During the 2013 season, 19 linebackers totaled at least 50 solo tackles with a listed weight under 240 pounds. A decade later, that number was 40. The position has gotten smaller, and that won’t change anytime soon.
The Arizona Cardinals have not done anything yet in the offseason at outside linebacker, which is curious because, as a team, they had only one sack in the final six games of the season.
If Murray doesn't perform this season, the Cardinals will have no choice but to explore their options. Who else is on the hot seat in Arizona?
The Arizona Cardinals have a big decision looming with LB Zaven Collins. We're less than two months away from the May 2 fifth-year option deadline for
The Arizona Cardinals switched Zaven Collins from inside linebacker to edge this past season in hopes of bolstering production for pressures, sacks, etc.
The Arizona Cardinals must make a decision on linebacker Zaven Collins. Drafted in the first round in 2021, the Cardinals must decide whether to exercise the fifth-year option of his contract.
On top of salary cap clarity coming down the wire from the NFL on Friday, fifth-year option rates for the 2021 draft class were also set in stone ahead of the new league year.
The NFL announced the 2024 salary cap. setting it at $255.4 million. By so doing, the cost of tenders, tags and options are now known. The Arizona Cardinals have a decision to make by the beginning of May and that is whether or not to pick up the fifth-year option on linebacker Zaven Collins’ contract.
Fifth-year option for Collins projected to be $12.75 million per Over the Cap Over the last decade and with the exception of Kyler Murray, the Arizona Cardinals have struggled to find game-changing playmakers with their first round draft selections.
The Arizona Cardinals and Philadelphia Eagles have completed their reps, routes and more as their Thursday preparations for their Week 17 has wrapped up.
The Arizona Cardinals began their week of practice preparing for their Week 17 road matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles, their final road game of the season.
*UPDATE: Collins has returned to action* Arizona Cardinals LB Zaven Collins is questionable to return to action against the Chicago Bears in Week 16 after picking up a foot injury, according to the team.
Arizona Cardinals linebacker Zaven Collins suffered concussion-like symptoms in the first half of their game against the Cleveland Browns. However, Collins did return minutes later after going through concussion protocol.
Arizona Cardinals linebacker Zaven Collins will be wearing a dark visor on the field for the foreseeable future, but it beats an eye patch. Collins exited Sunday’s game against the Dallas Cowboys after getting poked where he described as the muscles above his right eye.
The Arizona Cardinals enter Week 4 with a 1-2 record against the NFC East as they prepare to enter divisional play against the San Francisco 49ers. It will be their first road game of the season and, potentially, their biggest test of the season as the 49ers come into the game with a stout 3-0 record.
Arizona Cardinals linebacker Zaven Collins left in the third quarter of his team’s home game against the Dallas Cowboys with an eye injury. The Cardinals said he was questionable to return.
There were questions on how Arizona Cardinals LB Zaven Collins would transition to his new spot at outside linebacker. The former first-round pick spent his first two years in the league as an inside linebacker in the desert.
Zaven Collins entered the league with questions about where he would best be suited to line up. During his first two years with the Cardinals, he played primarily as an inside linebacker, but that will change this season.
Cardinals Cardinals LB Zaven Collins admitted that he has been held back by his shoulder injury after posting just 25 tackles and six pass deflections in 17 games.
The team has yet to comment on the incident.
The Cardinals have signed their top draft pick, as first-round linebacker Zaven Collins has signed his rookie deal.
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