The Arizona Cardinals and Kurt Warner agreed Wednesday to a two-year, $23 million deal. $19 million of that contract will be guaranteed.
Under the terms of the deal, Warner will receive a $15 million signing bonus and $4 million base in each of the two seasons.
The negotiations ran all Tuesday evening and early Wednesday morning. One of the big breakthroughs came Tuesday when Warner, who had been asking for $14 million to $16 million a year, reduced his asking price to $11.5 million a year, as long as there were substantial guarantees in 2010.
He was also willing to take $1 million less a season if the team successfully satisfied the contract extension demands of wide receiver Anquan Boldin.
Warner has been performing like a top-five quarterback since taking over the Cardinals’ starting job from Matt Leinart on Oct. 14, 2007. He has thrown 53 touchdown passes in his last 27 starts as the Cardinals’ starter. Last season, he completed 67.1 percent of his passes and threw for 4,583 yards. In four playoff games, he completed 92 of 135 passes for 1,147 yards for 11 touchdowns and three interceptions.
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