Arizona Cardinals cut four players ahead of cutdown day

With the first week of preseason games wrapped up, NFL teams have until Tuesday, August 17 at 4 p.m. ET to trim their roster down to 85.

Today to get to that number, the Arizona Cardinals released Aleva Hifo, Darius Kilgo, Ito Smith, and JoJo Ward.

We have activated RB James Conner, TE Darrell Daniels, DL Leki Fotu and S Charles Washington from the Reserve/COVID-19 list.

We have also released WR Aleva Hifo, DL Darius Kilgo, RB Ito Smith and WR JoJo Ward.— Arizona Cardinals (@AZCardinals) August 16, 2021

Nose tackle Darius Kilgo played 12 snaps and recorded only one tackle with a lowest Pro Football Focus grade (32.