Arizona Cardinals head coach Mike LaFleur said on the day before they played the Carolina Panthers in the Hall of Fame Game that roughly 35 players on the roster would not play. That number ended up being 41.
Between injured players and guys who wouldn't have played even when healthy, 41 Cardinals players did not appear in the preseason opener, a 33-30 last-second loss to the Panthers.
Who all did not play?
- QB Jacoby Brissett
- QB Gardner Minshew
- RB Jeremiyah Love
- RB Tyler Allgeier
- RB James Conner
- RB Trey Benson
- WR Marvin Harrison Jr.
- WR Michael Wilson
- WR Kendrick Bourne
- WR Devin Duvernay
- WR Ihmir Smith-Marsette
- TE Trey McBride
- TE Elijah Higgins
- TE Tip Reiman
- TE Teagan Quitoriano
- OL Paris Johnson
- OL Isaac Seumalo
- OL Hjalte Froholdt
- OL Isaiah Adams
- OL Elijah Wilkinson
- DL Roy Lopez
- DL Darius Robinson
- DL L.J. Collier
- DL Dante Stills
- DL Walter Nolen
- OLB Josh Sweat
- OLB Zaven Collins
- OLB Baron Browning
- OLB Jordan Burch
- ILB Mack Wilson
- ILB Cody Simon
- ILB Jack Gibbens
- CB Will Johnson
- CB Garrett Williams
- CB Max Melton
- CB Seab Murphy-Bunting
- CB Denzel Burke
- CB Star Thomas
- S Budda Baker
- S Andrew Wingard
- S Joey Blount
Sweat, Williams and Reiman are still on PUP and could not play. Conner has not practiced in 11-on-11s yet. Blount is injured. So is Benson.
Thomas has been practicing but is coming off a torn ACL.
The rest we can presume are expected to make the roster at this point.
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This article originally appeared on Cards Wire: Panthers 33, Cardinals 30: Arizona had 41 players sit out game
