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Tough 53-man roster decisions loom for Arizona Cardinals’ Kliff Kingsbury
The Arizona Cardinals wrapped up their preseason slate with a 26-23 loss to the Tennessee Titans on Saturday night time.
Subsequent cease, the common season.
However earlier than Arizona can begin taking part in video games that rely within the win-loss column, there’s a 53-man roster that wants establishing.
For essentially the most half, head coach Kliff Kingsbury has a superb really feel on the group’s starters. On the backend, nevertheless, there are spots available forward of Tuesday’s closing cutdown day.
“Over the following 24-48 hours, we’ll have a bunch of discussions,” Kingsbury informed reporters postgame. “There’s some deep rooms. We’re going to should make some powerful choices and we’ll see the way it all performs out.”
Among the many loaded positions teams is operating again. Arizona will possible preserve 4 operating backs with 5 reliable candidates to contemplate.
James Conner is locked in because the group’s starter. Eno Benjamin has taken a step ahead. Jonathan Ward brings sturdy particular groups play. Darrel Williams has confirmed he is usually a think about a high-powered offense. And Keaontay Ingram is a rookie with a variety of potential.
One other room the place choices could possibly be troublesome is at huge receiver.
Victor Bolden Jr. flashed at occasions nevertheless it was Greg Dortch and Andy Isabella who actually cemented their spots behind the depth chart due to their constant play all through coaching camp and the preseason.
“I’ve all the time had an amazing quantity of respect for each these guys and the way they play the sport, how they work,” Kingsbury stated. “I assumed they attacked this camp. They didn’t take a time without work, they didn’t take a rep off.
“Each of them, daily, full pace. You see the outcomes. They’re going towards different competitors and might’t say sufficient good issues about how they performed this camp.”
These aren’t the one positions that want a better look, both, with exterior linebacker and offensive line being no cake stroll on the finish of the depth chart.