Category: Cardinals preseason

Keaontay Ingram showed why he could be Cardinals’ No. 2 RB

In his first action of the preseason, he was one of the Cardinals’ bright spots in their loss to the Chiefs.

The Arizona Cardinals were quiet all offseason at the running back position. They brought back Corey Clement and added Emari Demercado as an undrafted rookie.

Expecting to rely more on the running back and with the history of missing games that starting running back James Conner has, it made sense to believe that they would add a veteran.

But maybe that was because they believe in second-year back Keaontay Ingram.

Ingram missed the preseason opener and much of training camp with some injury the team never disclosed (Pro Football Focus indicated once that it was an abdomen injury, but that is the only place I saw anything). but he returned to action and was a bright spot in the team’s 38-10 preseason loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday.

Ingram rushed for 28 yards and a touchdown on seven carries, he caught two passes for 20 yards and returned a kick for 13 yards.

His five-yard touchdown run was a display of effort and strength.

“I thought he looked good,” head coach Jonathan Gannon said after the game. “(He) made some runs and made a couple of guys miss. That touchdown run was pretty special so it was good to have him back in there. That was his first exposure in a live game. I know he was lathered up pretty good, he had a good attitude, he did a good job. And the O-Line did a good when they were in there with him. They opened up some holes and created some displacement.”

Ingram showed burst, strength and the ability to make guys miss.

He made plays in the passing game.

After last week in the preseason opener looked like they were missing something in the running game, if Ingram can keep healthy and look how he looked against the Chiefs, the Cardinals might be just fine with a running back duo of him and Conner for the regular season.

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What did the Cardinals’ draft picks and other rookies do in the 38-10 loss to the Chiefs?

A rundown of the performance of the Cardinals’ rookies in their 38-10 preseason loss on Saturday.

The Arizona Cardinals lost on Saturday night 38-10 at home to the Kansas City Chiefs in the preseason. It wasn’t a good overall team performance, but the preseason is more about individual play than team play.

The Cardinals’ draft picks and other rookies got a decent amount of playing time.

Let’s go over what each player did.

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Chiefs 38, Cardinals 10: Highlights from Arizona’s preseason loss

Check out all the big plays from the Cardinals’ 38-10 preseason loss to the Chiefs on Saturday night.

The Arizona Cardinals were unable to pick up their second preseason win on Saturday night. They allowed more than 500 yards of offense to the Kansas City Chiefs, who scored five touchdowns in a 38-10 blowout win.

Kansas City’s quarterbacks combined for 31-for-38 passing for 393 yards and three touchdowns. They did not turn the ball over and were not sacked.

There were many highlights, even some from the Cardinals.

Check out all the big plays from the Cardinals’ loss on Saturday.

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Cardinals’ starting defense was bright spot in loss to Chiefs

The starting defense has not allowed any points in two games and allowed only 17 total yards to the Chiefs.

In the Arizona Cardinals’ 38-10 preseason loss to the Kansas City Chiefs at home Saturday night, there weren’t a lot of things to be happy about.

They allowed 504 yards of offense. They did not take the ball away or have a sack on defense.

On offense, they mustered only one touchdown and 286 yards.

However, there was one clear positive and that was the Cardinals’ starting defense.

The defense only had all its starters on the field for two series.

In those two series, they forced a three-and-out, and they allowed only 17 total yards and one first down. The Chiefs had to punt on both possessions.

Once the Cardinals subbed out safety Budda Baker, linebacker Kyzir White, cornerback Marco Wilson and their starting outside linebackers, that was when the Chiefs started moving the ball.

In four defensive series in two games with the defensive starters (Baker and White did not play in the opener), the starting defense has not allowed any points.

It is a defense not expected to be very good. It is only two preseason games and four series, but it is something to look at with some level of optimism at this point.

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Chiefs 38, Cardinals 10: Stats from Arizona’s 38-10 preseason loss

Have a look at the numbers from the Cardinals’ 38-10 preseason loss to the Chiefs.

The Arizona Cardinals could not keep up with the Kansas City Chiefs in their second preseason game on Saturday night. The Chiefs left State Farm Stadium with a 38-10 win.

Below are the team and individual stats from the game.

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LOOK: Photos from Cardinals’ 38-10 loss to Chiefs

The Cardinals lost on Saturday 38-10 to the Kansas City Chiefs. Check out some great photos from the game!

The Arizona Cardinals lost on Saturday night 38-10 to the Kansas City Chiefs Saturday night. The starters all played and played decently defensive but the Chiefs took advantage once the defensive starters started getting subbed out.

The Cardinals did not record a sack, did not take the ball away and allowed the Chiefs to pile up more than 500 yards of offense.

There were lots of plays made.

Below are many photos from the loss.

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FINAL SCORE: Chiefs carve up Cardinals 38-10

The Cardinals allowed 504 total yards of offense to the Chiefs Saturday night.

The defending champion Kansas City Chiefs came to State Farm Stadium Saturday night and rolled to a 38-10 victory for their first win of the preseason.

Kansas City piled up 504 yards of total offense and did not turn the ball over or allow a sack.

It was an ugly game.

The recap of the game is below.

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Cardinals move around O-linemen in 2nd preseason game

The Arizona Cardinals had some offensive lineman swap sides in the game against the Chiefs.

Arizona Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon promised some changes on the offensive line. They happened in their second preseason game, although it was not with the starters.

The starting lineup remained as it has been since the offseason program. D,J, Humphries was at left tackle, Elijah Wilkinson at left guard, Hjalte Froholdt at center, Will Hernandez at right guard and Paris Johnson at right tackle.

The switches happened with the second team.

Last week, Kelvin Beachum played left tackle with the starters and Josh Jones played right tackle with the second unit.

Against the Chiefs, Jones was at left tackle and Beachum at right tackle.

The guards swapped sides as well. Dennis Daley, who played left guard against the Broncos, was on the right side.

Marquis Hayes started at left guard after playing on the right side last week.

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The Cardinals’ defensive starters vs. Chiefs

Here is who the Cardinals sent out on defense to start against the Chiefs on Saturday.

The Arizona Cardinals had all their projected starters in the lineup on defense when they took on the Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday unlike last week’s preseason opener against the Denver Broncos.

Safety Budda Baker and linebacker Kyzir White sat out last week. They did not on Saturday.

Here is the starting lineup they sent out on defense and some key substitutions.

Their first defensive series was in nickel with five defensive backs.

  • DL L.J. Collier
  • DL Jonathan Ledbetter
  • OLB Zaven Collins
  • OLB Dennis Gardeck
  • ILB Kyzir White
  • ILB Josh Woods
  • CB Marco Wilson
  • CB Kei’Trel Clark
  • S Budda Baker
  • S Jalen Thompon
  • S Isaiah Simmons

DL Leki Fotu entered the game in the second series when they went with a base defense.

The whole defensive starting lineup played two series together.

Clark started after Christian Matthew started at cornerback last week.

Woods was in the game with White instead of Krys Barnes. Barnes and Woods started the opener.

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The Cardinals’ offensive starters vs. Chiefs

The Cardinals sent out all their healthy offensive starters against the Chiefs on Saturday.

The Arizona Cardinals held out a few starters in their preseason opener last week. They did not in their second preseason contest on Saturday, facing the Kansas City Chiefs.

With the exception of quarterback Kyler Murray, who is ineligible to play right now because he is on PUP, and tight end Zach Ertz, who was just activated from PUP this week, they had a starting lineup that will resemble the one they send out in Week 1 against the Washington Commanders.

Here are the starters on offense for Arizona.

  • QB Colt McCoy
  • RB James Conner
  • WR Marquise Brown
  • WR Michael Wilson
  • TE Trey McBride
  • TE Geoff Swaim
  • LT D.J. Humphries
  • LG Elijah Wilkinson
  • C Hjalte Froholdt
  • RG Will Hernandez
  • RT Paris Johnson

Rondale Moore came in as a third receiver, replacing Swaim.

On their second possession, Zach Pascal also got snaps at receiver.

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