It wasn’t Paul Guenther or Jon Gruden’s plan when they drafted Arden Key in the third round of last year’s draft for him to be an every down player. He was to be a nickel rusher. A third down guy. Those plans changed when they traded Khalil Mack to the Bears just before the season opener. Suddenly Key was being asked to stay on the field all the time, lined up across from his mentor Bruce Irvin.
Come midseason, Irvin too was gone — waived by the team.