Cardinals make gorgeous Kyler Murray, Jacoby Brissett choice

Murray suffered a model of a Lisfranc harm in a Week 5 loss to the Titans. A Week 8 bye was not sufficient for the previous No. 1 choose to get again to game-readiness, so his veteran backup will get the nod for the third recreation in a row.

“He’s simply not able to go but,” Gannon stated of Murray, clarifying that his absence is solely health-related.

Gannon additionally indicated that Murray might nonetheless have a “function” on Monday, however that appears to be as extra of an emergency possibility, in response to workforce reporter Darren City. Kedon Slovis is the one different QB on the Cardinals’ roster.

Kyler Murray unlikely to land on injured reserve

A stint on injured reserve will not be into account in the mean time, which means Murray could also be prepared for a Week 10 assembly with the NFC West rival Seahawks. Though the Cardinals have misplaced each of their video games with out Murray, they went 2-3 in his begins and Brissett has outpaced him statistically.

Murray has accomplished 68.3% of makes an attempt with six touchdowns in opposition to three interceptions this 12 months, however his 6.0 YPA and 88.6 passer ranking have underwhelmed. The twin risk has added 173 yards, 6.0 YPC, and one other landing on the bottom. Brissett, in the meantime, helped the Cardinals put up fights in opposition to high-level opponents within the Colts and Packers over the last few weeks. He mixed to go 52 for 80 (65%) for 599 yards, 4 touchdowns and a choose, additionally chipping in 47 dashing yards on 10 makes an attempt.

Thus far, the Cardinals have gotten loads of bang from their buck from Brissett since signing him to a two-year, $12.5M contract in free company final offseason. The journeyman may have an opportunity to impress once more whereas dealing with a Dallas workforce that ranks thirty first in go protection and and factors per recreation allowed. The Brissett-led Cardinals will look to make the most of that and snap a five-game shedding streak. Remarkably, all of their defeats have come by 4 or fewer factors.

Connor Byrne contributed to this put up.