Cardinals announce roster moves to trim roster to 53 players

The Arizona Cardinals made the necessary moves to get the roster down to 53 players. To do so, 26 players were cut, one player was traded, three were placed on injured reserve and one player was waived with an injury designation.

These are the 26 players they cut:

WR Andre Baccellia

LB Markus Bailey

LB Krys Barnes

OL Jackson Barton

RB Michael Carter

DL T.J. Carter

S Andre Chachere

WR Dan Chisena

CB Jaden Davis

RB Hassan Hall

OL Marquis Hayes Jr.

DL Phil Hoskins

OL Keith Ismael

DL Naquan Jones

LB Tyreek Maddox-Williams

DL Myles Murphy

LB Trevor Nowaske

WR Tejhaun Palmer

CB Bobby Price

QB Desmond Ridder

TE Bernhard Seikovits

LB Tyreke Smith

DL Ben Stille

TE Blake Whiteheart

OL Elijah Wilkinson

CB Divaad Wilson

One player was waived with an injury designation — tight end Sage Surratt. If he clears waivers, he will revert to injured reserve.

Three players were placed on injured reserve:

• OL Christian Jones (designated to return)
• RB Tony Jones Jr.
• DL Darius Robinson (designated to return)

Receiver Zay Jones was moved from the active roster to the reserve for players suspended by the league, thus not counting against the 53-man roster.

Jones and Robinson must miss at least four games before they can return to practice.

The Cardinals also announced that linebacker Cameron Thomas was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs for a seventh-round pick in the 2025 draft (the pick the Chiefs received in a trade with the New York Jets).

This is not the final state of the roster, as they might add waiver claims, which would necessitate corresponding moves.

But these are the moves that they made to get to 53 players.

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