Former Arizona Cardinals OLB Markus Golden will ride off into the sunset.
ARIZONA -- Former Arizona Cardinals LB Markus Golden is hanging up the cleats and calling it a career.Golden would be placed on the reserve/retirement list.
Golden - who turned 33 this offseason - first started his NFL career as a second-round pick with the Arizona Cardinals in 2015.Just one year later in 2020, Golden was traded back to the Cardinals for a sixth-round pick. Golden then spent the next few years in Arizona before again hitting free agency in 2023 and signing with the Steelers.
After being a free agent this offseason, Golden inked a one-year deal with the Steelers back on August 1 before retiring.51 of those starts came in Arizona, where he racked up 35.5 sacks for the Cardinals. Golden still appeared to have some juice left in the tank, netting four sacks as a rotational piece behind the likes of TJ Watt and Alex Highsmith in Pittsburgh last year.
Golden would have been an ideal signing for the Cardinals following the season-ending injury to BJ Ojulari, though he signed with the Steelers before Ojulari's injury happened.PublishedDonnie Druin is the Publisher for All Cardinals and Inside The Suns. Donnie moved to Arizona in 2012 and has been with Fan Nation since 2018.
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