The Arizona Cardinals were one of the league’s worst in pass protection last season if you measure purely based on sacks allowed. Many of the sacks were on Kyler Murray, but the fact remains that they gave up 50 sacks.
GM Steve Keim has been known to throw some money at free agent offensive lineman. Here are a few that could interest Arizona this free agency period.
Bryan Bulaga
Green Bay usually keeps it’s home-grown talent as long as they can, but at some point, they usually let them walk. Bulaga might be the next offensive lineman the Packers allow to leave.
Bulaga would make a lot of sense to sign to a short term deal to be the right tackle for Arizona, the only position on their offensive line that struggled with injuries last season.
Jack Conklin
Conklin, should Tennessee let him walk, is about to come into a huge payday. He had arguably his best year last season in Tennessee, and with many teams around the league needing offensive lineman, Conklin, who is only 26, figures to cash in.
Arizona would undoubtedly be interested, but they may get outbid for his services.
Le’Raven Clark
Clark was not a starter for Indianapolis last season, but could be brought in as a cheaper option to compete with at least Justin Murray (as an example) for the right tackle job.
Not to mention, having played for Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury at Texas Tech, he would be able to step into the offense likely without much issue.
Marcus Gilbert
Despite losing the 2019 to a torn ACL, Gilbert might have more upside than anyone on this list save for Bulaga, having played very well for Pittsburgh in his time there.
However, an injury last year derailed any chance he had with Arizona – who’s to say they don’t take another chance on him, provided the price is right?
Others
Anthony Castanzo of course would make a ton of sense. However, there are many rumors that he will either play in Indianapolis or retire. Zack Banner from Pittsburgh is an interesting one. He’s only 26 and likely would have good habits coming from Pittsburgh.
Arizona could bring back Jordan Mills on a short deal, given that injuries derailed his chances last season. LaAdrian Waddle has played well in spot duty for Buffalo and New England and could be a short term starter.
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