Player News
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The Steelers placed Golden on the reserve retired list Friday, according to the team's official site. Golden will end his time in the NFL but will still be bound to his contract with the Steelers if he ever decides to return. The 6-foot-2 linebacker finished out the 2023 season with 20 tackles (14 solo) and 4.0 sacks over 16 regular-season games. He played nine seasons in the NFL, with career totals of 343 tackles, 51.0 sacks, 68 tackles for a loss, 11 forced fumbles and six fumble recoveries.
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Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury said Monday that Golden (undisclosed) will be a game-day decision for Week 1, Darren Urban of the Cardinals' official site reports. The extent of the injury remains unclear, but Golden didn't appear in any of the Cardinals' preseason contests. The 2015 second-round pick recorded 48 tackles and 11 sacks last year, so his potential absence would be a big blow to Arizona's defense, which faces a stiff test against the Chiefs on Sunday.
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Golden was activated off the commissioner's exempt list Saturday and has joined the Cardinals' 53-man roster, Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle reports. The Cardinals traded for Golden last week, but he had a roster exemption until he cleared the COVID-19 protocols. He's been cleared and will begin preparing for the Week 9 matchup against the Dolphins. The team hopes Golden will bolster the pass rush that has taken a hit with Chandler Jones (biceps) done for the year. Golden certainly appears up to the task, as he produced 10 sacks over 16 games with the Giants in 2019.
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Golden signed his one-year, $4.125 million unrestricted free-agent tender with the Giants on Tuesday, Zack Rosenblatt of The Newark Star-Ledger reports. The little-used tag allowed Golden to seek another employer, but because he didn't get another offer by July 22, he was required to stay with the Giants. Now locked in for the 2020 season, he's the leading returning sack artist for the team, having racked up 10 sacks in 16 games, which was the second time he reached double-digit sacks while playing a full slate. As for his other three campaigns -- when he didn't -- he combined for 6.5 sacks in 30 contests.
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Golden (illness) has reported to Giants training camp, Jordan Raanan of ESPN.com reports. Before he can take part in the strength and conditioning portion of camp, Golden is required to log three negative COVID-19 tests in four days, at which point he'll take a physical and sign his unrestricted free-agent tender worth $4.125 million. For his career, he has two campaigns of double-digit sacks. As for the other three, he combined for 6.5 sacks in 30 games. After going for 10 sacks last season, Golden returns to the Giants looking to lead the team in the category for a second straight season.
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Completed Games
| WK | OPP | TK | SACK | INT | FF | DFR | DFTD | PDEF | FPTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *1 | @ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| *2 | @DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| *3 | LAC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| *4 | @IND | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| *5 | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| *6 | @LV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| *7 | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| *8 | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | BYE | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| *10 | @WAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| *11 | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| *12 | @CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| * indicates player did not play that week | |||||||||
Scheduled Games
| WK | DATE | OPP | OPP RANK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 12/01 | @Cincinnati | 15 |
| 14 | 12/08 | Cleveland | 10 |
| 15 | 12/15 | @Philadelphia | 16 |
| 16 | 12/21 | @Baltimore | 1 |
| 17 | 12/25 | Kansas City | 28 |
| 18 | 01/05 | Cincinnati | 15 |