Kyler Murray’s lingering foot injury led the Arizona Cardinals (2-3) to promote the undrafted quarterback Kedon Slovis to the active roster.
Veteran Jacoby Brissett remains the team’s backup, but the addition of a 24-year-old journeyman in Slovis has raised questions about Murray’s status for Sunday’s game against the 4-1 Colts in Indianapolis.
Officially listed as ‘questionable,’ Murray missed practice Wednesday and Thursday due to the foot injury before taking part on a limited basis on Friday.
Murray hasn’t missed a game since 2023, but even if he is healthy, the first pick of the 2019 NFL Draft has struggled through the air this season. Currently the Cardinals rank 30th in the league with 170.2 passing yards per game, while the 28-year-old Murray has tossed six touchdowns and three picks.
NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo was first to report the promotion of Slovis, a native Arizonan who suited up for USC and Pittsburgh before transferring to BYU, where he went 5-3 while throwing for a dozen touchdowns and six interceptions.
Fortunately for Arizona, Brissett is an experienced backup, albeit one who hasn’t thrown 100 passes in a season since 2022.
Listed as ‘questionable,’ Murray missed practice Wednesday and Thursday but not Friday
Kedon Slovis of Brigham Young participates in a drill at the 2024 NFL scouting combine
The 28-year-old Murray hurt himself during last week’s humiliating collapse in Nashville, where the Cardinals surrendered a 21-6 lead in the fourth quarter. Murray stepped aside for Brissett for two plays during the loss and continued to limp after his return.
The Cardinals have dropped three straight games on last-second field goals.
Meanwhile, Cardinals coach Jonathan Gannon is $100,000 poorer this week after being fined for his furious sideline confrontation with Arizona’s Emari Demercado in Nashville.
Gannon was reacting to Demercado’s disastrous fumble in Sunday’s loss: The running back dropped the football before crossing into the end zone at the end of a 72-yard would-be touchdown run.
Gannon told reporters he has since apologized to Demercado.
