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We take a look at the Cardinals’ Week 5 depth chart and any changes that were made.
The Arizona Cardinals play the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 5 at home and, after a few roster moves to start the week, have released their Week 5 depth chart.
Let’s take a look at how it looks this week.
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The Cardinals are getting reinforcements in practice this week. They have 21 days to be restored to the active roster.
The Arizona Cardinals get two players back to practice they have not had yet this season. They announced they designated rookie cornerback Garrett Williams and offensive lineman Dennis Daley to return to practice.
Williams is on the NFI (non-football injury) reserve and Daley is on injured reserve.
Both now are eligible to practice and can be activated to the 53-man roster at any point in the next 21 days.
The Cardinals released two cornerbacks and an offensive lineman on Monday, so it would appear that both will be activated this weekend and dress and potentially dress and play on Sunday when the Cardinals host the Cincinnati Bengals.
Williams was on NFI recovering from a torn ACL he suffered last October while in college. He was drafted by the Cardinals in the third round out of Syracuse.
Daley injured his ankle in the preseason finale.
The Cardinals did not designate outside linebacker Myjai Sanders or quarterback Kyler Murray to return. Sanders is on IR with a hand injury and Murray is on the PUP (physically unable to perform) reserve completing his recovery from his torn ACL last season.
If Daley or Williams is not activated to the 53-man roster within 21 days, they revert to the reserves they were on and must miss the remainder of the season.
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They signed Blake Gillikin, who was the Saints’ punter in 2021-2022, to replace Nolan Cooney following his release.
The Arizona Cardinals are shaking things up on special teams. They have made a change at punter.
The Cardinals announced a few roster moves on Tuesday. Among them. they released punter Nolan Cooney and signed former New Orleans Saint punter Blake Gillikin.
Gillikin signed with the Saints in 2020 as an undrafted rookie out of Penn State and spent his rookie season on injured reserve. He was the Saints’ punter in 2021-2022, playing in all 34 games. Over those two seasons, he averaged 47.0 yards per punt and had a 41.7 net average. He had 61 punts downed inside the 20. His 32 punts downed inside the 20 last year were fourth in the NFL.
He is 25 years old.
Cooney won the punting battle with veteran Matt Haack in training camp.
In four games, he averaged 45.5 yards per punt with a 40.3-yard net average. He had two punts downed inside the 20.
On Sunday, he did have one bad punt that only went 20 yards on Sunday.
We will see how Gillikin does. He will also likely handle holding duties, which could create issues in the kicking game with Matt Prater.
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The Bengals are three-point favorites over the Cardinals in Week 5.
The Arizona Cardinals are back home in Week 5 to host the struggling Cincinnati Bengals. Both teams are 1-3 so far this season.
The Cardinals, after a 28-16 home win over the Dallas Cowboys, lost 35-16 on the road to the San Francisco 49ers.
The Bengals had their first win of the season in Week 3, beating the L.A. Rams 19-16, but were blown out and dominated by the Tennessee Titans 27-3 on the road on Sunday.
They play Sunday at 1:05 p.m. Arizona time at State Farm Stadium. The game will air on FOX. The Bengals open the week favored over the Cardinals.
Let’s take a look at the Cardinals vs. Bengals betting odds and lines for Week 5 from BetMGM Sportsbook.
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Jonathan Gannon believes Josh Woods and Jonathan Ledbetter could return this week.
The Arizona Cardinals have been dealing with injuries on defense all season. Safety Budda Baker and defensive linemen L.J. Collier and Carlos Watkins are on injured reserve. Linebacker Josh Woods has missed three games. Linebacker Krys Barnes was basically unavailable for a game. Defensive linemen Leki Fotu and Jonathan Ledbetter have missed games.
The Cardinals play the Cincinnati Bengals this week at home and could get a couple back.
Head coach Jonathan Gannon is hopeful that Ledbetter and Woods will be back.
“I think so. We’ll see,” he said when asked about their return this week. “They’re trending the right way but we’ve got to go through the week of practice and see.”
The first injury report of the week will come out on Wednesday.
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Jefferson was a seventh-round pick of the Lions in 2021. He played seven games as a rookie, rushing for 74 yards and two touchdowns.
The Arizona Cardinals were missing backup running back Keaontay Ingram over the weekend. He suffered a neck injury that kept him from playing.
He might miss practice time this week.
Per Aaron Wilson, according to the league transaction report, the Cardinals brought in running back Jermar Jefferson for a tryout.
Jefferson was a seventh-round pick of the Detroit Lions in 2021. He played in seven games in 2021, rushing for 74 yards and two touchdowns.
He spent last season on Detroit’s practice squad and was waived with an injury designation in August.
He is 5-foot-10 and 212 pounds.
We will see if the Cardinals make a roster move in the next day or two.
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The Cardinals will face Burrow in Week 5.
The Arizona Cardinals are set to take on the Cincinnati Bengals at home in Week 5. Bengals starting quarterback Joe Burrow has been dealing with a calf injury and has not been playing particularly well so far this season.
Could he sit a week?
Perhaps, but it won’t be this week.
Zac Taylor says Joe Burrow will start and play this week against the Cardinals
— Kelsey Conway (@KelseyLConway) October 2, 2023
Bengals head coach Zac Taylor said Burrow would play and start this week against the Cardinals.
It will be his first career start against the Cardinals.
This season, Burrow has only completed 57.6% of his passes. He has 728 passing yards, two touchdown passes and two interceptions in four games.
The Bengals are off to a 1-3 start.
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The Arizona Cardinals had their first preseason game this past weekend and defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 36-23. There were many standout performances. With a preseason contest in the books and first cuts made, Revenge of the Birds’ Seth Cox and I had a new show to discuss it all.
We talked about who stood out, we went over the performance of players like Zaven Collins, Marco Wilson and Andy Isabella and also discussed first cuts, the Cardinals’ preseason handling of starters and what we are watching in the next preseason matchup.
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(1:00) Initial reactions to the game against the Bengals and the standout performances
(21:40) The play of Marco Wilson, Zaven Collins, Andy Isabella
(38:05) The first five cuts
(44:11) The Cardinals’ plan for using starters in the preseason
(51:31) What we want to see in the game against the Ravens
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The offense played 66 snaps against the Bengals. Check out how the playing time was divided up.
The Arizona Cardinals played 66 offensive snaps on Friday in their 36-23 preseason win over the Cincinnati Bengals. How did the playing time get split up?
Below are the snap counts for each position and any observations we have about the numbers.
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Have a look at all the player stats from the Cardinals’ win.
The Arizona Cardinals came away from Cincinnati with a 36-23 victory over the Bengals to open their preseason schedule.
As a team, they scored five touchdowns, three in the first half.
But let’s look at the stats that everyone had in the win Friday night.
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