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Tip Reiman TE | ARI
Cardinals' Tip Reiman: Sticks primarily to blocking as rookie
Reiman totaled six catches (on seven targets) for 37 yards and no touchdowns in 17 contests during the 2024 campaign.
While Trey McBride (147 targets) and, to a lesser extent, Elijah Higgins (24 targets) handled most of the receiving reps among Cardinals tight ends this season, Reiman actually ranked second in snap share among the trio as a rookie third-round pick. Behind McBride's 89.3 percent, Reiman (41.2 percent) saw the field more than Higgins (38.0 percent), even though both played a full slate of games. All of the trio are under contract in 2025, so Reiman likely will remain a fantasy non-entity moving forward.
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Elijah Higgins TE | ARI
Cardinals' Elijah Higgins: Makes small mark behind McBride
Higgins reeled in 20 of 24 targets for 172 yards and two touchdowns in 17 regular-season contests in 2024.
Trey McBride dominated snaps (89.3 percent on offense) and targets (147) among Cardinals tight ends this season, but Higgins (38.0 percent) and blocking specialist and rookie third-round pick Tip Reiman (41.2 percent, seven targets) had regular roles in the offense. A 2023 sixth-round pick of the Dolphins, Higgins has two years remaining on his rookie contract, but as long as McBride is around -- not to mention WRs Marvin Harrison and Michael Wilson (hamstring) and RB James Conner (knee) -- Higgins will find it difficult to make inroads in the pecking order for targets in Arizona's offense.
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Zay Jones WR | ARI
Cardinals' Zay Jones: Career-worst campaign in 2024
Jones notched eight catches (on 11 targets) for 84 yards and no touchdowns in 11 contests during the 2024 regular season.
Jones' season debut was delayed by a five-game suspension for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy and a subsequent one-game roster exemption, but even upon suiting up Week 7, he logged two targets in four outings before the Cardinals' Week 11 bye and nine targets thereafter. Overall, he reached double-digit receiving yards in a game just three times for his fewest overall in a campaign since 2020 (154 as a member of the Raiders). The soon-to-be 30-year-old is an unrestricted free agent in March, so his recent lacking output may not equate to much interest on the open market.
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Greg Dortch WR | ARI
Cardinals' Greg Dortch: Records three TDs in 2024
Dortch gathered in 37 of 50 targets for 342 yards and three touchdowns, added five carries for 31 yards and returned seven kickoffs for 186 yards and 21 punts for 202 yards in 17 regular-season contests in 2024.
Since his mini 52-467-2 breakout on 64 targets in 2022, Dortch has combined for 61-622-5 on 91 targets over the last two campaigns. In particular this past season, he recorded a reception in all but one game, but his receiving yardage total ranked fifth on the Cardinals behind TE Trey McBride, WRs Marvin Harrison and Michael Wilson (hamstring) and RB James Conner (knee). If Arizona opts to bolster its receiving corps further this offseason, Dortch, an upcoming restricted free agent, may find himself in an even lesser offensive role in 2025.
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DeeJay Dallas RB | ARI
Cardinals' DeeJay Dallas: Mostly used on special teams in 2024
Dallas tallied nine carries for 49 yards and no touchdowns, three catches (on three targets) for 11 yards and one TD and 15 kick returns for 459 yards and another score in 17 games during the 2024 campaign.
Dallas took advantage of the NFL's new dynamic kickoff, reeling off a 98-yard TD return in a Week 1 loss at Buffalo. He was contained to special teams through Week 8, but as injuries took a toll on the backfield down the stretch, he earned touches in each of the last four contests. He's under contract through 2026, but with James Conner (knee), 2024 third-rounder Trey Benson (ankle) and Emari Demercado (back) also on the books, Dallas should remain primarily a special teamer during the upcoming season.
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Emari Demercado RB | ARI
Cardinals' Emari Demercado: Ends campaign on IR
Demercado (back) took 24 carries for 223 yards and one touchdown, hauled in 16 of 20 passes for 104 yards and no TDs and returned three kickoffs for 64 yards in 13 regular-season games in 2024.
Prior to landing on injured reserve due to a back issue after Week 14, Demercado operated in a regular, albeit small, role out of the Cardinals backfield, seeing touches in all but one of his appearances. He averaged a robust 9.3 YPC on the campaign, and even if one removes his two runs of 40-plus yards, he boasted 5.9 YPC on his other 22 rushes, which is a shade above the 4.9 he logged as an undrafted rookie in 2023. With both James Conner (knee) and 2024 third-rounder Trey Benson (ankle) under contract next season, Demercado will remain a tertiary RB for Arizona in the fall.
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Clayton Tune QB | ARI
Cardinals' Clayton Tune: Sparse usage in 2024
Tune completed two of two passes for eight yards, no touchdowns and no interceptions, recorded seven carries for minus-4 yards and lost his only fumble in six games during the 2024 regular season.
The majority of Tune's appearances in his second pro campaign occurred in kneel-down scenarios, as starting QB Kyler Murray handled 96.6 percent of the offensive snaps. A 2023 fifth-round pick, Tune has 23 passes without a touchdown and 15 rushes with a TD on his resume in 13 contests. With Murray entering the second year of the extension he signed in July 2022, Tune will continue to operate as the primary backup to the former in 2025.
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Louis Rees-Zammit RB | JAC
Jaguars' Louis Rees-Zammit: Getting second opportunity
Rees-Zammit re-signed with the Jaguars on Monday.
Rees-Zammit came to the NFL in the spring of 2024 as part of their International Player Pathway Program after playing rugby in Wales. Originally viewed as a running back and rushing six times for 22 yards during the 2024 preseason with the Chiefs, Rees-Zammit was waived. He caught on with Jacksonville soon after but remained on the team's practice squad throughout the season.
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Hayden Hurst TE | LAC
Chargers' Hayden Hurst: Disappointing season in LA
Hurst appeared in nine regular-season games for the Chargers in 2024, recording eight catches (on 13 targets) for 73 yards.
Hurst joined the Chargers on a one-year contract last March, with expectations of bouncing back after a down year in Carolina. Instead, the 31-year-old set career-low marks across the board, including not recording a touchdown for the first time in his seven-year career. A hip injury, which led to a stint on IR, derailed any momentum he may have been building early in the season with his new squad. Ultimately, he finished the campaign as a healthy scratch in their wild-card matchup against the Texans.