The Arizona Cardinals have not signed any cornerbacks to the roster this offseason in free agency but do essentially get a new player. Robert Alford, signed last season after being released by the Atlanta Falcons, is back and ready after missing all last season with a broken leg.
He can’t wait for things to start up this offseason after restrictions are lifted related to the coronavirus pandemic.
“I’m feeling good. I’m 100 percent,” he told Lisa Matthews in an interview on On the Fly. “Right now I’m ready to rock. I’m just ready for them to set the date we can come back for the offseason and start things rolling.”
Alford broke his leg in an outside practice in training camp so he hasn’t done any football activities since last August.
It won’t be like he is a newcomer, though. He is familiar with the Cardinals’ defense.
“Pretty much I was able to grasp the playbook with me being out,” he said.
If things go as expected, Alford will join Patrick Peterson as the two starting border cornerbacks and 2019 second-round pick Byron Murphy will be the team’s slot cornerback.
It was the secondary the team envisioned after last year’s draft, but with Alford’s injury and Peterson’s six-game suspension, the Cardinals were without their two top corners for nearly half the season.
Alford promises some fun with Peterson.
“We’re going to give them something to cheer,” said.
He is like the rest of us when it comes to football.
“I’m just ready to go.”
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