We will preview every player on the Cardinals roster leading up to training camp. This is about QB Clayton Tune.

The Arizona Cardinals report to training camp on July 22 and begin the process of preparing for the regular season, forming the roster and determining starting jobs and roles on the team.

Leading up to the start of camp, we will take a look at every player on the offseason roster, their background, their contract, their play in 2024, questions they face and their roster outlook.

This focuses on quarterback Clayton Tune.

Clayton Tune background, 2024 season

Tune enters his third NFL season. He was drafted in the fifth round in 2023 out of Houston. He has been the Cardinals‘ backup quarterback for two seasons. He had one start in 2023 preceding Kyler Murray’s return from his ACL injury.

Last year, the Cardinals traded for Desmond Ridder but Tune beat him out for the backup job in training camp and the preseason.

Last season, he appeared in six games, playing 31 snaps. He mostly entered games for kneeldowns or quarterback sneaks. He completed his only two pass attempts for eight yards and had minus-four yards on seven rushing attempts, although he did pick up two first downs.

Clayton Tune 2025 contract details, cap hit

Tune will make $1.03 million in salary in 2025 if he makes the active roster. He will count $1.12 million against the salary cap.

Questions he faces, roster outlook

Tune find himself is a tough situation in 2025. The Cardinals signed veteran quarterback Jacoby Brissett to a two-year contract this offseason with his 2025 salary fully guaranteed. Brissett will be Kyler Murray’s backup.

Also, in two seasons under head coach Jonathan Gannon, the Cardinals have never carried more than two quarterbacks on the 53-man roster, so Tune will have to show extraordinary growth to make the roster.

He is currently a longshot to make the team but is probably a lock for the practice squad, considering how Gannon has spoken about Tune.

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