{"id":60100,"date":"2019-03-21T11:56:12","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T15:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=60100"},"modified":"2021-03-13T14:13:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T19:13:43","slug":"darius-philon-signs-with-the-arizona-cardinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2019\/03\/21\/darius-philon-signs-with-the-arizona-cardinals\/","title":{"rendered":"Darius Philon Signs With the Arizona Cardinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Defensive tackle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/P\/PhilDa01.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Darius Philon<\/strong><\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0has signed a two-year, $10 million\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">contract<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/cardinals\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arizona Cardinals<\/a>. His new contract carries with it $5 million in\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">guarantees<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and keeps him with the team through 2021.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Philon<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0had spent t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">he first four years of his career with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/chargers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles Chargers<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cardinals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Cardinals<\/a> are signing former <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Chargers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Chargers<\/a> DT Darius Philon to a two-year, $10 million deal, sources tell me and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@RapSheet<\/a>. He gets $5M fully guaranteed. Max $12M with incentives.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomPelissero\/status\/1108753566678827008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Darius Philon Signs Deal With Arizona Cardinals<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Philon\u2019s been with the Chargers the previous four years, but only in the last two did he become a big contributor on the front four of the defense.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The 2018 season\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">actually was<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the first time he started the majority of the games he played in.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0In the last two years, he\u2019s been a\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">pretty decent<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0defensive lineman. He\u2019s collected eight and a half sacks over that two-year period. And he\u2019s only just finished his rookie contract, so he\u2019s got his whole career ahead of him.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Philon\u2019s 2018 season saw him get 33 total tackles (with 19 solo ones), four sacks, and one forced fumble. These numbers were pretty\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">similar to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0his 2017 season, in which he had 31 total tackles and four and a half sacks. As a result, he\u2019s been at least\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">pretty consistent<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0over the last two years since his role on the Chargers defense expanded.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Philon played football in high school at Vigor High, located in Prichard, Alabama. He then went on to play at the University of Arkansas. He only played at Arkansas for two years before declaring for the NFL Draft. During his time there, he had 92 tackles and seven and a half sacks. In 2014 he was an All-SEC second team selection.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Philion<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0was drafted by the Chargers in 2015 in the sixth round with the 192<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">nd<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0pick, while they were still in San Diego. Unfortunately, he spent most of his rookie year on injured reserve. In 2016 he fared better health-wise, although he was not a major contributor still until the 2017 and 2018 seasons. Thus far in his career, he has 80 tackles, nine and a half sacks, and two forced fumbles.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"V2AShbWUQ8d8KycVgb9oew\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1093635506\" 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:'V2AShbWUQ8d8KycVgb9oew',sig:'3GbI8o81AxoybcyCxIEiETyBARVQmzBqoIcKKQEOOAY=',w:'594px',h:'392px',items:'1093635506',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>Defensive tackle Darius Philon is coming off a season with 33 tackles and four sacks, with eight and a half sacks in total over the last two years. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2355,"featured_media":60101,"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],"tags":[246],"class_list":["post-60100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-cardinals","tag-nfl-news"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60100","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\/2355"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}