Posted by Darren Urban on March 24, 2014 – 12:23 pm

The Cardinals are counting on linebacker Daryl Washington as an anchor to the defense, a point underscored when the team not surprisingly recently decided to pay the large bonus he was owed. But he still needs to find out the consequences, if any, from the NFL after his ongoing assault case is adjudicated. That took a big step Monday, when Washington pled guilty to a lesser aggravated assault charge. It is a Class 6 felony. He is scheduled to be sentenced April 23, according to the Maricopa County Superior Court.

Once he is sentenced, then the NFL will take a look at the situation and decide what should happen to Washington, if anything. He already was suspended four games last year for violating the league’s substance abuse policy. Whether that would factor in to this situation is unknown, but Washington has stayed on the straight and narrow since all this happened in a short offseason window last year, and he has insisted his issues are behind him. He has always said he’d like to be one of the main leaders of this franchise. The Cards would like that as well.

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