Arizona Cardinals Injury Update: Kurt Warner Is Fine

by Andrew602 on Dec 7, 2009 2:04 PM MST in General Arizona Cardinals News

For the most part, the Arizona Cardinals remained relatively healthy after Sunday nights 30-17 win over the Minnesota Vikings. Starting left tackle Mike Gandy was not set to play and back-up Jeremy Bridges filled in, not allowing a sack to Jared Allen. Kurt Warner missed last week's Titans game, and there were many question marks heading into the Vikings game of whether or not he'd play. He did play, and at the end of the game he was seen limping down the sideline after injuring his hip. From azcardinals.com, Darren Urban:

The only injury of note coming out of the Vikings game, coach Ken Whisenhunt said, was the hip pointer quarterback Kurt Warner suffered on his final pass attempt of the night. Warner was limping after the game, but Whisenhunt said Warner was moving around well Monday morning and it "probably won’t be an issue." Because the Cards have a Monday night game next week, they have an extra day off, which also helps.

"It actually feels good today," Warner said. "It was sore last night, we were able to get some medicine in it last night and work up today and it was a lot better. I was able to lift and do some cardio. It felt a lot better than I thought it was going to be. We’ll be fine."

Whisenhunt said the return of LT Mike Gandy was still unknown. Until Gandy can practice, Whisenhunt said, he isn’t sure if and when the veteran can return, although Gandy could return this week. That said, Jeremy Bridges was impressive in Gandy’s place. Gandy said he was feeling OK and hoped to return to practice.

Kurt Warner went through off-season hip surgery before this year and was noticeably stiff through the first 3 games of the season.

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schew!

relief to hear about Warner

http://undrafteds.com/

by Undrafteds on Dec 7, 2009 2:06 PM MST reply actions

True that

It’s odd how healthy the Cardinals have remained compared to other teams in the league the last two years.

What? I didn't break it, I was just testing its durability, and then I placed it in the woods becuase it's made out of wood and I just thought he should be with his family.
Revenge of the Birds

by Andrew602 on Dec 7, 2009 2:24 PM MST up reply actions

::knocks on wood for the remainder of the week::

We all leave footprints in the sands of time, just watch out for the discarded fish hooks!

by Hawkwind on Dec 8, 2009 8:31 AM MST up reply actions

+1 Thank goodness!

I don’t want to see Leinart back in there until the preseason next year, or garbage time at the earliest this year.

Section 102, Row 18

by CardsFan08 on Dec 7, 2009 6:32 PM MST up reply actions

We have some depth...

and have been lucky that our injuries have not offered too much exposure. Our linebackers have suffered multiple injuries this year. We’ve had some injuries to our wide receivers, albeit they were minimal, losing Anquan for any amount of time hurts. Obviously we lost Kurt for a game. Other than that, the injuries have been more of ailments than anything. Where we have been really lucky is that we have position players ready to step in and fill the gaps during those injuries. Breaston and Urban stepped in while Anquan was out. While we were exposed with our inexperienced backup linebackers, I feel they stepped in and did well enough with their playing time. I wouldn’t call their performance game changing, but they didn’t hurt us either. Where we have found the most luck these 2 years, is the lack of season ending injuries. This year has been brutal across the league in the number of players suffering season ending injuries. Look at EJ Henderson this week. It seems to be a weekly news report this year. We’ve steered clear of that report and that is going to pay dividends in the next few weeks.

by SundayBlitz on Dec 7, 2009 3:28 PM MST reply actions