Arizona Cardinals cornerback Robert Alford suffered an untimely injury in preseason camp this week and has the team scrambling to find help in an already-depleted secondary.

The veteran cornerback, who was signed to a 3-year, $22.5 million, contract by Arizona during the offseason, is expected to miss nearly two months with a fractured tibia. The injury reportedly happened during a full-contact practice at Cardinals camp in Glendale on Tuesday.

Alford was expected to be one of Arizona’s two starting cornerbacks going into the season alongside Patrick Peterson. The 30-year-old cornerback has never been a superstar, but he has ample NFL experience with the Atlanta Falcons and was expected to be the perfect complement to Peterson as the team’s second CB.

However, with Peterson out for the first six games of the season after a PED suspension and now Alford’s injury, the team finds itself critically short at a key position heading into the season.

The injury to Alford and Peterson’s suspension means that Arizona, coming off of a 2018 season in which they had the NFL’s worst record, will be forced to turn to rookie cornerbacks Byron Murphy and Tramaine Brock as the season opens.

Nothing has been easy for the Cardinals lately, and Alford’s unfortunate injury is just another example of the team’s hard luck.

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It didn’t take long for cornerback Robert Alford to find a job after Atlanta Falcons released him on Tuesday. Just two days later, Alford signed a deal with the Arizona Cardinals which will keep him with the team through 2021 season.

According to NFL Network Insider Ian, Alford’s contract is worth $22.5 million, but the value can rise to $25 million based on various incentives. The 30-year-old will get $13.5 million guaranteed.

Robert Alford spent his entire NFL career with the Atlanta Falcons, who took him 60th overall in 2013 NFL Draft. He spent the 2018 season as team’s starting cornerback, contributing with 50 combined tackles and 11 passes defended, but Falcons decided to move on from him in a salary-cap move. Alford was due $8.5 million this year.

Cardinals acted fact in acquiring the 30-year-old, hoping to pair him with their All-Pro CB Patrick Peterson. The team featured several players alongside Peterson last season but failed to get an impact from any of them.  Now with Alford on board, Arizona has a veteran CB pair that can produce all sorts of problems for opponents’ wideouts

During the six years he spent in the pros, Robert Alford played 88 games and had 303 tackles, 85 passes defended, 10 interceptions, one forced fumble while adding two defensive touchdowns.

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Arizona Cardinals cornerback Robert Alford suffered an untimely injury in preseason camp this week and has the team scrambling to find help in an already-depleted secondary.

The veteran cornerback, who was signed to a 3-year, $22.5 million, contract by Arizona during the offseason, is expected to miss nearly two months with a fractured tibia. The injury reportedly happened during a full-contact practice at Cardinals camp in Glendale on Tuesday.

Alford was expected to be one of Arizona’s two starting cornerbacks going into the season alongside Patrick Peterson. The 30-year-old cornerback has never been a superstar, but he has ample NFL experience with the Atlanta Falcons and was expected to be the perfect complement to Peterson as the team’s second CB.

However, with Peterson out for the first six games of the season after a PED suspension and now Alford’s injury, the team finds itself critically short at a key position heading into the season.

The injury to Alford and Peterson’s suspension means that Arizona, coming off of a 2018 season in which they had the NFL’s worst record, will be forced to turn to rookie cornerbacks Byron Murphy and Tramaine Brock as the season opens.

Nothing has been easy for the Cardinals lately, and Alford’s unfortunate injury is just another example of the team’s hard luck.

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It didn’t take long for cornerback Robert Alford to find a job after Atlanta Falcons released him on Tuesday. Just two days later, Alford signed a deal with the Arizona Cardinals which will keep him with the team through 2021 season.

According to NFL Network Insider Ian, Alford’s contract is worth $22.5 million, but the value can rise to $25 million based on various incentives. The 30-year-old will get $13.5 million guaranteed.

Robert Alford spent his entire NFL career with the Atlanta Falcons, who took him 60th overall in 2013 NFL Draft. He spent the 2018 season as team’s starting cornerback, contributing with 50 combined tackles and 11 passes defended, but Falcons decided to move on from him in a salary-cap move. Alford was due $8.5 million this year.

Cardinals acted fact in acquiring the 30-year-old, hoping to pair him with their All-Pro CB Patrick Peterson. The team featured several players alongside Peterson last season but failed to get an impact from any of them.  Now with Alford on board, Arizona has a veteran CB pair that can produce all sorts of problems for opponents’ wideouts

During the six years he spent in the pros, Robert Alford played 88 games and had 303 tackles, 85 passes defended, 10 interceptions, one forced fumble while adding two defensive touchdowns.

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