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How much cap space do the Cardinals have with 2024 salary cap announcement?

With the announcement of a $255.4 million salary cap, the Cardinals have over $50 million in cap space.

The NFL set the 2024 salary cap and announced it will be $255.4 million. It is an increase of more than $30 million, the largest increase ever.

It was more than expected. Early projections expected the cap to increase to about $242 million.

New media contracts and paying back deferred benefits because of the COVID pandemic led to the increase.

What does this mean for the Arizona Cardinals? How much cap space do they have?

It depends on the source.

Spotrac has the Cardinals with $57.5 million in cap space, ranked 10th in the league.

Over the Cap has the Cardinals at $53.05 million in space, which is the eighth-highest total.

According to ESPN’s roster management system, the Cardinals have $59.3 million in cap space.

Whatever the exact number, they do have plenty of money to make moves in free agency, whatever they plan those to be.

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Cardinals sign WR Daniel Arias, 3 others for 2024

The Cardinals added four more players to their offseason roster for 2024.

The Arizona Cardinals continued work to build their offseason roster for 2024. After announcing that they brought back eight practice squad players back, signing them to “futures” deals that go into effect with the new league year in March, they announced another four players being signed.

They added:

  • WR Daniel Arias
  • CB Darren Hall
  • S Verone McKinley III
  • OL Austen Pleasants

Arias was signed by the Cardinals after the draft out of Colorado as a rookie free agent. He, McKinley and Pleasants spent time on the Cardinals’ practice squad this last season.

Hall spent the last season on the practice squad of the Indianapolis Colts. The 6-0, 190-pound cornerback was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the fourth round in 2021 out of San Diego State. In two seasons with the Falcons, he played in 31 games, starting 10. He has 72 career tackles, six pass breakups, a sack, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery.

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49ers 45, Cardinals 29: Takeaways from the Week 15 home loss

We took a few things away from the Cardinals’ 45-29 loss to the 49ers on Sunday.

The Arizona Cardinals lost for the 11th time this season in a 45-29 defeat on Sunday at home against the San Francisco 49ers. 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy threw three touchdown passes and running back Christian McCaffrey scored three times in their win.

What can we take away from the loss?

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Cardinals’ Week 13 offensive snap counts, observations vs. Steelers

Check out how the Cardinals divided up their 68 offensive snaps on Sunday against the Steelers.

In the Arizona Cardinals’ 24-10 win in Week 13 over the Pittsburgh Steelers, they played 68 offensive snaps.

Five players played every snap.

How were the snaps divided up?

Let’s have a look at the individual snap counts for every player who got into the game on offense, grouped by position.

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4 surprise benchings for the Cardinals in Week 7

Four players we expected to see in the starting lineup on Sunday either only played special teams or did not play at all.

The Arizona Cardinals had a few lineup changes in Week 7 against the Seattle Seahawks. They had 66 offensive snaps and 60 defensive snaps, and we went over the snap counts.

There were four notable players we expected to see in the starting lineup who did not end up playing at all. All four were healthy and active for the game.

Let’s see who they were.

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FINAL SCORE: Rams run over Cardinals in 2nd half in 26-9 win

Rams RB Kyren WIlliams had over 150 rushing yards and a touchdown in the second half.

The Arizona Cardinals lost their fifth game of the season on Sunday, falling 26-9 to the Los Angeles Rams.

It was more of what we have seen all season. The Cardinals started well, took a lead into halftime and then saw the opponent pull away.

The Cardinals had a 9-6 lead at halftime and then the Rams ran all over them. Kyren Williams had over 150 rushing yards in the second half, finishing with 158 and a touchdown, while receiver Cooper Kupp had seven catches for 148 yards and a score.

Below is what happened in the game.

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Behind enemy lines: Cardinals-Giants Q&A preview with Giants Wire

Giants Wire managing editor Dan Benton takes Cardinals fans behind enemy lines to get a look at the Giants.

The Arizona Cardinals face the New York Giants Sunday afternoon in Week 2 at State Farm Stadium. Both teams seek their first win of the season.

To help preview the game, Giants Wire managing editor Dan Benton takes us behind enemy lines to know more about the Giants.

His answers to my questions are below.

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News and notes from training camp practice on Friday

Some info coming from Cards Camp on Friday.

The Arizona Cardinals had practice at State Farm Stadium on Friday, the second one open to fans.

Media members in attendance were able to report what they saw in terms of performance and rotation.

Below are some news and notes from what was seen and reported on Friday.

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PODCAST: What did the Steelers do this offseason?

Jess Root brings on Steelers Wire managing editor Curt Popejoy to discuss the Steelers, whom the Cardinals play in Week 13.

In the quest for 14 opponent preview podcast shows for 2023, we have show No. 10 that wraps up our look at the AFC North. The Arizona Cardinals face the Pittsburgh Steelers on the road in Week 13.

In this episode of the podcast, I chat with Steelers Wire managing editor Curt Popejoy to discuss the Steelers’ 2022 season, offseason and expectations for the 2023 season.

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Here are the times and topics during the show:

(1:00) The Steelers’ 2022 season

(12:53) What the Steelers did in free agency and the draft

(28:00) Expectations for the Steelers in 2023

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Cardinals’ 5-player core ranked last in NFL

Should anyone be surprised with how the offseason of the Cardinals has been perceived?

This is an offseason of dumping on the Arizona Cardinals. Yes, they have stripped down the roster. They have a new head coach and general manager. Quarterback Kyler Murray is recovering from a torn ACL. They released receiver DeAndre Hopkins.

They have the lowest projected win total in the league for 2023 and regularly come in last in offseason power rankings.

So it should be no surprise that they are at the bottom of another ranking.

The latest is from ESPN. Seth Waldner took the top five-player course from each team and then ranked the teams. Of course, the Cardinals are dead last.

The five-player core is QB Kyler Murray, S Budda Baker, WR Marquise Brown, OL D.J. Humphries and OL Paris Johnson, the Cardinals’ top draft pick this year.

We’re including Murray in the core even though we’re also working under the assumption that he will miss most of the 2023 season due a torn ACL in his right knee. That Johnson and Humphries made this list speaks to the lack of roster strength on this rebuilding team.

We again see the assumption that Murray will miss “most of the 2023 season,” which is an interesting assumption.

But having two tackles in the core is evident of a lack of playmaking talent on the roster.

Linebackers Isaiah Simmons and Zaven Collins or pass rusher Cam Thomas hopefully can earn a spot in this core. That would improve their ranking for sure.

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