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Keim going through the cuts process

It's a fluid day today thanks to the first round of cuts and a short week, meaning the Cardinals go from a 90-man team playing in Houston Sunday to a 75-man team practicing (or walking through at least) Monday afternoon. The Cardinals will make their cuts likely before practice, and GM Steve Keim said on the "Doug and Wolf" show on Arizona Sports 98.7 that the process is going on right now. That includes meeting with the medical staff at some point to find out where the Cards stand there -- if cornerback Mike Jenkins' knee injury is a season-ender, for instance, he'd probably go on IR and there's one roster spot -- and then make the other cuts from there.

All that news is to come on azcardinals.com. Bruce Arians will speak at 12:15 p.m., although in the past cuts have come out after he speaks.

Other Keim thoughts after the Texans game:

-- Keim's "one concern" is the fact the Cardinals have not played well collectively, particularly on offense. That will hopefully be rectified when players like Larry Fitzgerald return to the lineup and they all start playing a lot more together. Keim did single out a handful of offensive players he has liked so far. Running back Andre Ellington has impressed, and Keim said he likes the progress of rookie offensive linemen Evan Boehm and Cole Toner.

-- Keim also said he thought the pass protection was good overall and that right tackle D.J. Humphries played his best game, which could be seen in the excellent run performance the Cards had. Humphries "brings physicality to the line."

-- The quarterbacks overall haven't played well. "I don't think that's hard to see," Keim acknowledged.

-- Rookie DT Robert Nkemdiche didn't get a lot of pressures on passing downs but Keim liked how disruptive he was in the run game as a good first step.

-- CB Justin Bethel was rusty, Keim agreed after Arians' assessment. Keim thought rookie CB Brandon Williams had a "solid" game, getting better mentally and with his eyes, despite getting beat a couple of times.

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