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USA Today
19-07-2025
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- USA Today
2025 Arizona Cardinals training camp roster preview: OL Jon Gaines II
We will preview every player on the Cardinals roster leading up to training camp. This is about OL Jon Gaines II. The Arizona Cardinals report to training camp on July 22 and begin the process of preparing for the regular season, forming the roster and determining starting jobs and roles on the team. Leading up to the start of camp, we will take a look at every player on the offseason roster, their background, their contract, their play in 2024, questions they face and their roster outlook. Next up is offensive lineman Jon Gaines. Jon Gaines background, 2024 season Gaines enters his third NFL season. He was drafted by the Cardinals in the fourth round in 2023 out of UCLA. He lost his rookie season, suffering a knee injury in the preseason finale, landing in on injured reserve for the entire season. In 2024, he began the season as the team's third-string center. He was inactive as a healthy scratch for the first four weeks of the season. After starting right guard Will Hernandez tore his ACL and Trystan Colon moved into the starting lineup, Gaines became the backup center. He was active for and appeared in every game the rest of the season, logging 22 offensive snaps and 58 on special teams. Jon Gaines 2025 contract details, cap hit Gaines enters Year 3 of his four-year rookie contract. He will make $1.03 million in salary and count a little more than $1.2 million against the salary cap. Questions he faces, roster outlook Gaines has not yet been able to crack the starting lineup and doesn't appear to be in line to do so again. However, his position versatility, able to play all three interior line positions, makes him a valuable depth player. However, he is on the roster bubble with the competition there will be for the reserve spots, although he perhaps could be seen as a slight favorite to make the roster. 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
10-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
59 days till the Arizona Cardinals' 2025 season opener: Who has worn No. 59?
With 59 days till the Cardinals open the season against the Saints, we look at the players who have worn No. 59. We are counting down to the start of the 2025 regular season for the Arizona Cardinals and are less than nine weeks away. They will open the season on the road against the New Orleans Saints on Sept. 7. That is 59 days away. As we count down the remaining days of the offseason, let's look at who has worn that number uniform over the years for the Cardinals. Who has worn No. 59? Cardinals players to wear No. 59 Offensive lineman Jon Gaines has No. 59 and enters his third season with it. As you can probably tell, No. 59 has not been a highly impactful number. Fua was a nice special teams player for a couple of seasons. The two players who were the best with the number were Joyner and Fredrickson. 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
24-02-2025
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- USA Today
2025 offseason roster profile: OL Jon Gaines
The Arizona Cardinals are in offseason mode and we are still weeks away from free agency and months from the NFL draft. Over the next little while, we will take a look at each player on the roster or signed to a reserve deal and break down where they stand with the team. We will look at their 2024 season, their contract status and what their status is for the coming offseason and 2025 season. Next up is offensive lineman Jon Gaines. 2024 Jon Gaines stats, season Gaines, a 2024 fourth-round pick, was healthy all season after missing his rookie year with a torn ACL. He was inactive as a healthy scratch for the first four games of the season, as Trystan Colon was the primary backup center. However, after right guard Will Hernandez suffered his season-ending knee injury and Colon moved into the starting lineup replacing him, Gaines became the backup center. He played in the next 13 games, logging 22 snaps on offense and 58 on special teams. He played 12 snaps at center, four as a jumbo tight end and was sometimes used as a fullback as a lead blocker. 2025 contract status Gaines enters the third year of his rookie contract. He will make $1.03 million in salary in 2025 and will count more than $1.2 million against the cap. Outlook for 2025 We will see if he can take the next step. Could he become one of the starters at guard? Will he cement himself as the backup center? One would guess that he does not have a lock on any roster spot and will have to earn a roster spot, but he probably will at least be the team's primary backup interior lineman entering the season, filling the role that Colon had to start the year. 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
21-02-2025
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- USA Today
New Cardinals OL coach has familiar faces in building
Justin Frye, the Arizona Cardinals' new offensive line coach, is new to the NFL. It is his first coaching gig at the professional level after years in the college ranks. He does not have previous coaching connections with head coach Jonathan Gannon and his staff, but he is familiar with people in the building. Three Cardinals players were on teams where he coached, and he was the direct position coach for two. He was left tackle Paris Johnson's position coach at Ohio State. Receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. played for Ohio State. Before Ohio State, Frye was the offensive line coach for UCLA 2018-2021. Cardinals center/guard Jon Gaines was at UCLA from 2018-2022, so he was coached by Frye. Having players he knows has made the early transition better. 'I talk to Paris all the time,' he said when he was introduced on Wednesday. 'Jon Gaines; I coached Jon Gaines. Marv being around. So getting a good feel for what the real inner workings were. Knowing that fit. It was a square peg in a square hole. Not vice versa.' Frye said the news of his addition to Arizona's staff made Johnson 'ecstatic.' He admitted to a few tears because of the reunion. That connection with a pair of linemen should help him establish his message to the players early. 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.
