Jaden Davis to IR, and the Cardinals' Secondary Gets Thinner

Arizona sent Jaden Davis to injured reserve on August 1, a move that lands harder than a typical camp casualty. The Cardinals were already carrying Isaiah Oliver as essentially their only cornerback with meaningful regular-season snaps. Davis headed to IR before he could add to that count, and the names behind Oliver on the depth chart — Elijah Culp, Bashaud Breeland — have no production to point to from last season.

This is the same week the team stabilized at quarterback with Brissett's deal. One step forward, one step back has been the rhythm of this offseason, and the secondary is where the steps back keep landing. Garrett Williams remains out. The depth behind Andrew Wingard at safety is thin. Jonathan Gannon runs a defense that asks its secondary to cover, and right now the Cardinals don't have enough bodies to run a credible rotation at corner.

My read: this is the position group that worries me most heading into the preseason. The quarterback situation has a name attached to it now. The cornerback situation has a starter and a prayer. If the Cardinals can't add a corner with real game experience before the regular season, they'll be asking Oliver to carry a coverage unit that has no margin for error behind him.