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but Dennis has taken advantage of those reps, and hopefully we keep seeing him do that.”

Gardeck called Thursday night “a blast” and “a night to remember.

“I need to gain as much experience and just see those reps first hand,” he said. “I love to play the game. I don’t want to come out ever, even if it’s preseason,

Week 1 or Week 17. It doesn’t matter. I like playing football.”

REMEMBERING COACH DRAKE

The Cardinals also issued a statement on the passing of former wide receivers coach Darryl Drake, who died Sunday morning.

“It is impossible to overstate his impact on the game in nearly four decades as a coach in college and the NFL. Today, the entire football community mourns his loss,” the Cardinals

said on their official Twitter account.

Drake was with the Cardinals for five seasons from 2013 to 2017 before joining the Pittsburgh Steelers’ staff.

Kingsbury opened his Sunday news conference by offering condolences to Drake’s family.

“Listening to stories about him and his time here, he was an amazing man, amazing coach. Any time you coach 40 years in this profession, you impact a lot of lives, We just want to send our hearts out to his loved ones, and we’re thinking about him,” Kingsbury said.

NOTES

The Cardinals signed DE Pasoni Tasini, and activated TE Charles Clay and CB Brandon Williams from the physically-unable-to-perform list. Clay is listed atop the most recent depth chart despite being out since the start of training camp with a knee injury.