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The Arizona Cardinals are moving linebacker Haason Reddick again. He came out of college at Temple as a defensive end. He was moved to inside linebacker. However, four games into his rookie season, because of an injury to Markus Golden, he moved to 3-4 outside linebacker. In 2018, he went back to an off-the-ball linebacker position, a 4-3 outside linebacker. In 2019, he was moved back to where he was originally drafted to play at 3-4 inside linebacker.
He is on the move again, moving back to the edge at outside linebacker.
Because of his struggles this season, he has found himself on the bench. He went from playing every down to only playing in sub packages and, against the Los Angeles Rams, Joe Walker replaced him completely. Reddick played one defensive snap on Sunday and allowed a touchdown to tight end Tyler Higbee.
Head coach Kliff Kingsbury told reporters Monday there has been discussion about moving him to outside linebacker, taking advantage of more of his abilities to rush the passer.
“He was great in college at that, and that’s an area we’re going to look at and see if he can help us,” he told reporters.
It isn’t a guarantee, though, that he gets playing time at the position in the final weeks.
“We’ll see in practice how that goes,” Kingsbury said on Arizona Sports 98.7 FM Monday afternoon. “We want to maximize him as a player and see what we can get there. If that’s the answer, we’ll see how that plays out.”
Reddick was the 13th overall pick in 2017 and just has not worked out yet. This move back to the edge feels like a last-ditch effort to try and find some way to keep him from being a complete bust of a player.
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