It was an injury-filled Sunday for the Arizona Cardinals in Green Bay, and Monday head coach Jonathan Gannon said the team is still sorting through everything.
Gannon said it’s good news there’s an extra day this week with the next game on Monday against the Chargers for players to “heal up.”
He also said “everything’s looking pretty good” and that there are no long-term serious injuries.
That includes wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr., who is in the concussion protocol and who could also benefit by the extra day. Instead of practicing on Wednesday through Friday this week, the team will work Thursday through Saturday.
Earlier this season, rookie cornerback Max Melton went into the protocol after the Week 1 game against the Bills and did not practice Wednesday, was limited Thursday, had full practice Friday and then played against the Rams.
Here are injuries suffered Sunday with the total snaps and how many were missed:
Offense
Harrison: Missed 50 of 69 snaps.
LG Evan Brown (ankle): Missed 18 of 69 snaps.
Defense
LB Kyzir White (knee): Missed 52 of 73 snaps.
DL Bilal Nichols (stringer): Missed 56 of 73.
CB Sean Murphy-Bunting (neck): Missed 23 of 73.
Other players injured that returned were wide receiver Michael Wilson (unknown) and S Joey Blount (hamstring). Cornerback Star Thomas V also left the game early in the fourth quarter with an unknown injury and it’s not known whether he came back.
As for defensive lineman Darius Robinson, who was designated for return from injured reserve last week and was limited on Wednesday, but didn’t practice on Thursday and Friday after experiencing discomfort, Gannon said Monday about the plans for him, “See how it goes with him, health-wise.”
On the non-injury front, the Cardinals lifted the 1-week roster exemption they received last week when wide receiver Zay Jones returned from a 5-game suspension. Jones now counts against the 53-man roster, but no corresponding move has to be made because wide receiver Chris Moore was released last Wednesday and then signed to the practice squad Friday.
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