The Arizona Cardinals have done little to the tight end room this offseason. Maxx Williams and Stephen Anderson have not been re-signed and they added Noah Togiai.
We might see another addition.
According to the NFL transaction report on Wednesday, the Cardinals had tight end Drew Sample in for a tryout.
Sample played the last four seasons for the Cincinnati Bengals after being drafted in the second round in 2019 out of Washington.
He appeared in only two games last season, as he suffered a knee injury that needed surgery and ended his 2022 season.
Sample is 6-foot-4 and 258 pounds. He has 58 career receptions for 458 yards and a touchdown. Most of that production came in 2020. That year, he appeared in 16 games, starting 13 of them. He played in 81% of the Bengals’ offensive snaps that season and he caught 40 passes for 349 yards and a touchdown.
Zach Ertz is coming back from a torn ACL and is hopeful he will be able to play in Week 1. Trey McBride, the Cardinals’ second-round pick last year, should play a large role.
If they were to sign Sample, it would give them another starting-caliber player at the position.
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