Bruce Arians had just said earlier Thursday the wide receivers as a whole had to pick up their level of play. It was a little easier for the wideouts at practice because, with the team in shells, there wasn't a lot of tight coverage (contact was relatively limited, especially downfield.) Rookie Krishawn Hogan stood out with a couple of nice early catches, but he couldn't corral a couple others later on. It'll be interesting to see how much certain guys play against the Raiders, especially given all the injuries. Chad Williams and John Brown are iffy, Aaron Dobson is sidelined, and there was another guy going down in practice.

-- That guy was rookie wide receiver Carlton Agudosi, who suffered some kind of right leg/knee injury. I didn't see what happened, but after one play Agudosi was down in the end zone. Larry Fitzgerald came over to see if he was OK, and eventually, he and Brittan Golden helped Agudosi up and served as crutches so Agudosi could hobble over to a cart, where he was driven to the locker room. Arians doesn't talk again until after the game Saturday.

-- Quarterback Carson Palmer was off of practice for a second straight day, interesting since Palmer will get the start Saturday. Arians didn't mention at lunch Palmer would be sitting. Linebacker Karlos Dansby was also sitting out.

-- Quarterback Drew Stanton had a beautiful deep ball early in practice, hitting J.J. Nelson well down the field.

-- Assistant equipment manager Jeff Schwimmer made an outstanding one-handed grab of a Fitzgerald pass after one play. Fitz needs to get his passes down for his shorter receivers.

-- C Daniel Munyer also limped to the locker room with a trainer at the end of practice.

-- There was a nice TD pass from Trevor Knight to Golden at one point, but the pass only happened because Robert Nkemdiche wasn't allowed to complete the sack he was inevitably going to get. The defense would have had quite a few sacks Thursday.

-- Finally, a Knight bullet intended for Agudosi near the back of the end zone instead was picked off quite nicely at the goal line by leaping linebacker Josh Bynes.