Posted at 12:09 p.m., Tuesday, November 13, 2007
NFL: Cardinals DE's season ends early again
Advertiser Staff
TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona Cardinals defensive end Bertrand Berry will miss the rest of the season because of a torn left triceps.An MRI exam yesterday confirmed the extent of the injury, team spokesman Mark Dalton said today. Berry was hurt in Sunday's 31-21 victory over Detroit.
It is the third year in a row Berry's season has ended prematurely.
He missed the final six games of last season with a torn right triceps and the last eight games in 2005 with a torn pectoral muscle. Berry made the Pro Bowl after leading the NFC in sacks in 2004, his first season with the Cardinals.
Coach Ken Whisenhunt said yesterday that Joe Tafoya and Darryl Blackstock would share the job in Berry's absence.
Tafoya is in his second year with the Cardinals after signing as a free agent following two seasons with Seattle. Blackstock, a third-round draft pick out of Virginia in 2005, lost out to Calvin Pace in the competition for outside linebacker in training camp. That job became open when Chike Okeafor was lost for the season with a torn biceps tendon.
