Take a look at the Cardinals’ first preseason depth chart of 2023.
The Arizona Cardinals will play their preseason opener at home against the Denver Broncos this Friday evening. In typical NFL fashion, they released their first depth chart of the preseason.
It is, of course, unofficial.
But it does give us an idea as to what head coach Jonathan Gannon and the rest of the staff think about the state of the roster at the moment.
We have a new podcast episode. Cards Wire’s Alex Sutton joins me as we discuss the latest with the Arizona Cardinals.
We react to the leave of absence of general manager Steve Keim. We discuss potentially replacing Keim this offseason. We go over the pros and cons of firing coach Kliff Kingsbury. We look back at the good and the bad in the Cardinals’ 24-15 loss to the Denver Broncos and look ahead at their Week 16 Christmas matchup with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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Here are the approximate timestamps for the topics we discussed:
(1:00) Intros, reactions to Steve Keim’s leave of absence
(14:00) How the Cardinals can replace Keim
(30:27) The pros and cons of firing Kliff Kingsbury
(40:06) The good and bad in the loss to the Broncos
Check out how they split up the 69 defensive snaps against the Broncos.
In the Arizona Cardinals’ 24-15 loss against the Denver Broncos on Sunday, the defense was on the field for 69 snaps. Only one player was on the field for every snap.
How was the playing time divided up?
Below are the individual snap counts on defense in each position group and what we can take away from the numbers.
It was another terrible performance for the Cardinals.
The Arizona Cardinals fell to 4-10 Sunday afternoon and were mathematically eliminated from postseason contention with a 24-15 loss to the Denver Broncos.
It wasn’t a good game at all.
The Cardinals were terrible offensively and then terrible defensively in the second half.
They turned the ball over and suffered more injuries.
There wasn’t much to be happy about in the Cardinals’ loss to the Broncos on Sunday.
There wasn’t much of a showing for the Arizona Cardinals in their 24-15 loss to the Denver Broncos. They gained only 240 yards of offense and converted on only 2-of-12 third downs.
Colt McCoy suffered a concussion and the team turned the ball over three times.
We have some Cardinals studs and some Cardinals duds in the game.
The Arizona Cardinals fell to 4-10 on the season Sunday afternoon after a 24-15 loss to the Denver Broncos. Already playing without starting quarterback Kyler Murray, backup Colt McCoy was knocked out of the game in the third quarter with a concussion.
The Cardinals led 9-3 at halftime and allowed 21 unanswered second-half points, turning the ball over three times.
The Arizona Cardinals had to turn to third-string quarterback Trace McSorley in the second half against the Denver Broncos.
On their opening possession of the second half, Colt McCoy ran the ball to pick up a first down on third down, but when he dove, he landed on right tackle Kelvin Beachum’s leg.
McCoy went down and Beachum went down.
Beachum suffered a knee and ankle injury. The team announced he was questionable to return.
McCoy was ruled out with a concussion.
Trace McSorley entered the game to replace McCoy with no other quarterback active for the game. Cody Ford replaced Beachum at right tackle.
After the injuries, the Cardinals got a 55-yard field goal to take a 9-3 lead.
Beachum returned to the game later in the third quarter.
The Arizona Cardinals entered halftime of their Week 15 matchup against the Denver Broncos with a 6-3 lead. However, it was a terrible showing of offense from both teams.
The Cardinals amassed 87 yards of offense in the first half. The Broncos had 126.
Both teams were only 1-for-7 on third down.
Both teams had turnovers. Cardinals quarterback Colt McCoy was intercepted by Justin Simmons.
Broncos quarterback Brett Rypien fumbled and was sacked six times in the first half.
The Broncos sacked McCoy twice.
The Broncos missed a field goal.
McCoy’s passer rating in the first half was 43.5.
The Cardinals were winning, but it was nearly unwatchable.
The Denver Broncos are set to take on the Arizona Cardinals and have released their inactive list. They will be without quarterback Russell Wilson but two starters who were questionable for the game will be in the lineup.
Defensive tackle D.J. Jones, who was questionable with a shoulder injury and an illness, will suit up and play, as will offensive lineman Dalton Risner, who also has a shoulder injury.
