Markus Bailey will likely be unavailable to the Cardinals for a lot of the rest of the common season. The fifth-year linebacker was issued a six-game suspension on Tuesday for violating the NFL’s PED coverage, the league introduced.
Bailey is on Arizona’s follow squad, and he has made one look up to now in 2024. The 27-year-old spent his first 4 campaigns with the Bengals, totaling 60 appearances and 4 begins. He landed a one-year Cardinals deal in Might after displaying his means as a backup defender and key special-teams presence.
The Purdue product was amongst Arizona’s closing roster cuts, however he was instantly retained on a taxi-squad deal. Bailey was solely elevated to the energetic roster for the crew’s Week 7 contest, throughout which he didn’t see the sector on protection however was concerned on particular groups. Now, he is not going to be eligible to go well with up till the Cardinals’ regular-season finale.
Arizona is at the moment using a four-game profitable streak, and the crew leads the NFC West in consequence. The Cardinals’ success has come regardless of the very fact their protection sits within the backside half of the league in each passing and speeding yards allowed per recreation. Total, a Twelfth-place rating when it comes to defensive scoring is an encouraging signal for the crew’s probabilities to win a wide-open division and qualify for the postseason in head coach Jonathan Gannon and basic supervisor Monti Offenfort‘s second 12 months on the helm.
Bailey didn’t appear to be in Arizona’s linebacker plans when accessible, so his absence is not going to be felt to a big diploma whereas he serves the ban. If he stays with the group over the approaching weeks, although, he will likely be an choice to see taking part in time in Week 18 and/or the playoffs ought to the Cardinals proceed their run of latest success.
