The Arizona Cardinals' search to find their starting center remains a work in progress; rookie Jon Gaines II is getting a chance to compete for spot.
Arizona's 2022 season was a mess, but former Cardinals QB Carson Palmer has hope that things can turn around fast for Kyler Murray and the rest of the squad.It’s been almost a decade since the Arizona Cardinals had a long-term, dependable center manning the middle of the offensive line.
The team signed free-agent guard Hjalte Froholdt, 26, to a two-year contract but he’s only started six total games in his NFL career. Four of those starts came at center last season for the Cleveland Browns on an emergency basis. The 6-foot-5, 310-pound Froholdt, a native of Denmark, had never played center before that.
What the Cardinals find intriguing about Gaines as a possible candidate to play center is that he got some extended work there, along at the left guard spot, during a postseason All-Star event. “Clearly mentally he can handle it. He's one of the sharper guys we dealt with all spring,” Sears said. “So anytime you get a guy who's just a guard or just a center, you guys see how many injuries you get. Guys get shuffled around. So having a guy who's done it, not just projected to do it, so you can look at some tape and see that and that's a very valuable skill set.
“We’ll sort that out just like all the other positions to see what’s the best combination of people, who’s comfortable doing what they need to do from the center position and both guard positions,” coach Jonathan Gannon said when asked where things stand at center. “I like where it’s at right now. “ has done a really good job for us in there these last couple weeks here and we’ll continue to evaluate that as we get going.
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