2025 Arizona Cardinals training camp roster preview: K Chad Ryland

The Arizona Cardinals report to training camp on July 22 and begin the process of preparing for the regular season, forming the roster and determining starting jobs and roles on the team.

Leading up to the start of camp, we will take a look at every player on the offseason roster, their background, their contract, their play in 2024, questions they face and their roster outlook.

Next up is kicker Chad Ryland.

Chad Ryland background, 2024 season

Ryland enters his third NFL season and second with the Cardinals. He was drafted in the fourth round in 2023 by the New England Patriots, but he struggled as a rookie, making only 16-of-25 field goals.

He was cut after the 2024 preseason and and was unsigned until the Cardinals added him to the practice squad when Matt Prater injured his knee. He ended up finishing the year as the Cardinals' kicker, showing leg strength, accuracy and the ability make big kicks, as he made game-winning field goals in the final two minutes in three games of a four-game stretch.

He finished the season making 28-of-32 field goals (87.5%) and 26-of-27 extra points.

Chad Ryland 2025 contract details, cap hit

When Ryland was signed from the practice squad, he signed a deal through 2025. He will make $1.03 million in salary and that will be his cap hit. After the season, he will be a restricted free agent.

Questions he faces, roster outlook

The Cardinals did not bring in any other kicker to compete with him this offseason, so his job is as secure as it can be for the moment.

Considering his uneven rookie season, the question will be whether or not he can maintain the consistency he had in 2024.

He is a lock to be the Cardinals' kicker, at least until he isn't. Especially with no guarantees in his contract, he could be easily replaced if things go sideways.

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