{"id":651709,"date":"2026-01-03T22:09:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T22:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/651709\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T22:09:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T22:09:12","slug":"wr-tejhaun-palmer-signed-to-active-roster-before-rams-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/651709\/","title":{"rendered":"WR Tejhaun Palmer signed to active roster before Rams game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Arizona Cardinals <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AZCardinals\/status\/2007557717947543904\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">announced<\/a> they have signed wide receiver Tejhaun Palmer to the active roster one day before their 2025 season finale versus the Los Angeles Rams.<\/p>\n<p>With Marvin Harrison Jr. <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/arizona-cardinals-injury-report\/rams-irt\/3607139\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">out and on injured reserve<\/a> due to a nagging heel injury, the receiver room had a hole to fill, as Michael Wilson should once again get the most attention from quarterback Jacoby Brissett.<\/p>\n<p>Palmer, a 2024 sixth-round pick by Arizona, hasn\u2019t logged any NFL action and signed a future contract with the franchise last January. The UAB product has been a member of the practice squad since signing on Aug. 27.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-1 receiver appeared in all six possible preseason games for the Cardinals the past two instances, accounting for seven receptions (22 targets) and 69 yards.<\/p>\n<p>Palmer will be wearing No. 83 on his jersey for Sunday afternoon in L.A.<\/p>\n<p>In other moves, Arizona elevated cornerback Jaden Davis and wide receiver Steven Sims from the practice squad to the active roster.<\/p>\n<p>Davis made his pro debut in Week 16 against the Atlanta Falcons, logging two tackles (one solo). The 24-year-old played his college ball at Miami and was a seventh-round pick in 2024 by the Cardinals.<\/p>\n<p>Sims is a seventh-year player who was previously active for the Falcons game and against the Cincinnati Bengals last week. He saw one target versus Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>Davis will don No. 26 and Sims No. 80 on Arizona\u2019s icy white uniforms.<\/p>\n<p>Cardinals-Rams kicks off at 2:25 p.m. on Sunday and can be listened to on 98.7 and the Arizona Sports app. Watch the game on FOX.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pwmoses11\" data-show-count=\"false\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Follow @pwmoses11<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/arizona-sports-newsletter-signup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AZSportsEmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"mobile-signup\"\/>\t&#13;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AZSportsEmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"desktop-signup\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Arizona Cardinals announced they have signed wide receiver Tejhaun Palmer to the active roster one day before&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":651710,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2079],"tags":[1632,7,1631,1014,58,2444,2611,6,1630,424],"class_list":{"0":"post-651709","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-rams","8":"tag-arizona-sports-now-on-98-7-fm","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-home","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-los-angeles-rams","13":"tag-losangeles","14":"tag-losangelesrams","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-phoenix-arizona-sports-news-phoenix-breaking-sports-news","17":"tag-rams"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115833455690081552","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}