In an effort to add depth to the inside linebacker position, the Arizona Cardinals on Thursday added seven-year veteran Desmond Bishop to their roster. Bishop, 30, spent last season with the Minnesota Vikings and met the Cardinals in Minneapolis prior to their second preseason game of 2014. The Cardinals weren’t counting on him to play Saturday against his former team, but he was given the option Saturday after completing a pair of...

The Cardinals weren’t even sure they were going to take him on the trip. But when they did, they certainly weren’t thinking about letting him play. Inside linebacker Desmond Bishop, in fact, was on the pregame list of those who weren’t going to be allowed to even dress for Saturday’s preseason game against the Vikings. “We had no plans on playing him,” coach Bruce Arians said. “But he had a real...

Newly signed linebacker Desmond Bishop spoke about joining the Cardinals after the morning walk through on...

The Arizona Cardinals have announced the signing of inside linebacker Desmond Bishop. The veteran had previously represented the Green Bay Packers for five seasons, before joining the Minnesota Vikings last year, where he played only 29 snaps over four games. The Cardinals have brought in Bishop after letting Ernie Sims go, with the 30-year-old now forced with the task of competing for spots against the likes of Kevin Minter, Larry Foote...

After missing 28 of 32 games the past two seasons, Desmond Bishop knows any talking he does right now is cheap. That’s why he was so happy to return to a practice field. Injuries have derailed a promising career for the veteran inside linebacker, who sat out all of 2012 in Green Bay with a ruptured hamstring and 12 games last year in Minnesota with a torn ACL. Bishop is still only three years removed from consecutive 100-tackle seasons...