Cardinals add former Texans starting DE Angelo Blackson to 53-man roster

The Cardinals are bolstering their defensive line. Arizona has added recently cut former Texans defensive end Angelo Blackson to its 53-man roster, Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle reports.

Blackson signed a three-year $12M extension with Houston in March 2019, but he couldn’t make it through that pact. Blackson started 15 games last year and played around 40 percent of the defensive snaps, but he wasn’t too productive as he finished with only 20 tackles and no sacks.

A fourth-round pick back in 2015, Blackson was originally drafted by the Titans and spent his first two years in Tennessee. He was then cut and spent time on the Patriots’ practice squad before finding a home in Houston. He took a pay cut a few weeks ago, which dropped his salary from $4M to $2.5M, but even that wasn’t enough to save his roster spot.