"Outside linebacker Joey Porter wasn't taken aback when the Cardinals asked him recently to restructure his contract and take a pay cut.

Porter had five sacks last season and was due to make $5.75 million in salary. He's 34. He can do the math.

So Porter agreed to the restructuring, the details of which are not yet available.

"Early in my career, I probably would have been mad about it," Porter said. "You get five sacks, they don't really want to pay you $5.7 million base the next year. You have to be smart enough to understand that.

"I knew that would be asked of me. That was my decision. If I'd played better last year, I wouldn't have been in this situation.""