>Now Bradford will try to stay on the field and show his new team that his health issues were just a streak of bad luck.<\/p>\n<p>Main Image:<br \/>\n<a id=\"DecZFKRSQpBN8V5tdkowcg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/845812078\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'DecZFKRSQpBN8V5tdkowcg',sig:'KP1Z8o0ctcdtZkNRzEuGEyf6Fr_2Dh7R1c9rFGUkovg=',w:'594px',h:'423px',items:'845812078',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Bradford has a new contract in hand, but will the former 2010 first overall pick be able to shake the injury bug and find success in 2018?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2250,"featured_media":40036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,33,26],"tags":[3502,61,45,40,46,247],"class_list":["post-39056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-cardinals","category-vikings","tag-2018-nfl-free-agency","tag-football","tag-minnesota-vikings","tag-nfl","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-sam-bradford"],"modified_by":"John Bava","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}