The Arizona Cardinals took their salary cap lumps in 2023 partly to offer freedom moving forward under general manager Monti Ossenfort and coach Johnathan Gannon as they start their rebuild.

The Cards currently sit with a projected $41.7 million in salary-cap space heading into the offseason, per Over The Cap. The GM noted Thursday on Arizona Sports 98.7 that he plans to use that cash to supplement his team building rather than the driver, Kevin Patra of NFL.com reports.

"We are definitely going to be active in free agency. What does that mean? I can't spell that out for you right now," Ossenfort said, via the team's official website. "I don't know what that means because we don't completely control that. There is a market and players we think are going to be available right now that two weeks from now are not going to be available. Free agency is full of unknowns in that respect, and there are dangers in free agency.

"The nature of free agency, you end up overpaying. That's how it works. It's full of mistakes. That's not to say there are not things you can fix there. We will take our chances and there will be times we will find ways to supplement our roster, but ultimately we are going to build this team, and what we are going to be moving forward, through the draft."

"We have a lot of needs. We really do. That's a product of the NFL," Ossenfort said. "We have plenty of room for improvement.

"We're never going to turn down good players. Our list of needs is good players that fit us."

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