Cardenales no tendrán a Marcus Gilbert el resto de la temporada, y esperan que Jordan Mills pueda ayudar a llenar el espacio de tackle derecho.
La lesión en la rodilla que Gilbert sufrió en el entrenamiento el jueves pasado fue grave, lo suficiente como para que Cardenales lo colocaran el martes en la reserva de lesionados. El equipo no ha publicado detalles específicos de la lesión – en teoría, Gilbert es elegible para regresar de la reserva de lesionados, aunque NFL Network informó que se trataba de un ligamento cruzado anterior desgarrado, lo que definitivamente terminaría con la temporada de Gilbert – mientras tanto, Cardenales firmaron contrato de un año con el veterano Mills.
Mills fue titular en todos los partidos para Bills las últimas tres temporadas antes de aterrizar con Dolphins esta temporada baja como agente libre, sin embargo, fue dado de baja después de falta de contundencia durante la pretemporada. Fue seleccionado por Bears en la quinta ronda del draft NFL 2013, Mills también estuvo con Cowboys y Lions antes de encontrar un hogar en Búfalo. Suma 82 partidos como titular en su carrera.
Era el candidato lógico para reemplazar a Gilbert esta temporada como tackle derecho. Justin Murray, reclamado de los waivers de Oakland el 1º de septiembre, se vio obligado a servir como titular en el primer partido de la temporada regular con menos de una semana de entrenamiento.
"Creo que (a Murray) le fue muy bien considerando que el jueves por la noche comenzamos a elaborar el plan de juego con él," señaló Kingsbury el lunes. "Al ritmo que estábamos jugando y al ritmo de un juego en tiempo real, pienso que manejó todo muy bien."
Sin embargo, Mills tiene mucha más experiencia que Murray.
Gilbert, quién está programado para ser agente libre después de esta temporada, fue adquirido en un intercambio con Pittsburgh esta temporada baja. Cardenales entregaron una selección de sexta ronda en el draft 2019. Esta será la tercera temporada consecutiva en la que Gilbert no alcanzará doble dígito en partidos jugados; jugó solo cinco en 2018 y siete en 2017 debido a lesiones.
Cardenales también dieron de baja al linebacker Dante Booker de la escuadra de entrenamiento.
A chronological look at the regular season opener against Detroit
![From left: Practice squad QB Kyle Sloter, QB Kyler Murray and RB David Johnson](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/passzznw9sxvowrmu1yv.jpg)
From left: Practice squad QB Kyle Sloter, QB Kyler Murray and RB David Johnson
![State Farm Stadium](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/vxob34shna6jmlpfhrjl.jpg)
State Farm Stadium
![ILB Joe Walker OLB Brooks Reed](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/nmu12jjrxij3t6bqtsps.jpg)
![QB Kyler Murray](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/tik4umph6frlcqrcztnd.jpg)
QB Kyler Murray
![S Budda Baker](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/ptoewcuowvctjpeq1oha.jpg)
S Budda Baker
![WR Christian Kirk](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/usg04svenmckrwyde3yv.jpg)
WR Christian Kirk
![ILB Haason Reddick](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/ae2z0xebhcdowcxlnnck.jpg)
ILB Haason Reddick
![QB Kyler Murray's locker pregame](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/bedvmsmjqhxrwlwdpezj.jpg)
QB Kyler Murray's locker pregame
![QB Kyler Murray](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/tfpijzb4twefodgykjvd.jpg)
QB Kyler Murray
![QB Kyler Murray](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/mg0kp7bzf6jzcw7ehvki.jpg)
QB Kyler Murray
![WR Larry Fitzgerald's locker](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/blc4aqg1mwdaaybwyvvp.jpg)
WR Larry Fitzgerald's locker
![Cardinals' locker room](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/gjd4vcoyrvrdobjmcvz5.jpg)
Cardinals' locker room
![RB Chase Edmonds straps his pads up pregame](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/kbzcmdwbwlfkole9dusq.jpg)
RB Chase Edmonds straps his pads up pregame
![WR Christian Kirk](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/r7nk6ygwys6f4dyfgie6.jpg)
WR Christian Kirk
![OLB Terrell Suggs](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/tz1lwnc17248iwmoxaug.jpg)
OLB Terrell Suggs
![QB Kyler Murray](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/mxp32k2iirr75gac4ug4.jpg)
QB Kyler Murray
![WR Christian Kirk](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/ybujsvppq1sxcgfq88as.jpg)
WR Christian Kirk
![S Deionte Thompson (left) and CB Byron Murphy](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/chqxa8cgdlppd6qvuvyw.jpg)
S Deionte Thompson (left) and CB Byron Murphy
![WR Larry Fitzgerald](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/ddu7xiqgrlpxzd6tztyf.jpg)
WR Larry Fitzgerald
![CB Chris Jones](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/asb63stecfrrlicx2guy.jpg)
CB Chris Jones
![QB Kyler Murray](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/avlptyvnoibjnpqnhrck.jpg)
QB Kyler Murray
![OLB Cassius Marsh Sr. (left) and DE Jonathan Bullard](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/slsna9lwf6srrdo3svyl.jpg)
OLB Cassius Marsh Sr. (left) and DE Jonathan Bullard
![CB Tramaine Brock Sr.](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/zv8gamoam95h8trviiep.jpg)
CB Tramaine Brock Sr.
![WR Larry Fitzgerald (left) meets Lions QB Matthew Stafford for the coin toss](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/cth7k3zuyxo0okgvtskb.jpg)
WR Larry Fitzgerald (left) meets Lions QB Matthew Stafford for the coin toss
![QB Kyler Murray](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/mnewefp2b27mtmwaxhb2.jpg)
QB Kyler Murray
![CB Chris Jones](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/s4dzg4gdylpokexutphv.jpg)
CB Chris Jones
![WR Damiere Byrd](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/xhn0acymzw9kepmjnxqb.jpg)
WR Damiere Byrd
![OLB Chandler Jones (left) and OLB Terrell Suggs bring down Matthew Stafford](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/x26djdcgblcpsrrb7zab.jpg)
OLB Chandler Jones (left) and OLB Terrell Suggs bring down Matthew Stafford
![ILB Jordan Hicks](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/gyepmrnt1yk33r5cbrue.jpg)
ILB Jordan Hicks
![CB Chris Jones](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/whm0f6uh8f8lr9z9m3qw.jpg)
CB Chris Jones
![WR KeeSean Johnson](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/frcvbkmfduzdghrphhkk.jpg)
WR KeeSean Johnson
![ILB Haason Reddick](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/aabsu4eq4eo8urkcqidj.jpg)
ILB Haason Reddick
![OLB Terrell Suggs makes a tackle](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/lbifwxuccnuz6n0egbsy.jpg)
OLB Terrell Suggs makes a tackle
![RB David Johnson catches a pass for a touchdown](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/lmlyikeeximckdpwdpab.jpg)
RB David Johnson catches a pass for a touchdown
![WR Larry Fitzgerald](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/revokupijmudljlj7mr6.jpg)
WR Larry Fitzgerald
![CB Byron Murphy](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/kqr8gphxivpujieiha2x.jpg)
CB Byron Murphy
![ILB Jordan Hicks](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/c6anuxoroojd3x50dfvm.jpg)
ILB Jordan Hicks
![S Deionte Thompson](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/asvwi8vvbjo2zvq4fmar.jpg)
S Deionte Thompson
![OLB Terrell Suggs](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/hfdevf3yi9zp048ysutn.jpg)
OLB Terrell Suggs
![WR Christian Kirk](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/wyk6fn8kd3xe2vqvq0d7.jpg)
WR Christian Kirk
![ILB Joe Walker](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/uvcbrmqhjdaowwprnkcp.jpg)
ILB Joe Walker
![OLB Chandler Jones](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/uful1zdd5u7acaplwlod.jpg)
OLB Chandler Jones
![WR Christian Kirk ties the game with a two-point conversion](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/dxlj8inr5aq9ja52uj84.jpg)
WR Christian Kirk ties the game with a two-point conversion
![WR Trent Sherfield](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/yjdnsfissh1m7ckj9fq7.jpg)
WR Trent Sherfield
![CB Byron Murphy](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/kojcsc0ouqjxpnpf8h6d.jpg)
CB Byron Murphy
![S Charles Washington](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/pax1bh6vekxc8jfwctqx.jpg)
S Charles Washington
![Coach Kliff Kingsbury hugs Lions coach Matt Patricia](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/cardinals/aaixcopjuhpcihc56ta9.jpg)
Coach Kliff Kingsbury hugs Lions coach Matt Patricia