In the last week, the Arizona Cardinals traded quarterback Jacoby Brissett, lost to the Seattle Seahawks 17-3 and then lost quarterback Gardner Minshew and receiver Michael Wilson for the rest of the season to injuries.
As one could imagine, this has impacted their standing in new NFL power rankings from NFL.com's Nick Shook.
The Cardinals went from No. 23 overall and fell four spots to No. 27.
The Minshew Magic from Week 8 proved to be in short supply on Sunday. Arizona’s second meeting with Seattle produced an even worse overall performance than the first, with the Cardinals scoring just three points and going scoreless in a must-have goal-to-go situation in the fourth quarter. With Gardner Minshew's elbow injury, it appears that rookie quarterback
Carson Beck will get his first start Sunday vs. the Rams.
It is exciting for the beginning of the Beck era. The Cardinals need to see if he can be the answer at quarterback moving forward. However, with no Jeremiyah Love, Marvin Harrison, Michael Wilson or Kendrick Bourne, and without Paris Johnson at left tackle, it will be hard to evaluate what exactly he is able to do.
At 3-6, they are actually better than many expected them to be at this point, but we will see what is coming in the next few weeks.
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This article originally appeared on Cards Wire: NFL power rankings: Arizona Cardinals fall 4 spots after Week 9
