With safety Jalen Thompson out for the second consecutive game, the Arizona Cardinals will have a familiar face in the secondary with safety Andre Chachere being elevated from the practice squad.
Chachere played 17 games with five starts for the Cardinals in 2023, but he was released in the cutdown to players on Aug. 27. He spent 25 days on the Jacksonville Jaguars practice squad before being released on Oct. 7 and was signed to Arizona’s practice squad this past Tuesday.
Rookie Dadrion (Rabbit) Taylor-Demerson is expected to make his second consecutive start. Versatile defensive back Garrett Williams played some safety snaps against the Jets and the other depth at the position is special-teams standout Joey Blount.
Glad to have Chachere back, head coach Jonathan Gannon said Friday, “He’s been excellent. He’s obviously super smart and can play a couple different roles. So he’s looked good out there this week.”
For the Seahawks, as expected, safety Rayshawn Jenkins was activated from injured reserve Saturday and they also elevated tight end Tyler Mabry and linebacker Patrick O’Connell from the practice squad.
Jenkins had missed four games while being on injured reserve because of a hand injury. Coby Bryant started the last four games while he was out.
Earlier in the week when Jenkins returned to practice, Macdonald said, “We’re getting some depth back. It’s just good problems to have. Good players that play multiple spots. You don’t want to get too cute with it because then you get kind of in disarray a little bit. So, trying to maximize our continuity back there as well as seamlessly getting Rayshawn back into the fold.”
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