Under-used Cardinals

Here are some players who could give the team a boost, if called on or featured more

By Walter Mitchell Oct 6, 2023, 9:05am MDT

Cardinals’ WR Greg Dortch (pictured above) is the poster boy for the most under-used player on the Arizona Cardinals. Last season, Dortch The Torch led the NFL in quickest yards of separation. That’s right, Dortch led the entire NFL.

What WR led the team last year in completion percentage?

You guessed it:

81.3% (64/52) —- Greg Dortch
73.2% (56/41) —- Rondale Moore
66.7% (96.64) —- DeAndre Hopkins
62.6% (107.67) —- Marquise Brown
51.3% (41/24) —- A.J. Green

Makes sense when a WR leads the NFL in quickest separation.

2022 WR Games Started:

15 —- A.J.Green
10 —- Marquise Brown
8 —- DeAndre Hopkins
4 —- Rondale Moore
4 —- Greg Dortch

Yards Receiving:

717 —- Hopkins
709 —- Brown
467 —- Dortch
414 —- Moore
236 —- Green

TD Catches:

3 —- Hopkins
3 —- Brown
2 —- Dortch
2 —- Green
1 —- Moore

1st Downs:

35 —- Hopkins
33 —- Brown
19 —- Dortch
16 —- Moore
11 —- Green

By far, Greg Dortch was the most consistent producer given his paltry number of snaps —- imagine what he could have accomplished if he wasn’t given the 2nd fewest number of targets of the WRs and was tied for the least number of starts.

Other Under-used Cardinals This Season To Date:

G Tyrston Colon —- 74.7 PFF grade (2nd best on entire offense) —- Elijah Wilkinson: 35.4
TE Trey McBride —- 62.9 —- Zach Ertz: 51.8;
TE Elijah Higgins (Michael Wilson’s teammate at Stanford) —- Geoff Swaim: 52.2
RB Emari Demercado —-61.2—- has the “it” factor —- reminds me of Marcel Shipp
ED Dennis Gardeck —- 78.4 —-only averaging 28.5 snaps on defense a game
DE Cameron Thomas —-59.1 —-only averaging 26.8 snaps a game
CB Antonio Hamilton Sr. —-64.5 —- Marco Wilson:50.7
S Qwuantrezz Knight —- K’Von Wallace: 57.8

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