The Arizona Cardinals will be down a pair of starting defensive players on Sunday when they take on the Miami Dolphins, as defensive tackle Roy Lopez has an ankle injury and cornerback Sean Murphy-Bunting has a neck injury. Both were ruled out of the game on the team’s final injury report.
To give the team depth at both positions for the game, the Cardinals elevated defensive lineman Ben Stille and cornerback Divaad Wilson from the practice squad, they announced Saturday afternoon.
Stille was elevated last week and had a sack in the Cardinals’ win over the L.A. Chargers.
Wilson is being elevated for the first time this season.
The Cardinals also placed linebacker Dennis Gardeck on injured reserve on Friday. He tore his ACL in the win on Monday and is out for the season, but the Cardinals didn’t do anything on the roster to replace him. Both Victor Dimukeje and rookie Xavier Thomas have been inactive the last couple of games, so one will likely get to play on Sunday.
The Cardinals and Dolphins play Sunday at 10 a.m. Arizona time.
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