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USAT: Cards Wire

Jan 25, 2022

The Arizona Cardinals have not announced the move but have a signed a young punter for 2022. According to the NFL transaction report on Tuesday, the Cardinals signed punter Nolan Cooney. - Cooney played collegiately at Syracuse and went undrafted in 2021. He was the team’s holder for three years and punted the final year in 2020. - He led the nation in punts and punting yards and averaged 44.8 yards per kick. - He spent the 2021 offseason with the New Orleans Saints. - Cardinals punter and holder Andy Lee will be 40 year old next season and is scheduled to become a free agent. - At this point, it would be unreasonable to think that Cooney will be the Cardinals’ punter next season, but it does bring in a player for next year to evaluate and potentially develop. - - List - - One free agent each team should want to sign in 2022 - - - - - - - Listen to the latest from Cards Wire’s Jess Root on his podcast, Rise Up, See Red. Subscribe on Apple podcasts or Spotify. - Latest show: - - - Previous shows: - - - and - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Email - - - - - Sign up - - - - - - - - Like this article? - Sign up for the Cards Wire email newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning - - - - An error has occured - - - Please re-enter your email address. - - - - - - Thanks for signing up! - - - You'll now receive the top Cards Wire stories each day directly in your inbox.

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