Xavier Weaver: Everything you need to know

Weaver compiled seven catches (on 13 targets) for 67 yards and two kick returns for 51 yards in 10 regular-season contests in 2025. Prior to Week 11, Weaver earned a scant 22 offensive snaps in four appearances, but in the six games in which he was available after that point, his weekly snap shares ranged from 44 to 78 percent. He played second fiddle, at best, in the receiving corps behind Michael Wilson, who emerged as the Cardinals' No. 1 WR in the second half of the campaign while Marvin Harrison battled first a heel injury and then a foot issue, but Weaver made only minimal marks in box scores. A 2024 undrafted free agent, he heads into the offseason as one of seven wide receivers under contract for Arizona, but considering two of those are Wilson and Harrison, Weaver doesn't have much upward mobility in this offense.

Weaver recorded two catches (on three targets) for 24 yards during Sunday's 37-14 defeat at Cincinnati. Weaver ranked second among Cardinals wide receivers in offensive snap share (67 percent) behind Michael Wilson (86 percent), which was somewhat aided by Marvin Harrison's (33 percent) early exit in the fourth quarter after he suffered what eventually was called a foot injury (as opposed to his lingering heel issue). The workload was Weaver's third highest of the campaign, and the second-year pro actually set a career high in receiving yards Sunday. Even if Harrison is inhibited or sidelined Week 18 at the Rams, Weaver is an unlikely candidate to produce in that contest considering Wilson and TE Trey McBride have been absorbing most of the targets down the stretch of the current campaign.

Weaver caught both of his targets for 19 yards during Sunday's 26-19 loss to the Falcons. The Colorado product had missed the Cardinals' two games due to a hamstring injury, but he returned and tallied the fourth-most receiving yards on the team during Sunday's loss. Weaver has appeared in eight games this season, catching five of 10 targets for 43 yards. He's expected to remain a depth option in Arizona's receiving corps in the Week 17 matchup against the Bengals.