These Cardinals Are Still Free Agents

The Arizona Cardinals still have 11 players from 2023 that have yet to sign somewhere.

Dec 3, 2023; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Arizona Cardinals tight end Geoff Swaim (87) warms up / Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports

ARIZONA -- The storm of free agency has calmed down, and as expected, the Arizona Cardinals saw plenty of movement both coming and going out of the facility.

Year two of Monti Ossenfort's rebuilding efforts in the desert are fully underway, and the Cardinals managed to plug numerous gaps on the defensive side of the ball while waving goodbye to some notable names on offense.

With the 2024 NFL Draft rapidly approaching later this month, the Cardinals still have a handful of familiar faces out in the open market:

*All figures are from OverTheCap.com*

TE Geoff Swaim

Type - UFA
Snaps - 29.7%
Age: 31
Current APY: $1.7 million

Swaim was utilized nicely as a secondary option behind Trey McBride last season. It wouldn't be a surprise to see him back with the organization considering his run-blocking abilities.

DL Carlos Watkins

Type - UFA
Snaps - 3.9%
Age: 31
Current APY: $1.67 million

Watkins didn't get to show much after having biceps surgery early in the season.

Antonio Hamilton

Type - UFA
Snaps - 50.5%
Age: 31
Current APY: $1.5 million

When Marco Wilson was cut, Hamilton was CB1 for a Cardinals secondary that featured three rookies rotating with him. It's unknown if he'll return after Arizona signed Sean Murphy-Bunting.

Josh Woods

Type - UFA
Snaps - 51.4%
Age: 28
Current APY: $1.23 million

Woods mostly featured as a starter next to Kyzir White at ILB, though it appears new signing Mack Wilson is now filling that void.

Rashad Fenton

Type - UFA
Snaps - 0%
Age: 27
Current APY: $1.23 million

Fenton went on injured reserve with an undisclosed injury and missed the entire 2023 season.

Pat Elflein

Type - UFA
Snaps - 0%
Age: 30
Current APY: $1.15 million

Elflein also went on injured reserve with an undisclosed injury ahead of the regular season.

Marlon Mack

Type - UFA
Snaps - 0%
Age: 28
Current APY: $1.08 million

There was some excitement for Mack to play second fiddle to James Conner before tearing his Achilles in training camp.

Jonathan Ledbetter

Type - RFA
Snaps - 46.2%
Age: 27
Current APY: $870k

Ledbetter missed the final two games of the season with a knee injury but was one of the more consistent bodies along a very banged-up defensive front in 2023.

Kyler McMichael

Type - SFA
Snaps - 0%
Age: 24
Current APY: $837k

McMichael was recently cut from the team after picking up a (you guessed it) undisclosed injury and was waived with an injury designation in August.

Qwuantrezz Knight

Type - SFA
Snaps - 0.4%
Age: 27
Current APY: $832.5k

Knight appeared in six games for the Cardinals last season.

Hayden Howerton

Type - SFA
Snaps - 0%
Age: 25
Current APY: $216k

Howerton was placed on the team's practice squad injury reserve list in mid-September of last year.