The Arizona Cardinals announced a pair of signings Monday, the day before veterans report to training camp. They had two roster spots after center Lamont Gaillard was released and cornerback Lorenzo Burns was placed on the COVID list.
After veteran cornerback Daryl Worley had a tryout with the team, he was signed to a one-year contract.
He wasn’t the only addition.
The Cardinals also signed offensive lineman Marcus Henry, who also worked out with the team Monday.
Worley played 10 games last season, split between three teams — the Buffalo Bills, Las Vegas Raiders and Dallas Cowboys. Before that, the played two years for the Raiders in Oakland and his first two years were with the Carolina Panthers, who drafted him in the third round in 2016.
In his career, he has started 54 of the 66 games in which he has appeared. He has 265 career tackles (211 solo), five interceptions, 37 pass breakups and one fumble recovery.
Henry played collegiately at Boise State before signing with the New Orleans as an undrafted rookie in 2016. He spent time on the practice squads with the Seattle Seahawks and Houston Texan, and then last year with the Dallas Cowboys. He also appeared in one game for Dallas.
He plays center, presumably simply giving Arizona another player at the position after Gaillard’s surprising release. .
Worley replaces Burns at the position, but he does give them experience. They only have four cornerbacks on the roster (Byron Murphy, Malcolm Butler, Robert Alford and Darqueze Dennard) with any real experience on defense.
Arizona did not need to make any corresponding moves with the signings. They had two vacancies.
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