The Arizona Cardinals selected seven players in the 2025 NFL draft. Their third-round pick, EDGE Jordan Burch, was selected 78th overall.
What role could he play for the team as a rookie? We will look at each draft pick and make projections for what role each can viably expect for them in 2025.
What is the case for Burch?
Expected role for Arizona Cardinals OLB Jordan Burch
The Cardinals improved their outside linebacker room this offseason. They signed Josh Sweat and brought back Baron Browning. BJ Ojulari is coming back from missing all last season with a torn ACL and they still have Zaven Collins, who has started all 34 games the last two seasons.
So Burch will be OLB No. 5, much like Xavier Thomas was as a rookie last season. Will he play? Perhaps some, but he will have to play on special teams.
He perhaps will not always be active on game days.
If he can be a part of the defensive rotation, that is a best-case scenario.
Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire’s Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
This article originally appeared on Cards Wire: Projecting LB Jordan Burch’s rookie role in 2025 for Arizona Cardinals
The Arizona Cardinals selected seven players in the 2025 NFL draft. Their third-round pick, EDGE Jordan Burch, was selected 78th overall.
What role could he play for the team as a rookie? We will look at each draft pick and make projections for what role each can viably expect for them in 2025.
What is the case for Burch?
Expected role for Arizona Cardinals OLB Jordan Burch
The Cardinals improved their outside linebacker room this offseason. They signed Josh Sweat and brought back Baron Browning. BJ Ojulari is coming back from missing all last season with a torn ACL and they still have Zaven Collins, who has started all 34 games the last two seasons.
So Burch will be OLB No. 5, much like Xavier Thomas was as a rookie last season. Will he play? Perhaps some, but he will have to play on special teams.
He perhaps will not always be active on game days.
If he can be a part of the defensive rotation, that is a best-case scenario.
Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire’s Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
This article originally appeared on Cards Wire: Projecting LB Jordan Burch’s rookie role in 2025 for Arizona Cardinals
