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These players can reach important achievements or milestones in Week 15 against the 49ers.
The Arizona Cardinals see their fourth win of the season as they face the San Francisco 49ers at home in Week 15. The 49ers are heavily favored in the game.
In the game, a few Cardinals players can reach some notable achievements and milestones.
What milestones are in reach against the 49ers?
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McBride is the only Cardinals player in the top 10 vote-getters at any position for the Pro Bowl.
Last week, with the first revealing of Pro Bowl fan voting results, not a single Arizona Cardinals player was found in the top 10 of their positions. No Budda Baker, no James Conner.
That changed this week, according to Darren Urban for the Cardinals’ official team site.
Second-year tight end Trey McBride made it into the top-10 fan vote-getters at tight end, coming in at No. 8 this week.
Unsurprisingly, the two tight ends with the most fan votes are the 49ers’ George Kittle and the Chiefs’ Travis Kelce.
McBride is having one of the best receiving seasons for a tight end in franchise history. With 56 receptions for 610 receiving yards, he has tied the franchise single-season record for receptions by a tight end and has the seventh-highest single-season yardage total by a tight end. Only Hall of Famer Jackie Smith has had more receiving yards in a season, and the Cardinals still have four games remaining.
Every reception McBride has will set a new franchisee record this season. With 201 yards over the final four games, he would have the second-most receiving yards.
Pro Bowl fan voting is still going on.
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Every catch he makes will set a new single-season franchise record for tight ends and he should finish with the second-highest total in yards.
The Arizona Cardinals have been searching for a very good tight end for a long time. Over the last decade or so, they thought they had them in players like Rob Housler, Troy Niklas, Ricky Seals-Jones, Dan Arnold and more.
They have gone the older veteran route with Todd Heap, Jeff Carlson, Charles Clay and Zach Ertz.
But it appears that they finally have found their guy in Trey McBride.
By the end of this season, he will have had one of the best tight end seasons in franchise history.
McBride has 56 receptions for 610 yards. He already has tied the single-season franchise record for receptions by a tight end. Every catch he has over the final four games of the season will set a new record.
With 610 receiving yards, only one tight end in franchise history has had more in a season. Hall of Famer Jackie Smith has the six highest single-season totals for receiving yards by a tight end. His highest total was 1,205 yards in 1967.
McBride, though, if he stays healthy, will likely end up with the second-highest yardage total.
Smith’s second-best season was 810 receiving yards. With 201 yards over the final four games, McBride will surpass that.
Only in his second season, the Cardinals appear to have a player they will want to keep on the team for years to come.
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McBride’s eight catches on Sunday gives him 56 on the season, tied for the most in a season by any Cardinals tight end.
The Arizona Cardinals surprised the league with a 24-10 road win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. It was their first road win of the season and first since Week 10 of last season.
In the win, tight end Trey McBride tied a single-season franchise record.
He tied the franchise’s single-season record for receptions by a tight end.
He had eight receptions for 89 yards and a touchdown, giving him a total of 56 receptions for 610 yards on the season.
The 56 catches match Zach Ertz’s 56 catches in 2021 and Jackie Smith’s 56 in 1967.
His 610 yards are the most by a tight end since Smith had 687 in 1970. He is only the third Cardinals tight end to have 600 receiving yards in a season.
The passing game went through McBride on Sunday. There were only 13 catches by the Cardinals as a team. He had eight of them.
With seven games to go, he will set a new single-season record with every catch he has.
The single-season record for receiving yards by a tight end is 1,205, set by Smith in 1967. He needs 595 yards in the final seven games to tie that record.
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The NFL’s catch rules don’t make sense but the ball still never lies.
Despite everything, it is 2023, and we still do not know what clearly constitutes a catch in professional football. And unfortunately, the NFL’s bizarre rules only add confusion whenever a key catch sequence comes up.
Take this key end-of-first-half sequence between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals on Sunday as a perfect example.
After Arizona drove down to the red zone, Kyler Murray launched a perfect dime to his tight end, Trey McBride, who made an acrobatic catch for what appeared to be a touchdown. But this is the NFL, which insists that a catch’s “full process” be completed every time no matter what — a.k.a. the “Calvin Johnson Rule.” Upon further review, McBride’s almost-perfect catch was taken off the board as a result.
He wasted no time redeeming himself against a stout Pittsburgh defensive stand on the very next play:
CBS rules analyst Gene Steratore thought Cardinals TE Trey McBride had a touchdown vs the Steelers, on what was initially ruled a touchdown.
But after review, it was ruled incomplete.
McBride then scored a touchdown that actually counted on the next play. 🏈🦓👮♂️📺🎙️ pic.twitter.com/ll5AOe1hLl
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) December 3, 2023
Even with the NFL’s nonsense catch rules, one evergreen rule trumps all in sports: ball don’t lie.
Trey McBride, Kyler Murray, Matt Prater and others can reach impressive achievements, records or milestones against the Steelers.
The Arizona Cardinals seek their first road win of the season in Week 13, taking on the 7-4 Pittsburgh Steelers. While the team accomplishment matters most, some Cardinals players have some milestones and achievements in reach this week.
Let’s take a look at them.
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Despite being questionable for the game, Marquise Brown, Trey McBride, Kevin Strong and Jalen Thompson were all active to play in Week 13.
The Arizona Cardinals entred the weekend with a fairly long list of players listed as questionable for their Week 13 road game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Perhaps the two most important ones, receiver Marquise Brown and tight end Trey McBride, the team’s top two pass catchers in terms of yards and catches, will play.
This was previously reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter. They were not included on the Cardinals’ inactive list, released 90 minutes before kickoff.
Who was activated?
Pascal did not make the trip with the team as he was present for the birth of his first child. Wilson, Thomas and Hamilton were ruled out with injuries.
Wilson has missed three of the last four games with a shoulder injury. Hamilton missed for the second straight week and Thomas missed after getting hurt in last week’s loss to the Rams.
Daley and Whiteheart were healthy scratches. It would appear that Carter O’Donnell will start again at left guard, although he split time last week with Trystan Colon.
With Pascal and Wilson out, expect the Cardinals’ top three wideouts to be Brown, Rondale Moore and Greg Dortch.
Receiver Dan Chisema, signed to the roster from the practice squad on Saturday, could see a few snaps but has played almost exclusively on special teams in his 27 career games played.
With Hamilton and Thomas out, rookies Garrett Wilson and Kei’Trel Clark will start at cornerback with either Marco Wilson getting back into the rotation or Divaad Wilson, elevated from the practice squad for the second straight week, getting snaps for the second straight week.
Defensive lineman Kevin Strong, questionable with a knee injury on the final injury report, returns to the lineup after missing last week’s game.
Safety Jalen Thompson, also questionable for the game because of a rib injury, will suit up and start.
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The Cardinals’ top two pass catchers will be in the lineup on Sunday against the Steelers.
The Arizona Cardinals have a few key players listed as questionable to play in Week 13 as they prepare to take on the Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday on the road.
Receiver Marquise “Hollywood” Brown and tight end Trey McBride, both questionable to play, are expected to do so, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Cardinals’ WR Marquise Brown, listed as questionable for Sunday due to a heel injury, is expected to play vs. the Steelers, per source.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 3, 2023
Cardinals’ TE Trey McBride, listed as questionable for Sunday due to a groin injury, is expected to play vs. the Steelers, per sources.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 3, 2023
Brown did not practice all week. McBride was limited on Thursday and Friday and signed like someone expecting to play.
With Michael Wilson already ruled out with a shoulder injury, having both Brown and McBride in the lineup will be important.
McBride has 48 receptions this season for 521 yards and a touchdown. Brown has 51 catches for 574 yards and four scores. They are the Cardinals’ top two pass catchers in receptions and receiving yards.
The Cardinals and Steelers kick off Sunday from Acrisure Stadium at 11 a.m. Arizona time. The game will air on CBS.
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The Cardinals have several player question marks this weekend for the game against the Steelers.
The Arizona Cardinals will be short a starting receiver and a couple of cornerbacks when they take on the Pittsburgh Steelers on the road this Sunday.
They ruled out four players and have another six who are questionable, although several are tracking to play.
The details of their final injury report and game designations are below.
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Trey McBride and Jalen Thompson both were limited in practice on Thursday after sitting out on Wednesday.
The Arizona Cardinals had a couple of improvements on their second injury report of Week 13 as they prepare to face the Pittsburgh Steelers on the road.
Two players were upgraded after sitting out on Wednesday, while another player was added after missing practice on Thursday.
The details to the Cardinals’ injury report from Thursday are below.
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