The other part of the Cardinals’ D.J. Swearinger transaction will send rookie tackle Korey Cunningham to IR. A foot injury will end Cunningham’s season.
While an IR move going into Week 17 may merely be procedural, Cunningham has served as Arizona’s starter at left tackle for the past six games. He will add to the long list of Cardinal blockers on IR.
The Cards have lost starters A.Q. Shipley, D.J. Humphries, Justin Pugh and Mike Iupati, along with fill-in starter John Wetzel, this season — a miserable one for Arizona’s offense. The Cardinals rank last in points and yards; the team ending the season at the bottom of both categories would mark a first for the franchise in the Super Bowl era.
Cunningham played 349 snaps this season and started nearly half of the way, doing so despite being picked at No. 254 this year.