Jan. 17, 2026, 2:47 p.m. MT<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Arizona Cardinals<\/a>\u00a0did not make the playoffs. They are in offseason mode looking ahead to making changes on the roster, and they are looking for a new head coach. However, a few former\u00a0Cardinals<\/a>\u00a0players find themselves in the postseason.<\/p>\n In the divisional round on Saturday, the first of two games has the Buffalo Bills<\/a> against the Denver Broncos<\/a>.<\/p>\n Between the two teams, on their rosters and on injured reserve, there are three former Cardinals<\/a>.<\/p>\n Who are they?<\/p>\n Bills K Matt Prater<\/p>\n Prater was not the Bills’ kicker to start the season but has been since he was signed in Week 3. He spent the previous four seasons kicking for the Cardinals.<\/p>\n Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a>Bills DL Jordan Phillips<\/p>\n Phillips is currently on injured reserve. He signed a three-year contract as a free agent with the Cardinals in 2020. He played only 18 games in two seasons, set back by injuries both seasons, and then was released. He played in 11 games for the Bills this season and had a sack.<\/p>\n Broncos DL Zach Allen<\/p>\n Allen was a third-round pick of the Cardinals in 2019 and played for them for four seasons before signing with teh Broncos. He was a first-team All-Pro for the first time this season and was selected to the Pro Bowl. He had seven sacks from the defensive interior.<\/p>\n Get more Cardinals<\/a> and NFL coverage from Cards<\/a> Wire’s Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0YouTube<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Apple podcasts<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 17, 2026, 2:47 p.m. MT The\u00a0Arizona Cardinals\u00a0did not make the playoffs. They are in offseason mode looking…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2078],"tags":[95878,375,390,2604,1327,7,6,95973,95974,95882,95890,96033,95886,95896,95888,95895,95899,96008,96071,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-685270","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-cardinals","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-arizona-cardinals","11":"tag-arizonacardinals","12":"tag-cardinals","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflcardinals","16":"tag-sstsncardinals","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagarizona-cardinals","19":"tag-tagbuffalo-bills","20":"tag-tagdenver-broncos","21":"tag-tagnational-sports","22":"tag-tagnfl","23":"tag-tagnfl-hub","24":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","25":"tag-tagsmg-listicle","26":"tag-tagsmg-timely","27":"tag-tagsports-news","28":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115913022725900632","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685270","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=685270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=685270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=685270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}