{"id":53224,"date":"2022-08-22T22:22:37","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T22:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/buffalo-bills-trade-ol-cody-ford-to-arizona-cardinals-for-2023-fifth-round-pick\/"},"modified":"2022-08-22T22:22:37","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T22:22:37","slug":"buffalo-bills-trade-ol-cody-ford-to-arizona-cardinals-for-2023-fifth-round-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/buffalo-bills-trade-ol-cody-ford-to-arizona-cardinals-for-2023-fifth-round-pick\/","title":{"rendered":"Buffalo Bills trade OL Cody Ford to Arizona Cardinals for 2023 fifth-round pick"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\"><span class=\"timestamp\" data-behavior=\"date_time\" data-date=\"2022-08-22T19:58:00Z\"><span class=\"time\" data-dateformat=\"time1\" data-showtimezone=\"true\">3:58 PM ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"author-img\"><\/div>\n<p>Alaina Getzenberg<span>ESPN <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>BUFFALO, NY &#8212; The Buffalo Bills have traded guard Cody Ford to the Arizona Cardinals in exchange for a 2023 fifth-round draft pick.<\/p>\n<p>Ford was initially drafted by the Bills in the second round of the 2019 NFL draft out of Oklahoma to be the team&#8217;s right tackle of the future opposite left tackle Dion Dawkins.  Things, however, did not go according to the plan.<\/p>\n<p>After playing right tackle in 15 games his rookie year, Ford played only guard the past two seasons.  He spent 2020 at both guard spots, playing a combined seven games and suffering a season-ending knee injury.  Last season, he played only right guard, appearing in 15 games, starting seven, and was inactive in Week 14 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/photo\/2022\/0821\/r1051400_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&amp;w=130&amp;h=130&amp;scale=crop&amp;location=center\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/photo\/2022\/0820\/nfl_qb-council_1x1.jpg&amp;w=130&amp;h=130&amp;scale=crop&amp;location=center\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Bills drafted Spencer Brown in the third round of the 2021 NFL draft to be the team&#8217;s right tackle.  He is making his way back from a back injury and is splitting time with offensive lineman David Quessenberry.  The team has emphasized offensive linemen having versatility, and Ford&#8217;s lack of position flexibility makes linemen such as backup Bobby Hart more of a potential fit for the final roster.<\/p>\n<p>Ford played well in the team&#8217;s second preseason game against the Denver Broncos.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think he&#8217;s done a really good job. He really has,&#8221; coach Sean McDermott said after the game.  &#8220;You saw him finishing off blocks in a physical manner. Today that stood out to me, and I think he&#8217;s had a phenomenal training camp to this point.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ford will now join his onetime Oklahoma teammate, quarterback Kyler Murray, in Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>The trade comes ahead of Tuesday&#8217;s deadline for all NFL rosters to be at 80 players by 4 pm ET.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3:58 PM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN BUFFALO, NY &#8212; The Buffalo Bills have traded guard Cody Ford to the Arizona Cardinals in exchange for a 2023 fifth-round draft pick. Ford was initially drafted by the Bills in the second round of the 2019 NFL draft out of Oklahoma to be the team&#8217;s right tackle of the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/buffalo-bills-trade-ol-cody-ford-to-arizona-cardinals-for-2023-fifth-round-pick\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Buffalo Bills trade OL Cody Ford to Arizona Cardinals for 2023 fifth-round pick<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[9836,4965,20048,46,423],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":62193,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/steelers-add-eight-to-practice-squad\/","url_meta":{"origin":53224,"position":0},"title":"Steelers add eight to practice squad","date":"August 31, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The Steelers added eight players to their practice squad on Wednesday, all of them players the team released to get down to the 53-man roster.The team signed offensive linemen William Dunkle, John Leglue and Ryan McCollum, defensive lineman Carlos Davis, running back Anthony McFarland, linebacker Hamilcar Rashed, safety Elijah Riley\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":62128,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/giants-claim-4-players-off-waivers-4-released\/","url_meta":{"origin":53224,"position":1},"title":"Giants claim 4 players off waivers;  4 released","date":"August 31, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"McCloud, a 6-0 and 193-pound cornerback, was twice with Giants coach Brian Daboll and general manager Joe Schoen in Buffalo in 2021. He signed with the Bills as a rookie free agent on May 13 and was waived on Aug. 31. McCloud was awarded to the Cincinnati Bengals and played\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":60333,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/titans-acquire-former-panthers-ol-dennis-daley-via-trade\/","url_meta":{"origin":53224,"position":2},"title":"Titans Acquire Former Panthers OL Dennis Daley Via Trade","date":"August 30, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"NASHVILLE \u2013 The Titans have acquired former Panthers offensive lineman Dennis Daley in a trade.The Titans received Daley and a seventh-round pick in the 2024 NFL Draft from the Panthers in exchange for a fifth-round pick in the 2024 draft.Daley, a sixth-round draft pick of the Panthers in the 2019\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":59388,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/49ers-work-out-6-players-including-2-ol\/","url_meta":{"origin":53224,"position":3},"title":"49ers work out 6 players, including 2 OL","date":"August 29, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The 49ers are just a couple days from cutting their 80-man roster down to 53 players, but that isn't stopping them from looking for upgrades. San Francisco on Sunday worked out six players including two defensive ends, a pair of offensive linemen, one tight end and one wide receiver according\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ninerswire.usatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/08\/984958a673e641a8a91e297f642acd7f.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":61589,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/here-are-all-the-arizona-cardinals-cuts-after-the-53-man-deadline\/","url_meta":{"origin":53224,"position":4},"title":"Here are all the Arizona Cardinals&#8217; cuts after the 53-man deadline","date":"August 31, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\ufeff\ufeff Arizona Cardinals long snapper Aaron Brewer was among the surprise cuts in the team's effort to trim the roster down to 53 players on Tuesday. It sounds like the long snapper will be back with the team following addition roster moves, however. Other interesting cuts included third-string quarterback Trace\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":60653,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/arizona-cardinals-cut-veteran-lb-devon-kennard-per-report\/","url_meta":{"origin":53224,"position":5},"title":"Arizona Cardinals cut veteran LB Devon Kennard, per report","date":"August 30, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Andy Dalton #14 of the Chicago Bears passes against Devon Kennard #42 of the Arizona Cardinals at Soldier Field on December 05, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. The Cardinals defeated the Bears 33-22. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel\/Getty Images) (Photo by Jonathan Daniel\/Getty Images) The Arizona Cardinals are reportedly releasing outside linebacker\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Andy Dalton #14 of the Chicago Bears passes against Devon Kennard #42 of the Arizona Cardinals at S...","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arizonasports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1357511019-e1646860407919.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/photo\/2022\/0822\/r1051780_1296x729_16-9.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53224"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53224\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}