Kurt Warner and the Arizona Cardinals agreed to a two-year, $23 million deal contract with $19 million guaranteed on Wednesday.

“We’re ecstatic about the commitment the organization has made to us,” Warner said. “Now it’s my job for the next two years to go fulfill my part of the deal.”

The Cardinals will give Warner $15 million signing bonus and a $4 million base salary in the next 2 seasons.

“We wanted to come up with a number that was fair to Kurt, and to be able to do that within the context of other team objectives,” Cardinals general manager Rod Graves said.

I don’t know what took them so long but it’s about time the Cardinals lock up Warner for the immediate future. Without Warner under center the Cardinals are would have been lucky to get 6 wins last season. This deal had to get done if Arizona wants to make another Super Bowl run.