TEMPE, Ariz. — The Arizona Cardinals took out their time machine to bolster their pass rush in the wake of losing Chandler Jones for the season.
Arizona traded a sixth-round pick in the 2021 draft to the New York Giants in exchange for linebacker Markus Golden, who started his career with the Cardinals.
Golden was the Cardinals’ second-round pick in 2015 out of the University of Missouri. In four seasons with the Cardinals, Golden had 19 sacks. He had 11.5 in his last two with the Giants, including 1.5 in seven games this season.
Golden will add depth to Arizona’s front seven after Jones underwent season-ending biceps surgery on Oct. 16. Golden will enter the pass- rushing rotation alongside Haason Reddick, Devon Kennard, Dennis Gardeck and Kylie Fitts.