Today’s minor moves:
Arizona Cardinals
- Signed: TE Josiah Deguara
Green Bay Packers
- Waived: WR Tulu Griffin
Los Angeles Rams
- Signed: WR Britain Covey
Josiah Deguara brings 65 games of experience to Arizona, with the majority of those appearances coming during his four seasons with the Packers. While he’s had a consistent special teams role in recent years, he’s also managed to contribute offensively. This includes a 2021 campaign where he hauled in 25 catches and two touchdowns with Aaron Rodgers as his QB.
The tight end is coming off a 15-game showing in Jacksonville where he was limited to only three catches all season. The veteran should compete for a role behind Trey McBride, with the Cardinals also rostering the likes of Tip Reiman and Elijah Higgins at the position.
Man, that Deguara pick was really off. That whole draft was just off. Dillon contributed as a backup, they got three years of mid level play from Runyan, and Love ended up being a good starter, but holy moly, to be THAT close to a championship and pick any immediate starters and not have any of your other picks on the team within four years is pretty bad. I mean, Kamal Martin didn’t even last two years, and barely played. Live, the only long term starter, took three years to get into the lineup. LaFleur is a great coach, but Gutekunst didn’t give him much to work with there.
Dillon was a good pick but yeah the rest were mostly just terrible. Deguara especially. A second round pick if I remember correctly.
That draft made it clear Gutekunst was sending a message to Rodgers that it’s his team now and they’re done catering to their QB and plan to replace him.
How’d that work out, Brian?
Pretty well actually. You rubes will never get it. TV and the internet has made you all draft experts despite not having an ounce of scouting acumen.
Pretty well? They went from contenders every year under Rodgers to struggling to make the playoffs since.
They had one of the better passing attacks in the league and then fell flat on their faces because of that draft.
They’ve yet to actually do anything under Love.