Arizona Cardinals Cut to 53
By Scott Allen
The Arizona Cardinals made their cuts to 53 this afternoon. There are not a lot of surprises, however there are a couple of eye openers, especially to me, given my predictions a couple of days ago.
The cuts:
1. Linebacker – Chase Bullock
2. Guard – Trevor Canfield
3. Fullback – Tim Castille – I had him cut on my initial prediction list, however it still is interesting because I thought there would be more out of him in the preseason and it just wasn’t there.
4. Cornerback – Jameel Dowling
5. Defensive tackle – Keilen Dykes
6. Defensive end – Alex Field
7. Cornerback – Wilrey Fontenot – my guy from University of Arizona. I said the other day he was getting beat and really didn’t appear to be an NFL caliber guy. I was right. He was beat again last night in Denver and that sealed his fate.
8. Center – Melvin Fowler
9. Safety – Aaron Francisco – Although I said he was not very good at safety, I thought he would make this team for his special teams play. Apparently that wasn’t enough and I’m good with that. Francisco consistently was torched in the defensive backfield.
10. Wide receiver – Ed Gant
11. Linebacker – Victor Hobson
12. Linebacker – David Holloway
13. Wide receiver – Onrea Jones – Jones loses the battle with Lance Long, which was expected, although I thought Jones outplayed
14. Defensive tackle – Rodney Leisle
15. Fullback – Reagan Maui’a – the one I went out on a limb with and thought would make it. Oh well.
16. Guard – Carlton Medder
17. Quarterback – Tyler Palko – as expected Brian St. Pierre wins the 3rd QB spot. Palko sealed his fate last night while St. Pierre sat because of injury.
18. Tight end – Leonard Pope – not a surprise but definitely the most disappointing of the bunch. He never could consistently catch a ball when it mattered most. I hope he can catch on somewhere. Wait, did I just say catch and Pope in the same sentence?
19. Tackle – Oliver Ross
20. Wide receiver – Steve Sanders
21. Running back – Chris Vincent
Scott Allen