Cards franchise Dansby, will pay him $9.7M

Karlos Dansby will be the Arizona Cardinals franchise player for the second straight season. The linebacker failed to reach a long-term agreement with the team by Wednesday's deadline, meaning he will keep the franchise tag for the coming season. That means he will earn the average salary of the top five paid players at his position, about $9.7 million. "I'm kind of disappointed we couldn't come to an agreement," Dansby told The Associated Press.