Eagles deal Matt Barkley to Arizona

Matt Barkley's time with the Philadelphia Eagles is over after the team swapped him for a conditional draft pick to the Arizona Cardinals on Friday, according to FOX Sports.

Adam Schefter reported the Eagles will receive a seventh-round pick next year provided Barkley is on the Cardinals' roster for six games this season.

A fourth-round pick two years ago, Barkley did not play often for Philadelphia and was listed as the No. 3 quarterback behind starters Sam Bradford and Mark Sanchez. Barkley was outplayed by Tim Tebow in the Eagles' exhibition finale on Thursday night, losing what was staged as the definitive competition between the two.

The Cardinals, though, saw enough in the former USC signal caller after seeing their own season fall apart after injuries to starter Carson Palmer and his backup Drew Stanton. Meanwhile, the Eagles receive the opportunity to cash in on what appears to be a failed pick in Barkley, who offered them first little, then nothing.

Cardinals and TE Gresham agree to deal

The Arizona Cardinals were expected to enter the tight end market after team-leader John Carlson suddenly announced his retirement at the end of last season.

That problem may have been solved after they and former Bengals tight end Jermaine Gresham came to terms on a deal on Friday afternoon, the team announced.

Consistently thought the best at his position on the free agency market this offseason, the 27 year old Gresham signed a one-year deal.

He had 62 receptions on 79 targets last season with Cincinnati on 460 yards and five touchdowns, though he missed the final game of the 2014 campaign after a surgery to correct a herniated disk in his back. 

The former Oklahoma Sooner has 280 career catches for 2,722 yards and 24 touchdowns since entering the NFL as a No. 21 overall selection in 2010.

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Cardinals release DT Darnell Dockett

TEMPE, Ariz. - In the latest development in a year of change for the Cardinals' defense, the team on Friday announced they have released tackle Darnell Dockett.

Dockett and the team could not come to a new agreement on his contract, as the ten-year veteran was due $9.8 million in the coming season, the final year in his current contract.

"We have been very clear about our feelings for Darnell and our desire to have him back," general manager Steve Keim said in a team statement. "After speaking with him and his representatives, we decided that this move today makes the most sense for both the team and the player and allows each to keep all of its options open."

One of those options allows Dockett to return to the roster, something that happened to tackle Levi Brown, who in 2012 was briefly a free agent before returning to the club.

Dockett suffered an ACL tear in his knee that kept him from the field all last season, until then missing only two games in ten years with the Cardinals.

"Do I want to leave Arizona? No," Dockett said in January. "But if I had to, despite being frustrated having to go somewhere else, I would. I can't say I would be happy with the situation if that decision, if it was made, but I understand this is a business. It's happened to the best of them. At the end of the day, my loyalty is to Arizona."

Cardinals: Ted Ginn released

GLENDALE, Ariz. - Cardinals wide receiver and kick returner Ted Ginn was released today after one year with the team, according to NFL.com and other reports.

Ginn, the No. 9 overall pick by the Dolphins in 2007, was in the first year of a three-year deal, and due $3.25 million next season. His release will save the Cardinals $2.5 million in cap space.

Signed in 2013 after three years with the Panthers, Ginn figured to feature in the team's receiving corps, though with the play of John Brown last season, the former Ohio State standout was relegated largely to special teams.

Ginn finished last season with 14 receptions for 190 yards as a receiver, though also suffered a career-low 19 yards on 22 attempts as a kick returner.

Arizona this week signed veteran receiver Larry Fitzgerald.

Cardinals: TE James Casey visits

GLENDALE, Ariz. - Tight end James Casey is scheduled to visit the Cardinals after being released last week by the Eagles, according to 910 AM in Phoenix.

Casey, a fifth-round pick by Houston in 2009, caught four passes, two for touchdowns, last season in Philadelphia. He caught six passes over two seasons with the team, playing mostly on the Eagles' league-second-best special teams unit.

Not that the Cardinals are in dire need of tight ends: John Carlson and Darren Fells are both expected back next season, as is Troy Niklas, last year's second-round pick.

Arizona signed veteran receiver Larry Fitzgerald, head coach Bruce Arians, and general manager Steve Keim to new deals this week.