Revenge of the Birds
The Arizona Cardinals do no have a head coach, but their GM Monti Ossenfort is still busy adding players for future’s contracts.
Today, the team announced they have signed wide receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette.
From the team:
The Arizona Cardinals Football Club today announced that the team has signed wide receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette (ah-MEER / smith-MAR-set) to a future contract for the 2026 season.
The signing took place today at the Dignity Health Arizona Cardinals Training Center in Tempe, AZ.
Smith-Marsette (6-1, 185) is a four-year NFL veteran who has played 48 games (one start) in his career with the Giants (2024), Panthers (2023), Chiefs (2022), Bears (2022) and Vikings (2021) after entering the league with Minnesota as a fifth-round selection (157th overall) in the 2021 NFL Draft from Iowa. He has 14 receptions for 182 yards and two touchdowns to go along with nine carries for 73 yards and a touchdown on offense. Smith-Marsette also has 66 punt returns for 550 yards and one touchdown and 16 kickoff returns for 481 yards and one touchdown on special teams. The 26-year old spent the entire 2025 season on the Giants practice squad after playing 15 games with New York in 2024.
Smith-Marsette returned kicks and punts in 2023 and 2024 with some regularity and success, so it’ll be interesting to see if that is what he is brought in for during the summer for the Cardinals.
