Arizona Cardinals lose scout to Buffalo Bills

ARIZONA — The Arizona Cardinals have lost a member of their scouting department.

The Buffalo Bills recently announced a handful of personnel changes, one of which came in the form of area scout Darius Vinnett.

“Darius Vinnett has been added to the staff as a regional scout. He has spent the last 11 seasons with the Arizona Cardinals scouting department, most recently as a regional scout in the East.”

From Vinnett’s biography on the team’s official website:

“Darius Vinnett is in his 11th season with the Cardinals after joining the team’s scouting department in May 2013. He started with Arizona as a scouting assistant and spent three years (2014-16 ) as the Cardinals’ representative to the National Football Scouting Service before being promoted to regional scout in May 2017. He is currently responsible for scouting the near-eastern region of the country for the Cardinals.

The Cardinals haven’t seen much change in their team since GM Monti Ossenfort and HC Jonathan Gannon took over last offseason.

Arizona is hoping to improve on its 4-13 record from last season, and a healthy Kyler Murray should go a long way. This also includes two strong draft classes, which Vinnett helped scout/evaluate.

Vinnett previously played in the NFL as an undrafted free agent and also spent time with the Atlanta Falcons before retiring and moving into the scouting field.