Revenge of the Birds
The Arizona Cardinals and the rest of the NFL will begin to make roster moves ahead of the Tuesday, August 26th deadline at 1:00 p.m. Arizona time.
The Cardinals usually don’t announce their roster moves until later on the final day, but we are going to get a tracker up, because there is one move already made.
First though, our friends at Daily Norseman have a nice primer:
Released vs Waived
Over the next couple of days, you’ll hear about players getting both waived and released by their teams. There is a difference between the two transactions, and it affects where those players may, eventually, find themselves.
Any player with less than four accrued seasons of experience will be waived by their team. That means that they are subject to the league’s waiver process, where teams with worse records have the ability to get those players first.
Right now, and through the first three weeks of the 2025 regular season, the waiver priority order mirrors the selection order from the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft. That means the Tennessee Titans occupy the #1 spot on the waiver priority list. Basically, if a team waives a player and the Titans want him, they get him.
If a player has four or more seasons of accrued experience, on the other hand, they get released. That means that they immediately become a free agent and can sign with any other team that makes them an offer.
The Arizona Cardinals are 16th in the waiver order, right in the middle of the pack.
We will track the moves as they happen, but typically we will find out from the agents and players before the team makes an official announcement on Tuesday.
The Arizona Cardinals have announced their first group of roster moves, releasing 12 players.
Wide receiver Andre Baccellia
Cornerback Ekow Boye-Doe
Tight end Oscar Cardenas
Offensive lineman McClendon Curtis
Cornerback Steven Gilmore
Defensive lineman Patrick Jenkins
Linebacker Vi Jones
Offensive lineman Roy Mbaeteka
Wide receiver Nate McCollum
Quarterback Clayton Tune
Offensive lineman Dohnovan West
Linebacker Benton Whitley
