What's the impact of Cardinals' three trades on their future? - ESPN

TEMPE, Ariz. — To say the Arizona Cardinals were busy Thursday would be an understatement.

While the players were practicing in Minnesota against the Vikings, Cardinals general manager Monti Ossenfort orchestrated three trades. He sent safety Isaiah Simmons to the New York Giants for a seventh-round pick, offensive lineman Josh Jones to the Houston Texans for a fifth-round pick, and a fifth-round pick to the Cleveland Browns for quarterback Joshua Dobbs and a seventh-round pick.

The Simmons trade raised some eyebrows, but the last trade of the day was the most intriguing because of how it impacts the Cardinals leading into Week 1 while they wait for quarterback Kyler Murray to return from January ACL surgery to his right knee.

Trading for Dobbs does shake up the Cardinals' quarterback room some. He was brought in as an insurance policy for presumptive starter Colt McCoy, in part because of McCoy's injury history and in part because Dobbs worked with new Cardinals offensive coordinator Drew Petzing last season in Cleveland, where Petzing was the quarterbacks coach. Dobbs, 28, also started two games for the Tennessee Titans last season, passing for 411 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions.

Cardinals receive:

Seventh-round pick from Giants
Fifth-round pick from Texans
QB Joshua Dobbs, seventh-round pick from Browns

Cardinals sent away:

S Isaiah Simmons to Giants
OL Josh Jones to Texans
Fifth-round pick to Browns

There'll be some carryover from what Dobbs ran in Cleveland to what Arizona will run offensively, so his learning curve will be shortened a bit, getting him up to speed quicker than he would if he had gone to another situation. Trading for Dobbs, who'll likely start his Arizona tenure as the Cardinals'