Game 1 ARI Actives vs. KC

I thought I would make this a game day thread so that we can share our thoughts as to which players are active for the game and which players were designated as inactive.

Week 1 Actives

• QB: Kyler Murray, Trace McSorley
• RB: James Conner, Darrel Williams, Eno Benjamin, Jonathan Ward
• TE: Maxx Williams, Zach Ertz, Stephen Anderson
• WR: Marquise Brown, A.J. Green, Andy Isabella, Greg Dortch, Andre Baccelliia
• T: D.J. Humphries, Kelvin Beachum, Josh Jones
• G: Will Hernandez, Sean Harlow, Max Garcia
• C: Rodney Hudson, Sean Harlow, Lecitus Smith
• NT: Rashard Lawrence, Leki Fotu
• DE/DT: Zach Allen, Michael Dogbe, Jonathan Ledbetter
• ILB: Isaiah Simmons, Zaven Collins, Tanner Vallejo, Nick Vigil, Zeke Turner, Ben Niemmann
• OLB/Edge: Markus Golden, Dennis Gardeck, Devon Kennard , Victor Dimukeje, Cameron Thomas
• CB: Byron Murphy Jr., Marco Wilson, Christian Matthew, Jace Whittaker
• S: Budda Baker, Jalen Thompson, Deionte Thompson
• ST: Aaron Brewer, Matt Prater, Andy Lee

IR:

• G Cody Ford
• G Marquis Hayes
• QB Colt McCoy
• S Chalres Washington
• WR Antoine Wesley

Reserve/Non Football Injury:

• CB Antonio Hamilton

Practice Squad:

• CB Corey Ballentine
• WR Victor Bolden jr.
• DT Andrew Brown
• G/T Rashaad Coward
• QB Jarrett Guarantano
• G Danny Isadora
• DT Manny Jones
• OLB Devon Kennard
• WR Jontre Kirklin
• OLB Jesse Luketa
• S Steven Parker
• S Josh Thomas
• T Badara Traore
• CB Jace Whittaker
• NT Antwaun Woods
• ILB Chandler Wooten

What are your thoughts about the inactive and recent moves the Cardinals have made?

Kliff Notes:

• WR Greg Dortch takes over the slot WR role.
• Starters at CB: Byron Murphy Jr. and Marco Wilson with Jace Whittaker in the slot (very surprised to see the Cardinals release CB Javelin Guidry).
• Hard to believe that Myjai Sanders couldn’t be a factor pressure Mahomes.
• With Justin Pugh out and Rodney Hudson active, starting OL looks like: LT-D.J. Humphries, LG-Sean Harlow; C-Rodney Hudson; RG-Will Hernandez; RT-Kelvin Beachum
• With JJ Watt out, the 34 interior looks like LDE Zach Allen; NT Rashard Lawrence, RDE; Michael Dogbe
• TE Stephen Anderson’s utility and special teams’ roles gave him the nod over rookie Trey McBride who missed a 10-12 day stretch of practice time during the middle of training camp. Cardinals waived Anderson with the understanding they would re-sign him after making the IR designations.