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USA Today
15 hours ago
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Arizona Cardinals OL Evan Brown has a new number
Arizona Cardinals OL Evan Brown has a new number Evan Brown Wore No. 62 for the Cardinals last season. He won't this year. Arizona Cardinals guard Evan Brown has a new number in 2025. In 2024 when he signed a one-year deal and became the team's starting left guard, he wore No. 62. He has selected a new number. This year, he is wearing No. 63. He didn't have to swap numbers. No one on the roster has No. 62 right now. Why the change? It appears to be his preferred number. He wore No. 63 at SMU. In his rookie season, he wore No. 67 and No. 68 with the New York Giants and Miami Dolphins. In 2020 with the Cleveland Browns, he went back to No. 63. When he went to the Detroit Lions later that season, he wore No. 62 and then went to No. 63 in the seasons to follow. In his one season with the Seattle Seahawks in 2023, he wore No. 63. Last season, he wore No. 62 because No. 63 belonged to offensive lineman Trystan Colon. So now he goes back to No. 63 having signed a two-year deal. Brown started all 17 games for the Cardinals at left guard last season. Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire's Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
USA Today
15 hours ago
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5 things we know from photos from Arizona Cardinals OTAs
5 things we know from photos from Arizona Cardinals OTAs We don't get to see what the Cardinals do in OTAs, but photos reveal some things. The Arizona Cardinals finished one week of OTAs this past week. Because their real work in practice is not open to report on, we are left to glean what we can about what is happening on the field. What are some things that we can learn from photos the team released on the team site and on social media. What we can learn from photos of Cardinals OTAs More Michael Wilson in the slot: In this photo, we see what the Cardinals did more late in the season. Zay Jones played outside and Wilson moved inside to the slot. Nick Leverett getting work at guard: Leverett was getting first-team reps at left guard, as you can see in this photo. With Hjalte Froholdt not at OTAs, at on the first day, Evan Brown likely got center reps, as we can guess was the case in this photo where he is holding the ball. Sincere Haynesworth getting center reps: In this post on X in the first photo, we see Haynesworth getting reps at center. Haynesworth signed a futures deal with the team after the season was over. He spent the season on the practice squads of the New England Patriots and New Orleans Saints. Will Johnson not always on first team: In this post where Trey McBride makes a catch, we see that the cornerback trio is Max Melton, Garrett Williams and Star Thomas. Rookie Will Johnson was not working with the first team, at least not in that rep. Isaiah Adams seeing reps at both guard positions: In this video of Marvin Harrison Jr. making a catch, you get a glimpse of Adams, who started five games at right guard at the end of the season. In the second video of this post, Adams is playing left guard. Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire's Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
USA Today
17 hours ago
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4 bounce-back candidates on defense for Arizona Cardinals in 2025
4 bounce-back candidates on defense for Arizona Cardinals in 2025 After PFF named Baron Browning as a bounce-back candidate, here are four other defensive players the Cardinals need to improve. The Arizona Cardinals are in the final phase of their offseason program with two weeks remaining, one of OTAs and one of minicamp. They are hoping to bounce back from their 8-9 2024 when they lost five of their final seven games. To do so, they will need some individual players to bounce back from 2024. PFF named linebacker Baron Browning as the Cardinals' top bounce-back candidate for 2025. But there are a number of players who could use a bounce-back season, whether coming back from an injury, low production or simply not meeting expectations, especially on the defensive side of the ball. Here are some defensive players to watch in 2025. Cardinals bounce-back defensive candidate 1: OLB BJ Ojulari Ojulari was expected to be the Cardinals' top pass rusher in 2025 in his second NFL season. He didn't get to play a down, as he tore his ACL in training camp. Now he joins Browning, Josh Sweat, Zaven Collins and rookie Jordan Burch in a much-improved outside linebacker room. Cardinals bounce-back defensive candidate 2: DL Justin Jones Jones was the Cardinals' top free agent acquisition in 2024 but only logged three tackles in three games before tearing his triceps, ending his season. With the addition of free agents Dalvin Tomlinson and Calais Campbell and drafting Walter Nolen in the first round, Jones is not on anyone's radar. He now is part of a very talented rotation. Cardinals bounce-back defensive candidate 3: S Jalen Thompson Thompson was basically invisible in 2024 despite 98 total tackles. He had no interceptions and only broke up three passes. In 2023, he picked off four passes, broke up nine, forced a fumble and had a sack. Entering the final year of his contract, having him be a playmaker is needed. Cardinals bounce-back defensive candidate 4: DL Darius Robinson Robinson's rookie season was ruined by a calf injury before the season and then the death of his mother as he was coming back. That and some discomfort after he was brought back to practice led to only six games as a rookie and he had 10 tackles and one sack. Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire's Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
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2021 first-round draft has Arizona Cardinals going with different LB than Zaven Collins
2021 first-round draft has Arizona Cardinals going with different LB than Zaven Collins PFN says the Cardinals would take LB Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah instead of Zaven Collins in 2021 first-round redraft Four years later, we can judge how the 2021 NFL draft went and whether teams would have or should have made the player selections they did. The Arizona Cardinals drafted linebacker Zaven Collins 16th overall in 2021. In a redraft of the first round of the 2021 draft by Pro Football Network, the Cardinals would not have taken Collins, but they would have gotten a linebacker still. The redraft has the Cardinals selecting linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramorah, who enters his fifth NFL season with the Cleveland Browns. The Cardinals had the right idea taking a versatile Swiss army knife at off-ball linebacker in Round 1 of the 2021 NFL Draft. In this redraft, though, they take a player in Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah who fits that bill and has more than lived up to the hype. When the Cardinals drafted Collins, they envisioned him as the Mike linebacker and able to do other things. He was okay, but when Jonathan Gannon became head coach, he was moved to the edge. The coaches love Collins. He does everything well an outside linebacker should do except for being a great pass rusher. He had a career-high five sacks last season. But he is great against the run and good in coverage. JOK was a Pro Bowler in 2023. He would have perhaps kept the Cardinals from signing Mack Wilson, but that's about it. Both Collins and JOK are more or less on the same level, albeit now at different positions. Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire's Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
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Saints Countdown To Kickoff With History Of Number 99
Saints Countdown To Kickoff With History Of Number 99 originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The New Orleans Saints are 100 days before their 2025 regular season opener against the Arizona Cardinals. On September 7, the Saints kick off their 59th season. They'll do it with a new head coach in Kellen Moore. Advertisement Defensive end/edge rusher Chase Young currently wears the number 99 for the Saints as he enters his second year with the team. Here's a look at the other significant players that have worn 99 during the regular season throughout New Orleans Saints history. Saints History of 99 Nov 25, 2007, Carolina Panthers running back DeShaun Foster (26) is tackled by New Orleans Saints defensive tackle Hollis Thomas (99) and defensive end Charles Grant (94). Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-Imagn Images • Tony Elliott, DT (1982-88) • Joel Smeenge, DE (1990-94) • Willie Broughton, DT (1995-96) • Pio Sagapolutele, DT (1997) • Darren Mickell, DE (1999) • Norman Hand, DT (2000-02) • Kenderick Allen, DT (2003) • Shaun Smith, DT (2004) • Hollis Thomas, DT (2006-08) • Jimmy Wilkerson, DE (2010) • Aubrayo Franklin, DT (2011) • Paul Kruger, DE (2016) Advertisement • Adam Bighill, LB (2017) • Shy Tuttle, DT (2019-22) • Khalen Saunders, DT (2023) • Chase Young, DE (2024-present) Nov 28, 2019; Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan (2) throws an interception to New Orleans Saints defensive tackle Shy Tuttle (99). Mandatory Credit: Jason Getz-Imagn Images Outside of Young, Hand is perhaps the most famous player to wear 99 in New Orleans history. In three seasons with the team on part of a spectacular defensive front, Hand had 9 sacks and 21 tackles for loss in addition to being a terrific defender against the run. Elliott had an underrated career with the Saints as the team built one of the league's best defenses through the 1980s. The team's longest-tenured player to wear 99, Elliott had 13 sacks in his seven years. Thomas also had an overlooked but effective three years in New Orleans. During that time, he had 6.5 sacks and 16 stops for loss while clogging the middle against the run. Former New Orleans Saints defensive tackle Norman Hand (99). Credit: Tuttle became a cult hero with his interception and subsequent stiff-arm of Atlanta Falcons QB Matt Ryan as a rookie in 2019. He was also a standout run defender that had 4 sacks and 9 tackles for loss as a Saint. Advertisement Chase Young becomes just the seventh player in franchise history to wear the number 99 for more than one year of the 16 players that donned the jersey. In 2024, Young led the Saints with 21 QB hits and 34 pressures. He had 5.5 sacks and 8 tackles for loss with a forced fumble while appearing in all 17 games for first time in his five-year NFL career. Related: Undrafted Saints Lineman Easton Kilty Could Power His Way To A Roster Spot Related: Pro Football Focus Snubs Saints In Under-25 Rankings Related: Saints Quarterback Ranking According To Pro Football Focus Related: Most Underrated Saints Player Highlighted By PFF Related: Trevor Penning May Have A New Home On Saints Offensive Line This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on May 31, 2025, where it first appeared.
