Back in black: Cardinals get glimpse of 4-receiver arsenal, new helmet

GLENDALE — After an offseason of ready, head coach Kliff Kingsbury acquired to see what the Arizona Cardinals hope they’ll be working with on offense beginning in Week 7.

For the primary time in coaching camp, quarterback Kyler Murray lined up with not solely Hollywood Brown at receiver however DeAndre Hopkins, Rondale Moore and A.J. Inexperienced becoming a member of him.

And as anticipated, the top coach favored what he noticed from the grouping.

“Kyler seemed sharp and Hollywood seemed quick,” Kingsbury stated Monday. “That’s what we’re on the lookout for and we simply acquired to maintain constructing that rapport. We’re down a few of these tight ends so did some 10-personnel and lined up all 4 of these wideouts collectively. It seemed like we might have some enjoyable with that.

“We’ve been champing on the bit to get these guys on the market collectively and so they had some good performs collectively,” the top coach added. “I feel it’ll simply develop the extra Marquise will get snug in our system and so they get on the identical web page over the subsequent three weeks. It must be a great factor for our offense.”

You couldn’t have picked a greater time for the sign caller and his quartet of broad receivers to take the apply area collectively, with Arizona donning its new black helmets for the primary time all offseason.

And whereas Cardinals followers couldn’t catch a glimpse of the helmets in individual on Monday, they will see the brand new look stay and in motion Sunday evening when the Ravens come to city.

“They give the impression of being sharp,” Kingsbury stated of the helmet. “Gamers had been actually enthusiastic about them. … It’s a great look.

“I really like them,” rookie working again Keaontay Ingram added. “It’s one thing completely different. I really like the all-black, that savage look. That’s my sort of mannequin so I adore it.”

Greg Dortch day-to-day with knee contusion

For the primary time in a very long time, the speak of coaching camp didn’t focus on broad receiver Greg Dortch.

After getting a great quantity of run within the crew’s preseason-opening win over the Cincinnati Bengals on Friday evening, the wideout and a handful of his teammates had been noticeably absent from Monday’s apply.

Dortch is taken into account day-to-day with a knee contusion, although he expects to apply Tuesday.

Tight finish Stephen Anderson and broad receiver Andre Baccellia are coping with ankle points that might sideline them for as much as two weeks, Kingsbury stated.

Dortch and Anderson each began within the crew’s first preseason recreation, whereas Baccellia hauled within the lone receiving landing of the evening for Arizona within the first quarter. Dortch chipped in 4 catches (eight targets) for 53 yards. He additionally added 89 yards on 5 punt returns.

As for fellow move catcher Antoine Wesley, the broad receiver remains to be engaged on getting back from a groin/hip harm that has stored him out because the starting of August.

“They’re saying 1-2 weeks and it’s nonetheless sort of a touch-and-go sort state of affairs as soon as he will get again simply to see how he holds up,” Kingsbury stated of Wesley.

As well as, tight finish Zach Ertz (calf), exterior linebacker Markus Golden (toe) and heart Rodney Hudson (knee) weren’t amongst their teammates through the open portion of apply on Monday.

On a optimistic be aware, rookie tight finish Trey McBride was an lively participant after lacking the crew’s first preseason motion.

EXTRA POINT

Kingsbury on chopping veteran DL Kingsley Keke on Sunday: “He acquired sick sadly with COVID-19. We had some younger guys that we thought stepped up and we needed to provide him a possibility some other place.”

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