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We take a look at LB Kyzir White and where he fits on the Cardinals’ roster.
The Arizona Cardinals open training camp at the end of this month, so we will do a roster review, highlighting each player currently on the roster, going over last season, their salary and cap number, questions they face and what their expected roster status will be.
Next up is LB Kyzir White.
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No Cardinals linebacker is mentioned in Touchdown Wire’s top 11 or given honorable mention.
In an offseason of lists and rankings, the Arizona Cardinals often find themselves omitted or ranked poorly. This list from Touchdown Wire’s Doug Farrar does not include any Cardinals players.
He ranked the top 11 linebackers in the league and gave honorable mention to a handful of others, but no Cardinals made the list.
One would understand why.
As of right now, we only know one of the Cardinals’ starting off-ball linebackers.
Isaiah Simmons moved to safety and Zaven Collins appears to have moved to the edge as an outside linebacker.
Kyzir White will be one of the two starting inside linebackers. He is solid, playing well each of the last two seasons, but no one would put him in the league’s best linebackers.
As for the other starter, we don’t even know. Will it be rookie Owen Pappoe, a fifth-round pick? Will it be Zeke Turner or Josh Woods, both of whom have only really had roles on special teams? Will it be Krys Barnes, a former undrafted rookie who played a couple of all-right seasons for the Packers.
The NFC West had three linebackers make the list — Seattle’s Bobby Wagner and San Francisco’s Fred Warner and Dre Greenlaw.
Perhaps with a season as the Cardinals’ defensive playcaller, White can elevate his play to the next level. Unless he does, we shouldn’t expect to see a Cardinal on this list next year, either.
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With the 2023 NFL offseason almost complete and training camps looming we’re breaking down the Philadelphia Eagles’ $54 million in dead cap space
The NFL’s June 1 date is just 24 hours away, and with that you can expect some trades, shocking releases and team salary caps impacted by dead money going on or off the books.
So what is dead cap?
Any future, unpaid, guaranteed salary or bonus or any already paid signing bonus that hasn’t yet been allocated to the salary cap becomes the responsibility of the team in the event of a release.
The salary cap will increase to $224.8 million for the 2023 season.
For some teams, the slight increase in cap space provides a little breathing room to retain players on expiring deals or acquire talent that could help them succeed in the upcoming season.
With OTAs underway, we’re breaking down the Eagles $54 million in dead cap space, fourth among all NFL teams.
2024 NFL Draft: Early compensatory pick projections for the Eagles
The Eagles made several critical signings during the 2023 NFL free agency process, with all of the additions being one-year deals.
Philadelphia GM Howie Roseman watched ten contributors leave on the open market.
Thanks to his shrewd maneuvering and roster building, the Eagles are in line for four valuable compensatory picks in 2024, according to NFL.com draft expert, Lance Zierlein.
The Eagles played the compensatory pick game perfectly. They knew they would have a large number of players depart in free agency, and they didn’t add any projected qualifying free agents to the team. Philadelphia should receive the maximum number of picks, including a third-rounder for Hargrave.
The Birds were slated to have six picks in the 2024 NFL draft, but thanks to the compensatory formula, they’ll have 10.
1 Eagles’ own pick
2 Eagles’ own pick
2 From Saints
3 Projected compensatory pick
5 From Vikings (can become fourth-round pick if conditions are met)
5 From Buccaneers
5 Projected compensatory pick
5 Projected compensatory pick
6 Eagles’ own pick, or the Titans’ sixth-round pick, whichever is better
6 Projected compensatory pick
Here’s an early look at the three compensatory picks and how Philadelphia landed the extra assets.
Philadelphia Eagles players reacted to Jalen Hurts’ massive five-year, $255 million contract extension.
Jalen Hurts is a beloved figure in the Eagles’ locker room, and it was all love after news broke that the All-Pro quarterback received a five-year, $255 million contract extension.
The deal includes $110 million guaranteed at signing and a total guarantee of $179 million with an opportunity to make even more.
A key locker room figure in Philadelphia, Hurts has the support of his teammates, and they rushed to social media once again, to congratulate their leader.
We’re ranking the Philadelphia Eagles’ biggest position of need after the first wave of free agency and ahead of the 2023 NFL Draft
The Eagles will have two first-round picks in the NFL Draft, and after Howie Roseman efficiently worked through the first wave of free agency, the team’s most significant needs have somewhat changed.
Philadelphia signed Rashaad Penny in a surprising move and then was able to re-sign James Bradberry, along with Darius Slay.
There were losses on both sides of the football, as Miles Sanders (Bears) and Andre Dillard (Titans) departed on offense.
Javon Hargrave (49ers), T.J. Edwards (Bears), Kyzir White (Cardinals), and Marcus Epps (Raiders) all departed on the defensive side of the football, leaving huge holes to be filled.
Howie Roseman has talked about not wasting resources, and with the selection process just three weeks away, here are the Eagles’ most significant needs after the first wave of free agency and ahead of the draft.
Check out the jersey number that new free agent additions have selected to wear for the Cardinals in 2023.
The Arizona Cardinals have made a number of offseason additions since the beginning of free agency. With contracts signed, these new free agent additions have selected their jersey number for the 2023 season.
As NFL rules now allow it, the Cardinals will have a player wearing No. 0 in 2023.
Below are the players and their new numbers.
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We’re looking at one NFL Draft prospect to replace each of the Philadelphia Eagles’ 2023 free-agency departures
The Eagles’ offensive and defensive units will look completely different after a mass exodus of big names.
Seven key Eagles starters or contributors are joining other organizations, as T.J. Edwards (Bears), Javon Hargrave (49ers), Andre Dillard (Titans), Miles Sanders (Panthers), Kyzir White (Cardinals), Gardner Minshew (Colts), and Marcus Epps (Raiders) have all agreed and will depart.
Philadelphia builds through the draft, and April’s selection process offers several intriguing prospects.
With all eyes looking ahead to draft day, here’s one prospect to replace each of the team’s departed free agents.
White knows he brings a good knowledge of what the Cardinals will want to do defensively.
The Arizona Cardinals’ most significant external addition in free agency so far is linebacker Kyzir White, formerly of the Philadelphia Eagles.
He got a two-year deal worth as much as $11 million.
He thrived in Philly’s defense, working with Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon and defensive coordinator Nick Rallis, both of whom were on the Eagles’ staff as DC and linebackers coach.
That is a big reason why he signed with the Cardinals. He is knowledgable in the scheme and trusts his coaches to put him in a position to succeed.
What does he bring exactly?
“I feel like I have an advantage, so I want to give insight and help wherever I can,” White said via AZCardinals.com. “I’m never going to know everything. But that’s what I am striving to do, to be a quarterback of the defense.”
As a quarterback of the defense, perhaps he is expecting to play middle linebacker and make defensive calls like T.J. Edwards did for the Eagles last season. Or perhaps he will play the same role he had at one of the outside linebacker positions but be able to “quarterback” the defense from there.
He is excited to line up with Isaiah Simmons and Zaven Collins.
That could be a fun trio to watch in 2023 with White’s play and knowledge of the defense.
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White got a two-year deal to join the Cardinals and start at linebacker.
The biggest move the Arizona Cardinals have made in free agency is signing linebacker Kyzir White, formerly of the Philadelphia Eagles. It is a two-year deal worth up to $11 million.
White was solid for the Eagles last season, collecting 110 tackles, 1.5 sacks and breaking up seven passes.
He will presumably start at linebacker with Zaven Collins and Isaiah Simmons.
It is a decent deal for a productive player.
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