Arizona Cardinals Week 14 offensive snap counts, observations vs. Rams

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In the Arizona Cardinals’ 45-17 loss to the Los Angeles Sunday, 17 players participated in at least one of the 62 offensive snaps.

Quarterback Jacoby Brissett, left guard Jon Gaines II, center Hjalte Froholdt, right guard Isaiah Adams and right tackle Kelvin Beachum played every snap. Tight end Trey McBride played all but two snaps.

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Rookie center/guard Hayden Conner played his first NFL snaps, but only on special teams.

How was the playing time divided up? Below are individual snap counts for every player who got in the game offensively, grouped by position.

The first number after each name is snaps and the second is the percentage. Players in bold were starters.

Arizona Cardinals Week 14 offensive snap counts: Quarterbacks

  • Active, did not play: Kedon Slovis

  • Reserve/injured (eligible for return, but won’t): Kyler Murray

Brissett had another solid game, but in another losing effort. He completed 25 of 44 passes for 271 yards and two touchdowns, but his one interception resulted in a 80.8 passer rating. His 22 rushing yards with an 11-yard long came on three scrambles plus a designed run up the middle that set up a 63-yard field-goal attempt on the final play of the first half.

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Running backs

  • Michael Carter (33/53), Bam Knight (29/47)

  • Inactive: Emari Demercado (injured)

  • Active/did not play: Corey Kiner

  • Reserve/injured: Trey Benson (eligible to return/practicing), James Conner (eligible to return, but won’t)

Nothing to crow about. Knight (7-16) and Carter (3-13) combined for 29 yards on 10 attempts for a 2.9-yard average. Carter had two receptions for 18 yards and Knight three for 18. So, the combined yards from scrimmage for the two runners was 65 on 15 touches.

Wide receivers

  • Michael Wilson (49/79), Andre Baccellia (49/79), Jalen Brooks (25/40), Trent Sherfield Sr. (9/15)

  • Inactive: WR Marvin Harison Jr. (injured), Xavier Weaver (injured)

  • Reserve/injured: Greg Dortch (eligible to return), Simi Fehoko (eligible to return), Zay Jones (eligible to return, but won’t)

Without Harrison to gobble up targets, Wilson caught 11 of his 16 targets for 142 yards and two touchdowns. And yes, his 19-yard score actually gave the Cardinals a 7-0 lead after a 2:55 drive to open the game. Brooks, who was signed to the practice squad on Oct. 30 and was elevated for the game, likely earned some more playing time with two catches on three targets for 32 yards with a long of 20. Baccellia had three targets and caught one for three yards while Sherfield was targeted once. He was signed to the roster last Tuesday.

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Tight ends

  • Trey McBride (60/97), Elijah Higgins (41/66), Josiah Deguara (7/11), Pharaoh Brown (3/5)

  • Reserve/injured: Tip Reiman, Travis Vokolek (both eligible to return, but won’t)

After catching two targets for 45 yards on the opening possession, McBride had only three receptions for 13 yards on seven targets for the remainder of the game. However, on a quick pass for five yards in the final quarter, he reached five for the game and tied Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs for the most consecutive games with five catches (15) by a tight end in NFL history. Higgins and Deguara were targeted once. Higgins caught his behind the line of scrimmage and had to break tackles to get back to the line of scrimmage.

Offensive linemen

  • LG Jon Gaines II (62/100), C Hjalte Froholdt (62/100), RG Isaiah Adams (62/100), RT Kelvin Beachum (62/100), LT Paris Johnson Jr. (35/56), LT Josh Fryar (32/52)

  • Inactive: G Evan Brown (personal)

  • Active/did not play (except for special teams): C/G Hayden Conner, T Demontrey Jacobs

  • Reserve/injured: RG Will Hernandez (eligible to return), T Christian Jones (eligible to return/practicing), RT Jonah Williams (eligible to return, but won’t)

  • Reserve/injured: Valentin Senn

Brown was inactive for unknown personal reasons although he had posted on social media during the summer that he and his wife were expecting a child near the end of the year. Johnson played only 35 snaps because of a knee injury.

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