The Arizona Cardinals returned from Thursday’s Hall of Fame Game with a pair of season-ending injuries hanging over the roster. According to the team’s official site, safety Joey Blount and tight end Kenny Yeboah are being placed on injured reserve, which shuts down both players for the year.
Blount’s situation is especially tough. He had already worked his way back from neck surgery, only to get hurt again in a training camp practice earlier this week. Yeboah went down with a hamstring injury on Thursday.
Those moves leave the Cardinals with P.J. Mustipher, Kaleb Proctor and Jaden Davis already on injured reserve. Josh Sweat, Garrett Williams and Tip Reiman remain on the PUP list.
Blount had been in the mix as a backup safety, but his bigger value came on special teams, where he had established himself as a key piece and was expected to keep making that kind of impact in 2026. Without him, Arizona’s safety group still looks stable at the top with Budda Baker, Andrew Wingard and Dadrion Taylor-Demerson. Kitan Crawford now sits clearly as the fourth safety, and Isaiah Oliver could move up as well.
The bigger ripple effect may come on special teams, where every snap matters when the Cardinals start trimming toward a 53-man roster. That phase already carries weight in roster decisions, and Blount’s absence creates another spot Arizona has to account for.
Yeboah entered camp as the Cardinals’ fourth-string tight end, behind Trey McBride, Elijah Higgins and Teagan Quitoriano. Once Reiman is healthy, he is expected to take over as Arizona’s TE3, which would push Quitoriano and others further down the pecking order.
For now, Rivaldo Fairweather and Jameson Geers will keep competing for more work in the tight end room.
After a two-day break, the Cardinals are set to resume work on Sunday with their annual Red-White practice. Training camp is scheduled to wrap up early next week, and Arizona heads to Las Vegas on Thursday for its second preseason game against Fernando Mendoza and the Raiders.
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