The Cardinals have let the deadline come and go and will pay QB Kevin Kolb his $7 million option bonus Saturday, league sources said Friday.

Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt spent most of last year’s NFL Scouting Combine news conference fielding questions about Arizona’s quarterback position. One year later, nothing has changed.

And now for a few thoughts, observations and highlights as we wrap up Day 2 of the NFL Scouting Combine.

Cardinals general manager Rod Graves knows how important perennial Pro Bowl WR Larry Fitzgerald is to the franchise, and he assured reporters Friday that the team is working hard to knit together a new contract for its star.

The Cardinals announced during a news conference Wednesday that they have signed two-time Pro Bowl DT Darnell Dockett to a contract extension that runs through the 2015 season. The deal is worth up to $48 million over four years with $30 million guaranteed, a league source told NFL Network insider Jason La Canfora.

If a race does exist to land Eagles QB Donovan McNabb in a trade, it appears on the surface to be a two-team heat between the Bills and Raiders.

No sooner were NFL teams connected to having interest in Donovan McNabb did they start lining up to deny that interest.

Nearly every corner of Lucas Oil Stadium was filled with NFL Scouting Combine activity Saturday. It was enough for total football sensory overload.

The Arizona Republic reported late Thursday, through a private team source, that the Cardinals are prepared to let Dansby test the open market and will not apply the franchise tag on the six-year veteran for the third consecutive year.

Cardinals GM Rod Graves said the organization is working on restructuring the contract of Pro Bowl FS Antrel Rolle, and he has yet to make a final decision on using the team’s franchise or transition tags.

Cardinals WR Anquan Boldin would still like a new contract, but GM Rod Graves told the Arizona Republic that the team was weeks away from having substantive talks with the Pro Bowl receiver and his agent. Graves typically will not talk contract extensions until the season has already started.

Reggie Bush has been one of the Saints’ most high-profile players during this three year NFL career, according to New Orleans Times-Picayune beat writer Mike Triplett.

Anquan Boldin‘s fantasy value will take a hit if he’s traded by the Cardinals. Unless he ends up with the Colts.

Anquan Boldin has been asking for a trade since last summer, and most NFL experts believed that there was no way the Cardinals would ever trade him. But Cardinals GM Rod Graves told the team’s official site that the team will listen to trade offers for Pro Bowl receiver.