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- Michael Wilson signed a three-year, $75 million extension with the Arizona Cardinals (max value $78M, $47M guaranteed), keeping him under contract through 2029 after he had one year left on his rookie deal.
- The $25 million annual rate ties for 20th among wide receivers, ranking 21st in guaranteed money and tied for 22nd in total contract value — nearly $10 million more per year than the Cardinals' initial offer after months of stalled, incrementally raised counter-offers.
- Wilson, 26, posted a career-best 1,006 receiving yards in 2025 after starting with just 52 yards through his first five games, a surge that reignited contract talks that had gone stale during training camp.
- Wilson becomes the sixth wide receiver from the 2023 draft class to sign an extension and the third — alongside Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Zay Flowers — to record a 1,000-yard season.
- Cardinals coach Mike LaFleur called Wilson "a special player who I don't even think has even come close to reaching how good he could be," adding that the deal is "great for the Cardinals" and "this locker room."
Why it matters: The Cardinals are locking in an ascending 26-year-old receiver at a market-set $25M/year — but the mid-tier rankings (20th-22nd among all WRs) signal they're paying for upside, not stardom. With $47M guaranteed and a contract through 2029, Arizona is now making a multi-year bet that Wilson's late-2025 surge was a breakout, not a fluke.
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