Report: Cardinals could target Michael Sam

[JonLP24]

TEMPE, Ariz. – One of the Arizona Cardinals’ needs this season is to strengthen their pass rush.

According to Outsports.com, they’ll begin addressing it with defensive end Michael Sam.

In a report Sunday that addressed the possibility Sam is being frozen out of the NFL because he’s openly gay, coach Bruce Arians told Outsports.com the Cardinals would evaluate Sam.

“Arians even told me that despite their 3-4 defense they'll be looking at Sam in the next few weeks,” Outsports.com’s Cyd Zeigler wrote.

Sam
Sam, who was the SEC’s defensive player of the year in 2013, was drafted in the seventh round in 2014 by the St. Louis Rams. He was released during final cuts on Aug. 30 and then signed to the Dallas Cowboys’ practice squad on Sept. 3 only to be released on Oct. 21.

http://espn.go.com/blog/arizona-cardinals/

[KamaAina]

1. NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

I can't root for the SOBs! They're in our division, for crying out loud!

[hughee99]

2. While Sam is a bit undersized for the DL, I think a coach that runs the sort of defense that values

versatility could make good use of him. He's basically the same height, weight and ran a similar 40 to Rob Ninkovich who also bounced around at the start of his career and spent some time on the practice squad. If Sam can pick up different roles as well as Ninkovich did, I think he might be a good fit in New England. I'm not sure he could have the same level of success with a coach that's just looking to play him as a traditional DE.

That would really kill some of the people who hate Belichick.