Here’s one reason why the Cardinals can carry only three cornerbacks on the roster – because they’ll only use two.
For all the concern about the lack of numbers at cornerback coming out of the preseason, Patrick Peterson (all 74 defensive snaps) and Jerraud Powers (73) were the only cornerbacks to be used in the season-opening win over the Saints. There were packages that used third cornerback Justin Bethel, but they were never called, and Bethel didn’t play a defensive snap.
“First time I’ve ever been a part of anything like that in my seven-year career,” Powers said.