TEMPE, Ariz. -- And then there was one.

The Arizona Cardinals are scheduled to interview Carolina Panthers defensive coordinator Steve Wilks on Wednesday in Arizona, according to ESPN NFL Insider Josina Anderson.

He would be the last of the Cardinals’ nine interviews that have been reported.

Wilks completed his first season as Carolina’s defensive coordinator when the Panthers lost the NFC wild-card game 31-26 to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday. Before that, Wilks was the Panthers’ secondary coach for five seasons, including Carolina’s two playoff wins over the Cardinals. To Arizona, he’d be a semi-familiar face because of those games. The Panthers’ secondary had two interceptions in their 2014 wild-card win over Arizona while holding the Cardinals to an NFL playoff-low 78 yards. A year later, in the 2015 NFC Championship Game, Wilks’ secondary intercepted Carson Palmer four times while holding him to 235 yards and a touchdown pass. He completed just 57.5 percent of his passes in a 49-15 Panthers win over Arizona.

The Panthers finished 2017 ranked seventh in yards allowed, one spot lower than the Cardinals, the fifth time in the past six seasons they were a top-10 defense.

Who they’ve interviewed: The Cardinals interviewed defensive coordinator James Bettcher on Wednesday, Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur on Thursday, Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz and quarterback coach John DeFilippo on Friday, New England Patriots defensive coordinator Matt Patricia and linebackers coach Brian Flores on Saturday, Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line coach Mike Munchak on Sunday and Atlanta Falcons special-teams coordinator Keith Armstrong on Monday. Wilks was scheduled for Wednesday.

Why Wilks fits: He likes to do what the Cardinals have liked to do lately: blitz. And blitz a lot. The Panthers had the second-highest blitz rate in the NFL this season at 44.0 percent. That would fit in with the Cardinals’ personnel, which has become accustomed to blitzing over the past five seasons. Since 2013, when former coach Bruce Arians was hired, the Cardinals had the highest blitz rate at 41.9 percent. By comparison, the Panthers blitzed 29.5 percent of the time during that span. Wilks-coached defenses also have had a penchant for getting their hands on the ball. Since 2012, his first season as Carolina’s secondary coach, the Panthers were sixth in the NFL with 96 interceptions. Who was first? The Cardinals with 108.

Why Wilks doesn’t fit: The main reason Wilks wouldn’t fit is that he has run a 4-3 defense under Panthers coach Ron Rivera, whereas the personnel he’d be inheriting in Arizona have run a 3-4 for the past five years -- and they’ve been successful at it. The Cardinals were a top-10 defense under defensive coordinator James Bettcher for the past three seasons -- the only team to accomplish that feat every year since 2015.