Cardinals swap linebackers at back of the roster

The Cardinals made a pair of moves on Monday to deal with the back of the outside linebacker room.

The Arizona Cardinals announced a pair of roster moves on Monday, swapping one outside linebacker for another.

They released Reggie Walker, who was with the team for the second year after signing as an undrafted rookie last year.

They released him to sign linebacker Bryson Young.

Young entered the league as an undrafted rookie in 2020 with the Atlanta Falcons. He didn’t make the team and did not spend time with any team after getting cut.

He had a workout with the Cardinals on Monday.

He played collegiately at Oregon. He is 6-2 and 242 pounds. There Young played in 49 games and had 73 tackles, six tackles for loss, two sacks, one interception, three pass breakups and one fumble recovery.

This seems more like of a move to evaluate for a practice squad spot. It would seem highly unlikely that at this point they would add a young player with that little experience to viably compete for a spot on the final roster.

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Falcons waive DE Austin Larkin, two undrafted free agents

The Atlanta Falcons continue to tweak their roster as the team tries to get down to 80 players by the NFL’s August 16 deadline.

The Atlanta Falcons continue to tweak their roster as the team tries to get down to 80 players by the NFL’s August 16 deadline.

Defensive end Austin Larkin along with undrafted free agents LB Bryson Young and CB Rojesterman Farris were waived on Tuesday, as reported by ESPN’s Vaughn McClure below:

 

This comes just a day after the team released P Ryan Allen, OT Scottie Dill, OL Austin Capps, TE Caleb Repp and LB Jordan Williams.

The Falcons currently have six players on the reserve/COVID-19 list — FB Keith Smith, LB Foye Oluokun, S Jaylinn Hawkins, DT Tyeler Davison, CB Jamal Carter and QB Danny Etling — after just a week of camp.

These six players on the COVID-19 list don’t currently count towards the active roster, leaving Atlanta’s total at 77 players.

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