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Jess Root

Cardinals’ updated depth chart entering Week 16 vs. Buccaneers

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The Arizona Cardinals play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday night in Week 16, their fourth-ever game on Christmas Day.

They updated their depth chart earlier in the week.

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Quarterback

Colt McCoy
Trace McSorley
David Blough

With Kyler Murray on injured reserve, McCoy is now the starter, but it will be McSorley who starts against the Buccaneers because McCoy has a concussion.

Running back

James Conner
Keaontay Ingram
Corey Clement

Conner is no longer splitting reps with anyone. Ingram gets a handful of snaps, while Clement might get a play or two on offense.

Wide receiver

‘X’ receiver

DeAndre Hopkins
Robbie Anderson

‘Z’ receiver

A.J. Green
Greg Dortch

Slot receiver

Marquise Brown

Pharoh Cooper was elevated from the practice squad. He will be the backup slot receiver.

Dortch has moved to the ‘Z’ on the depth chart and Anderson is now listed as an ‘X.’

Tight end

Trey McBride
Stephen Anderson
Maxx Williams

McBride now plays the role that Zach Ertz had. Anderson and Williams play about the same.

Offensive line

Left tackle

Josh Jones

Left guard

Max Garcia
Rashaad Coward
Cody Ford

Center

Billy Price
Sean Harlow

Right guard

Will Hernandez
Lecitus Smith
Wyatt Davis

Right tackle

Kelvin Beachum

The Cardinals don’t have any backup tackles listed, although Ford played right tackle after Beachum got hurt last week. He will likely start at right tackle.

Coward can play guard and tackle as well.

Defensive line

Defensive end

J.J. Watt
Jonathan Ledbetter

Nose tackle

Leki Fotu

Defensive tackle

Zach Allen
Trysten Hill

Michael Dogbe was signed to the active roster and would fall as the third-string defensive tackle behind Allen, who won’t play Sunday, and Hill.

Outside linebacker

Weak side

Dennis Gardeck
Myjai Sanders
Victor Dimukeje

Strong side

Markus Golden
Cameron Thomas
Jesse Luketa

Luketa often is not active and, while Golden plays most of the game, the remaining linebackers have their snaps split fairly evenly.

Inside linebacker

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Zaven Collins
Ben Niemann
Kamu Grugier-Hill

Isaiah Simmons
Zeke Turner or Tanner Vallejo

The way they have the linebackers listed is odd. Simmons plays mostly in the slot. Turner gets almost no playing time on defense. Collins is the clear No. 1 linebacker. Niemann used to get most the playing time next to him but Vallejo has lately.