It is official. Rookie offensive lineman Chase Bisontis, the Arizona Cardinals' second-round pick this year, saw his rookie season come to a close after two preseason games.
The Cardinals placed him on injured reserve on Saturday in a flurry of roster moves, which ended his season.
He suffered a torn MCL in his left knee on Thursday in the Cardinals' 27-14 preseason win over the Las Vegas Raiders.
It was previously reported that he would miss at least most of the season, so if the Cardinals believed that he could return with time left in the regular season, they could have waited to place him on injured reserve.
NFL teams are permitted to have two players they place on injured reserve on roster cutdown day designated to return, allowing them to potentially come back during the season without having been on the 53-man active roster first. Otherwise, a player must spend at least a day on the 53-man roster before going on injured reserve to be eligible to return. However, any player who lands on injured reserve right now is out for the season unless later waived with an injury settlement.
Bisontis was competing with third-year guard Isaiah Adams for the starting job at right guard. That competition is now over, and now the battle is for which offensive lineman makes the roster in his place.
That opens the door for potentially Hayden Conner, Matt Pryor or Oli Udoh to make the team.
Bisontis is the second of the Cardinals' 2026 draft picks to be lost for the season. Defensive lineman Kaleb Proctor, their fourth-round pick, suffered a meniscus tear in his knee in OTAs and was placed on IR earlier in the offseason.
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