The Cardinals brought in three QBs, four WRs and two TEs.
The Arizona Cardinals often bring in players for tryouts on Tuesdays. Because they have a Monday night game in Week 9, everything was shifted by a day. Wednesday was their regular Tuesday, and that was when they had a host of players in for tryouts.
According to Wednesday’s NFL transaction report, they had nine players in for tryouts, including three quarterbacks, four receivers and two tight ends.
The quarterbacks suggest that perhaps the Cardinals are ready to move on from Kedon Slovis.
Who came in?
Quarterback tryoutsJeff DriskellKyle TraskLogan Woodside
Driskell spent time on the Cardinals’ practice squad in 2023. He is 32 years old and has been in the league since 2016.
Trask has been in the league since 2021, drafted in second round by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He has never started a game.
Woodside was a 2018 seventh-round pick by Cincinnati. He has never started a game.
Wide receiver tryoutsJalen BrooksBrenden RiceRoc TaylorJalen Virgil
Brooks is 6-2 and 205 pounds. He was drafted in the seventh round by the Dallas Cowboys in 2023. He was on the Cowboys’ practice squad earlier this season and released with an injury waiver last week.
Rice is the son of Hall of Famer Jerry Rice. He was a seventh-round pick of the LA Chargers last year. He is 6-3 and 210 pounds.
Taylor is a 6-1, 210-pound undrafted rookie receiver who signed originally with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He did not make the team and did not land with a practice squad.
Virgil has been in the league since 2022, signing as a rookie free agent with Denver. He is 6-1 and 210 pounds.
It would appear that the Cardinals are making sure to add at least one big-bodied receiver to play on the scout team and be roughly the size of Cowboys receivers CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens.
Tight end tryoutsOscar CardenasMessiah Swinson
Cardenas is an undrafted rookie out of UTEP who spent the preseason with the Cardinals.
Swinson went undrafted out of Arizona State in 2024. He is 6-7 and 259 pounds. He has been on practice squads.
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