Arizona Cardinals sign S Isaiah Oliver

Isaiah Oliver's one-year signing at $1.49M AAV earns a C+ Contract Value Index (CVI), reflecting a low-cost, low-commitment depth move that poses minimal financial risk but offers limited upside. At the replacement-level salary tier, this deal slots Oliver into a reserve or rotational safety role — the Cardinals are paying for depth and positional flexibility rather than impact production. The one-year structure and modest AAV suggest Arizona views this as a prove-it opportunity, a classic offseason band-aid that commits minimal guaranteed money while leaving the door open to veteran competition or internal development. For a team sitting at 3–14 and operating in offseason mode with 91 days until the regular season, this is the kind of transaction that fills out the back of a depth chart without constraining cap flexibility for more impactful additions. The CVI grade reflects that reality: serviceable value for a veteran safety at basement-tier compensation, neither a steal nor a misstep, just a pragmatic plug that Arizona can walk away from if better options emerge.