Cardinals Rule Three Players Out vs Dolphins

The Arizona Cardinals will be without multiple players in their Week 8 road trip.

Aug 10, 2024; Glendale, Arizona, USA; Arizona Cardinals defensive end Darius Robinson (56) against the New Orleans Saints during a preseason NFL game at State Farm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images / Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images

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, Sean Murphy-Bunting and Darius Robinson all won't be with the team this weekend.

All other players were present at practice on Friday besides Dennis Gardeck, who suffered a season-ending knee injury but has yet to be placed on injured reserve.

Lopez didn't practice at all this week with his ankle injury while Murphy-Bunting also was absent with his neck ailment. Robinson began the year on injured reserve with a calf injury but hasn't played since the passing of his mom last week.

The Cardinals - currently 3-4 - hope to capture some momentum as their bye week approaches. Arizona has yet to win back-to-back games in the Jonathan Gannon era and will have the opportunity to fix that in Miami.

The Dolphins are gaining quarterback Tua Tagovailoa back from a concussion, which has kept him out of action since Week 2. He was activated this week and officially has cleared the league's protocol.

“(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 confuse him. He does a really good job. He's a premium player," Gannon said of Tagovailoa.

The Cardinals and Dolphins will release their respective injury reports later today for Week 8, though Arizona will for sure be without three players at least.

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