These players didn’t help themselves on Saturday.
The Arizona Cardinals picked up a 20-17 preseason win over the Kansas City Chiefs Saturday night at State Farm Stadium. They came back from being down 14-3.
As the preseason goes, while the result doesn’t matter as much as the performance of individual players.
Every day is an evaluation and games show what players do under the bright lights.
In the bright lights of Saturday’s game, which players hurt themselves a little?
QB Kyler Murray
It probably isn’t fair, but that interception is all that fans want to focus on. Entering a year where fans are still waiting for the big breakout, his mistakes get more attention than the fact that he had the offense rolling. His throws to Marvin Harrison Jr. and Trey McBride were great. He was under control. He was confident. He made a preseason mistake, but that still has Cardinals fans staring him down.
RB DeeJay Dallas
Jonathan Gannon calls Dallas one of the “war daddies” in the locker room, and he is an established special teams player and returner in the league. However, he fumbled a kickoff and muffed a punt. He can’t afford more of that. Zonovan “Bam” Knight might be real competition in the return game. Knight was an elite returner in college.
WR Greg Dortch
Dortch probably isn’t going anywhere, but he fumbled the opening kickoff and has seen his role diminish to WR4 with the emergence of Zay Jones and with the increased usage of Michael Wilson in the slot. He had two catches in the game, but if Xavier Weaver can keep taking advantage of his opportunities, he might be able to replace Dortch.
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