March 14, 2026, 9:35 a.m. MT<\/p>\n
The first week of NFL free agency is basically in the books. The Arizona Cardinals<\/a> have been active, although they have not made any real significant moves like last offseason. It is time to start grading their initial moves.<\/p>\n We don’t know how they will actually work out, as the season is still months away, but based on need, fit and value, we can give initial grades.<\/p>\n Let’s look at running back Tyler Allgeier.<\/p>\n Grading the Cardinals’ signing of Tyler Allgeier<\/p>\n Grade: B<\/p>\n Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n Allgeier has been a very reliable, productive running back since he entered the league. He rushed for over 1,000 yards as a rookie in 2022. He has not missed a game in three seasons and has never fumbled in his career.<\/p>\n He is a powerful runner who does well in outside zone. He has rushed for between 514-683 yards with Bijan Robinson ahead of him. He can pass block.<\/p>\n And paired with a healthy James Conner, the Cardinals have a powerful one-two punch. And to get someone who can be a No. 1 back at $12.25 million over two years, that’s a good deal.<\/p>\n He will improve the running game. He can carry the load if Conner isn’t healthy or if age catches up to him. It is a solid signing.<\/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":"March 14, 2026, 9:35 a.m. MT The first week of NFL free agency is basically in the books.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":813447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2078],"tags":[95878,375,390,2604,1327,7,6,95973,95974,95882,95890,96193,101172,95896,95888,95906,96008,95883,100562,95881],"class_list":["post-813446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arizona-cardinals","tag-accessfree","tag-arizona","tag-arizona-cardinals","tag-arizonacardinals","tag-cardinals","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-sstssportsnflcardinals","tag-sstsncardinals","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagarizona-cardinals","tag-tagbijan-robinson","tag-tagjames-conner","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsmg-listicle","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagtyler-allgeier","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116232298481555190","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813446","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=813446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}