By james art TEMPE — The Arizona Cardinals are ruling out three players ahead of their Week 8 road test against the Miami Dolphins.
Head coach Jonathan Gannon says Roy Lopez, Shaun Murphy-Bunting and Darius Robinson will not be with the squad this weekend.
All other players attended Friday’s practice except Dennis Gardek, who suffered a season-ending knee injury but has not yet been placed on injured reserve.
Lopez has not trained at all this week with an ankle injury, while Murphy-Bunting has also been sidelined with a neck ailment. Robinson began the year on injured reserve with a calf injury but has not played since the death of his mother last week.
The Cardinals — currently 3-4 — are hoping to gain some momentum as their bye week approaches. Arizona has yet to win back-to-back games in the Jonathan Gannon era and will have an opportunity to rectify that in Miami.
The Dolphins are getting quarterback Tua Tagovailoa back from a concussion that kept him out since Week 2. He was activated this week and officially cleared the league’s record.
“(He’s) a really good processor, very accurate. (The ball) comes out of his hand extremely fast, on time and accurate. He knows where to go with the ball. You can’t mess it up. He does a really good job. He’s a first-class player,” Gannon said of Tagovailoa.
The Cardinals and Dolphins will release their respective injury reports later today for Week 8, though Arizona is certain to be without at least three players.
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