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Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner agreed to a two-year, $23 million contract Wednesday that includes a $15 million signing bonus.

Boldin has asked to be traded because he feels the Cardinals failed to follow through on a promise for a new contract a year ago.

Graves said the team still plans to eventually address Boldin’s desire for a long-term contract.

Warner has been with the Cardinals for four seasons but had to win the starting job from Matt Leinart in training camp a year ago. He went on to have a Pro Bowl season that rivaled his league MVP days with the St. Louis Rams.

He started all 20 games for Arizona last season. In 16 regular-season games, Warner completed 67 percent of his throws for 4,583 yards and 30 touchdowns, with 14 interceptions. He finished second in the NFL in completions, completion percentage and yards passing.

In four playoff games, he was even better, completing 68 percent of his passes for 1,147 yards and 11 touchdowns, with three interceptions.

But for one extremely costly interception, Warner was brilliant in Arizona’s 27-23 loss to Pittsburgh in the Super Bowl, completing 31 of 43 passes for 377 yards and three touchdowns.

In addition, Warner was named the NFL man of the year for his off-the-field contributions, as well as his playing excellence.

Graves called Warner “an elite player, a class act, and truly a professional.”

Warner’s return to the top was one of the best stories of last season, an intriguing chapter to his storybook career. His well-known tale includes stocking shelves in a supermarket, then working his way through the Arena Football League and NFL Europe to the Rams, where he was thrust into the starting job after an injury to Trent Green.

Warner led the Rams to two Super Bowls, winning one of them, but lost his starting job to Marc Bulger and left as a free agent for the New York Giants, where he was displaced by rookie Eli Manning.

Then it was off to Arizona, where he went from backup to the leader of a franchise that rocketed from nowhere in 2008.

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