Cardinals give injury updates about James Conner, Michael Wilson, O-linemen

Jonathan Gannon gave injury updates for a few players on Monday.

The Arizona Cardinals will get back quarterback Kyler Murray this week, barring any setbacks in practice this week, meaning he will start at home against the Atlanta Falcons.

He isn’t the only player expected to come back from injury.

Head coach Jonathan Gannon gave injury updates about two starting offensive linemen, running back James Conner and receiver Michael Wilson.

Let’s see what the word is on each of them.

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Kyler Murray expected to start for Cardinals vs. Falcons

Murray will get first-team reps in practice this week and will start on Sunday barring any setbacks.

The announcement finally came. Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray will play. Head coach Jonathan Gannon announced to reporters on Monday “if the week goes well, he’ll start” this week at home against the Atlanta Falcons.

Murray was designated to return from the PUP reserve almost three weeks ago. He will be activated on Wednesday.

He will get first-team reps in practice this week and, barring any setback, will start for the first time since he tore his ACL last December.

The Cardinals are 1-8 and have lost six in a row. They could use a little juice with the return of their starting quarterback.

Murray will now have eight games to play this season, four games before the bye and four after it, to show the organization he is still the guy they believe he is.

From everything we have heard from the coaches, he has progressed in every phase of the position, whether it be on the field or off of it.

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Cardinals’ O-line suffers more injuries as Kyler Murray’s return nears

Already down Elijah Wilkinson and Trystan Colon, Will Hernandez and D.J. Humphries both got hurt on Sunday against the Browns.

Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray is expected to make his return to the starting lineup this next week when the team hosts the Atlanta Falcons. However, he might have to play behind an offensive line not at full strength.

Two more linemen got hurt in the team’s 27-0 loss to the Cleveland Browns.

Starting right guard Will Hernandez left the game with a knee injury and left tackle D.J. Humphries exited with an ankle injury.

That is on top of Elijah Wilkinson, who started at left guard for the first six games of the season, who is on injured reserve with a neck injury, and Trystan Colon who started at left guard in Weeks 7-8 before going down with a calf injury.

Murray is coming back from a torn ACL. The Falcons had four sacks on Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings.

The Cardinals need Murray back in the lineup, but they also need him protected. Hopefully, the injuries to Hernandez and Humphries are not serious enough to make them miss the game next week.

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Cardinals’ all-time record vs. each 2023 opponent

Take a look at how the Cardinals have done all-time against each of their 2023 opponents.

The Arizona Cardinals will begin their season next weekend on the road against the Washington Commanders. It will be the first of 17 regular-season games that play.

Before the season begins, let’s take a look at the Cardinals’ all-time record against each team they are scheduled to face in 2023.

They have winning records against only two opponents this season.

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PODCAST: What have the Falcons done this offseason?

The Cardinals face the Falcons in Week 8. Jess Root talks to Matt Urben on the podcast about Atlanta’s 2022 offseason, they offseason and more.

The Arizona Cardinals face the Atlanta Falcons in 2023 because both were last-place teams in their divisions in 2022. The Cardinals play them at home in Week 8 and, on paper, it is one of their more winnable games potentially.

We continue our 2023 opponent preview series on the podcast and I have sister site Falcons Wire managing editor Matt Urben on to talk about the Falcons.

We discuss the Falcons’ 2022 season, what moves they have made in free agency and the draft, and we look ahead to expectations for 2023.

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Here are the times of the different parts of the conversation.

(1:00) The Falcons’ 2022 season

(11:06) Free agency and the draft

(22:29) The Falcons’ expectations for 2023

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Where the Cardinals’ opposing starting QBs are ranked in the NFL

See where every projected opposing starting quarterback the Cardinals will face in 2023 is ranked in the NFL.

We are still in the offseason of rankings and lists. Touchdown Wire’s Doug Farrar ranked the 32 projected Week 1 starting quarterbacks in the NFL entering 2023.

Since Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray is not expected to start the season healthy, as he is recovering from a torn ACL suffered in December, Colt McCoy is the one who is ranked. He comes in at No. 30 out of 32.

But what about the quarterbacks the Cardinals will see throughout the season?

Where do they rank?

Below you can find where each of the Cardinals’ projected opposing starters are ranked by Touchdown Wire, going week by week on their schedule.

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Where the Cardinals’ 2023 opponent LB corps rank in NFL

The Cardinals will face the league’s three best LB corps and five of the top seven.

The Arizona Cardinals have the 23rd-ranked linebacking corps in the NFL, according to Pro Football Focus.

They will face some quality linebacker groups in the coming season.

Based on PFF’s rankings, let’s see where the Cardinals’ opponents are for 2023.

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Cardinals to face 4 of NFL’s top 11 safeties

The Cardinals will have six games against four of the league’s top safeties in 2023.

The Arizona Cardinals have a pair of very good safeties and one in Budda Baker who is one of the best in the league, although he somehow did not make the cut in Touchdown Wire’s top 11 safeties in the league.

How many of the top safeties in the league will the Cardinals face in 2023?

We have them below.

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Cardinals face 14 of PFF’s top-32 tackles in 2023

These are the many quality tackles the Cardinals will face in 2023.

Arizona Cardinals left tackle D.J. Humphries was snubbed from PFF’s rankings of the top 32 tackles in the league, and only one of the tackles in the NFC made the cut, but Arizona will face plenty of them.

In fact, they are scheduled to face 14 of them this coming season, including the top four overall.

They are listed below.

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PODCAST: David Blough, DeAndre Hopkins and the Cardinals’ finale vs. 49ers

Listen to the latest edition of the podcast, covering all the latest with the Cardinals.

The Arizona Cardinals lost to the Atlanta Falcons and will finish the season against the San Francisco 49ers. In this edition of the podcast, Revenge of the Birds’ Seth Cox and I discuss the play of quarterback David Blough, the good and bad from the loss, whether DeAndre Hopkins should play this week, who should start at quarterback and preview Cardinals-49ers, as well as discuss the potential firing of Kliff Kingsbury.

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Here are the approximate timestamps for the topics of the show

(1:00) Intros and David Blough’s play vs. Falcons

(12:45) The good and the bad from the loss to the Falcons

(27:58) DeAndre Hopkins, playing in Week 18 and his future

(37:26) The QB situation for Week 18

(47:51) Cardinals-49ers, the decision about Kliff Kingsbury