Arizona Cardinals make changes at punter, sign Blake Gillikin, cut Nolan Cooney

The Arizona Cardinals made a big move on Tuesday, releasing punter Nolan Cooney and in turn signing punter bet Blake Gillikin.
From the team:

The Arizona Cardinals announced today that the team has signed pitcher Blake Gillikin and signed safety Joey Blount (Blunt) to the training roster Team positivity.
Additionally, the team released pitcher Nolan Cooney and signed defensive lineman Phil Hoskins to the practice squad. The signing took place today at

the Dignity Health Arizona Cardinals training facility in Tempe, Arizona.

Gillikin (6-2, 196) has played in all 34 games with the New Orleans Saints over the past two seasons (2021-22) after first joining the team in 2020 as a

free rookie due to lack of training from Penn State. With the Saints, Gillikin completed 160 punts for 7,527 yards (47.0 yard average) with 61 punts at the

20-yard line. In 2022, he threw 77 times for a total average of 46.4 yards and set a Saints franchise record with 32 throws inside the 20-yard line. His 32

punts at the 20-yard line last season ranked fourth in the NFL. Gillikin, 25, was released by the Saints after training camp.

Hoskins (6-5, 315) has played eight games for Carolina over the past two seasons after entering the league with the Panthers as a seventh-round pick

(232nd overall) in the 2021 NFL Draft from Kentucky. He played in five games last season after appearing in three as a rookie with Carolina and totaled

six tackles and one sack. Hoskins, 26, spent the preseason with Kansas City.
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One week removed from a stellar performance and perhaps the team’s worst overall performance against the best competition it may have faced all

season, the question arises: they has shown you enough for you to continue to comply with it?

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When the schedule was announced it was a no brainer reason, but matches are not played. on paper, and the highest-paid new quarterback in NFL history has had a terrible start to the season.
It looks like he’s still trying to play despite his calf injury, but he refuses to put the team on the bench while he recovers.

This resulted in a 1-3 start as well as two performances in which one of the NFL’s busiest offenses scored three points.
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Arizona Cardinals rookie wide receiver Michael Wilson recorded the first touchdown of his NFL career and stopped at nothing to give his team a chance

in the game lost 35-16 to the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.
A product of Stanford, Wilson first lined up on the outside to catch a 16-yard touchdown in the final minute of the first half, giving Arizona (1-3) a 21-10 lead at Levi’s Stadium.
To start the second half, he came back, capping a 99-yard gain by rushing out of bounds and catching a slant pass between two defenders to bring the

Cardinals even closer, 21-16, after two – Point conversion failed.
The possession was Arizona’s first 99-yard scoring drive since December 11, 2016 and the first San Francisco gave up since September. 15, 2002.

Wilson had seven catches for 76 yards and two scores late in the game. Hollywood Brown led the team with seven catches for 96 yards.

The 49ers (4-0) took a 21-3 lead thanks to three first-half touchdowns scored by versatile running back Christian McCaffrey before Wilson scored.