Arizona Cardinals: Scooby Wright added to active roster

GLENDALE, AZ - AUGUST 19: Tarik Cohen #29 of the Chicago Bears lunges forward with the ball after being hit by Scooby Wright III #58 of the Arizona Cardinals during the first half at University of Phoenix Stadium on August 19, 2017 in Glendale, Arizona. The Bears won 24-23. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images)
GLENDALE, AZ - AUGUST 19: Tarik Cohen #29 of the Chicago Bears lunges forward with the ball after being hit by Scooby Wright III #58 of the Arizona Cardinals during the first half at University of Phoenix Stadium on August 19, 2017 in Glendale, Arizona. The Bears won 24-23. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images)

News of the Arizona Cardinals adding Scooby Wright III to the active roster comes with excitement for some

For whatever reason, the Arizona Cardinals added linebacker Scooby Wright III to their 53-man active roster on Friday.  The move has coast linebacker Philip Wheeler his job, for now.

Reports are the move was salary related.  According to Arizonasports.com, Wheeler being on the roster would have guaranteed him money for the rest of the season.

With the move, Wheeler is gone for now and Wright is in.  How long Wright stays could depend on his performance on Sunday.  That’s if he plays.

The former Arizona Wildcats linebacker came to the Cardinals in 2016 after being released by the Cleveland Browns.  From the sounds of it, it may not even matter how Wright plays on Sunday against the Detroit Lions.

Certainly, you can understand a business trying to save money but it doesn’t sound like it was a lot of money.  If it is salary-related, then it would seem the Cardinals do not have a lot of confidence that the 10-year veteran in Wheeler will pan out for them in the long run.

If this is in fact the main reason for the roster move, what are you feeling if you are Wright? Like a pawn?  Just thankful for the opportunity?

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If Wheeler comes back, does someone else get released?  Wright would have to be released and signed back to practice squad if Cardinals want to keep him after Sunday.

Either way, fans are excited about the move.  A move that many thought it should have never come down to.  There was some surprise that Wright wasn’t on the 53-man roster to begin with.

Whatever move the Cardinals make following the Detroit game on Monday, let’s hope the future plans involve Wright somehow.  If they waive him after Sunday, he would need to clear waivers before the Cardinals could re-sign him to the practice squad.

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