The big news for the Arizona Cardinals and the NFL on Tuesday was the announcement that veteran defensive lineman Calais Campbell agreed to a one-year contract to return to Arizona and play for the team that drafted him. Campbell revealed why he chose to come back to the Cardinals eight years after he left in free agency.

Calais Campbell is back for at least one more season -- his 18th in the league. The 38-year-old defensive lineman is signing a one-year deal with the Arizona Cardinals, the team announced on its website. It's a one-year deal worth $5.5 million, according to ESPN, and can pay as much as $7.5 million with incentives.

The Cardinals, with the coup of signing Calais Campbell and all of the buzz that comes with it, just took a giant step forward toward meeting their highest 2025 aspirations. This signing, imo, elevated Monti Ossenfort’s cooking from simmering to a full boil. Keep cranking up the temperature, Monti! Rise Up Red Sea, indeed!

But before we could dive into the draft class, as the Arizona Cardinals announced that veteran defensive lineman Calais Campbell was returning as a free agent, we talked about the impact of his impact on the team and potentially on the draft.

It will be a crowded defensive line room when the Arizona Cardinals convene for the beginning of the offseason program later this month. The addition of Calais Campbell this week on a reported one-year,

The 38-year-old Campbell, a former Walter Payton Man of the Year winner and probable future Hall of Famer with 110.5 sacks, was needed to reset Miami’s culture.