Arizona Cardinals: Dyserted quarterback
By Scott Allen
The Arizona Cardinals depth chart at quarterback went from five to four on Friday
In a move that likely helps both the Arizona Cardinals and quarterback Zac Dysert, he was cut by the team on Friday. The move leaves four quarterbacks on the current roster.
Carson Palmer, Drew Stanton, Blaine Gabbert, and undrafted rookie Trevor Knight are the remaining quarterbacks on the 90-man Cardinals roster. Dysert never really seemed to be in the Cardinals plans.
Dysert came to Arizona last season after getting a tryout from the team and then spent time on the active and practice rosters. He came into the offseason third on the depth chart.
His release shows the Cardinals like what they’ve seen out of Knight so far. We already know coach Bruce Arians has liked what he has seen from Gabbert since he was signed a few weeks ago.
The move doesn’t mean the Cardinals are done picking up quarterbacks but it was clear with the emergence of Gabbert and the young Knight in camp, there wasn’t room for five quarterbacks. All the bottom depth guys become at that point are camp bodies.
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The move wasn’t the only one made on Friday, one day after the team completed their last round of OTA’s. They also released safeties Drico Johnson and Cyril Noland-Lewis.
That leaves the Cardinals with 87 players on the roster currently. They conclude their offseason programming with a three-day mandatory mini-camp next week. It will be the last team get together before training camp next month in Glendale.
Removing Dysert from the roster will help the Cardinals focus on where they want to go with the backups going into minicamp and training camp. It also allows Dysert time to find himself a new team before training camp is in full swing.
We probably have not heard the last of Dysert. It just wasn’t going to happen here in Arizona for him.