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Patrick Peterson suffers calf injury, status unknown

Kliff Kingsbury did not know the severity of the injury after the game.

The Arizona Cardinals might have lost cornerback Patrick Peterson again. He left the game on Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers twice with an injury.

He first left with an injury roughly midway through the third quarter but later returned. He left again with just over seven minutes remaining in the game and did not return.

After the game, head coach Kliff Kingsbury said it was a calf injury he sustained. He also did not know the severity of the injury.

If Peterson ends up having to miss any time, it will further test the depth of the secondary. Tramaine Brock missed the game on Sunday with a hamstring injury. Safety Deionte Thompson missed the game with a knee injury.

Kingsbury next will address the media Monday morning. Based on this season, we shouldn’t expect Kingsbury to give much information. We likely won’t know more until the injury reports for Week 11 come out beginning Wednesday.

Listen to the latest from Cards Wire’s Jess Root on his podcast, Rise Up, See Red. Subscribe on Apple podcasts or Stitcher Radio.

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Steelers vs Rams Week 10 player of the game

Vote for this week’s player of the game.

Oh boy, this one is going to be a good one.

Despite long odds, the Pittsburgh Steelers have found a way to win their fourth game in a row. This time it was the Los Angeles Rams and once again it was the defense that carried the day. But which player deserves the player of the game honors? Well, that’s up to all of you.

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Here’s the rundown of the candidates

S Minkah Fitzpatrick-4 tackles, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovery, 1 touchdown

CB Joe Haden-7 tackles, 5 passes defended, 1 interception

WR James Washington-6 receptions, 90 receiving yards, 1 receiving touchdown

LB T.J. Watt-5 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 tackle for loss

Cast your vote and let us know who your player of the week is. These four might be the strongest group of candidates we’ve had all season.

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Why in the world did the Dallas Cowboys have Tavon Austin fair catch this punt in final minute?

Tavon Austin could have taken this to the house.

Tavon Austin has been known as a pretty good punt returner during his lengthy NFL career, which made this decision in the final minute of Sunday night’s Cowboys-Vikings game all the more baffling.

The Vikings, who ended up winning the game 28-24, punted the ball away with under 30 seconds remaining. The ball sailed to Austin who called for a fair catch at Dallas’ 46 yard line. If you missed this sequence you’re probably wondering what the big deal was.

Well, just look at how much room he had to run if he decided to return the punt. Because he had all the room in the world:

Austin had all the blocks in front of him to do something special. Instead, the Cowboys took over in their own territory and ended up losing the game four plays later when Dak Prescott threw a pick on fourth-and-1 from Minnesota’s 45 yard line.

Apparently he was told by the Dallas coaches to fair catch it, which is just some incredibly bad coaching, even if the Cowboys didn’t have any time outs left and wanted as much time as they could for their offense to try to get the game-winning score.

NFL fans couldn’t believe it:

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