Arizona Cardinals’ DT Cory Redding cut

Cost cutting move the Arizona Cardinals release defensive tackle after an unproductive, but memorable season

The Arizona Cardinals cut 13-year veteran Cory Redding after one season and save about $3 million dollars in cap space for the upcoming season. Redding, who is probably most remembered for the stiff arm he game Eddie Lacy in the regular season victory over the Green Bay Packers in December, played in 12 games for the Cardinals, recording an interception and five tackles, no sacks. As ArizonaSports reports, it was his least productive season since his rookie year for the Detroit Lions.

The cut comes as players have begun reporting to offseason workouts at the Cardinals practice facility.

The move saves the Cardinals and, at current estimates from OverTheCap, has the team with about $4.7 million dollars in cap space on a $155 million dollar cap in 2016. The team has the fourth least amount of cap space in the league at this time.

The wheeling and dealing will continue throughout the offseason, there is still the enigma of Calais Campbell’s contract that could be modified and save the team a lot of money, but there are several highly played players on this team, and when that happens, there will be less and less to go around. Look at the Seattle Seahawks as an example of a good team, with good players who all needed to be paid. The team hasn’t spent nearly the amount of money on their offensive line as their defense and it showed.