Arizona
DeAndre Hopkins officially activated, Cardinals release K Matt Ammendola
Arizona Cardinals receiver DeAndre Hopkins was formally activated to the 53-man roster Monday coming off a six-game PED suspension. The crew opened the spot after it launched kicker Matt Ammendola, who spent two weeks on the job.
Hopkins joins an underwhelming passing attacking heading right into a Thursday Evening Soccer sport in opposition to the New Orleans Saints. The crew’s 226.7 air yards per contest ranks seventeenth within the NFL via six video games, and Arizona simply misplaced Marquise Brown to a foot harm suffered Sunday that’s reportedly protecting him out about six weeks, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
Hopkins, who six instances in eight NFL seasons has surpassed 1,000 yards, recorded 572 yards in 10 video games final 12 months because the Cardinals began 8-2.
He went for 1,407 yards throughout 2020, his first 12 months with the Cardinals.
In the meantime, the Cardinals transfer on from Ammendola, who has performed the previous two weeks in aid of beginning kicker Matt Prater (hip). Ammendola missed an additional level in a 19-9 loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.
Ammendola went 2-for-3 on subject objectives and the identical mark on additional factors for Arizona.
His field-goal miss was a 43-yarder two weeks in the past within the ultimate seconds that, if made, would have despatched the sport into time beyond regulation in opposition to the Philadelphia Eagles.
Ammendola additionally missed a subject purpose and additional level in a sport as a member of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs this season. That efficiency led to him being reduce regardless of the Chiefs’ common kicker, Harrison Butker, not but being wholesome.
Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury admitted the crew went for it 5 instances on fourth downs Sunday, changing 4, due to the kicking scenario.