December 8th, 2019 
CJ 
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Kyler Murray had more growing pains on Sunday against a tough Steelers defense, throwing three second half picks, as the Steelers hung on for a 23-17 win. It’s the 6th straight loss for Arizona.
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Steelers at Cardinals NFL Week 14 Inactives
Here are the inactives for today’s battle in Arizona between the Steelers and Cardinals.
Steelers: WR JuJu Smith-Schuster, QB Paxton Lynch, RB James Conner, LB Tulare Skipper, CB Artie Burns, OT Chuks Okorafor, TE Zach Gentry
Cardinals: WR KeeSean Johnson, CB Jalen Davis, S Deionte Thompson, LB Kylie Fitts, OL Lamont Gaillard, OL Joshua Miles, TE Dan Arnold
Video: Cardinals Look to Stop the Steelers in Week 14 Battle
Coming off a bad week 13 home loss to the Rams, the Cardinals will play host Sunday in week 14 to the 7-5 Pittsburgh Steelers.
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Cardinals Make Surprise Move, Waive CB Tramaine Brock
The Cardinals are waiving cornerback Tramaine Brock, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network.
Brock was Arizona’s best cover corner in 2019, according to Pro Football Focus, but that didn’t help much against the Rams.
Jared Goff completed 32 of 43 passes for 424 yards and two touchdowns against the Cardinals, who allowed an average separation of four yards per target, the second-highest mark in the NFL in Week 13, per Next Gen Stats.
The numbers get worse from there: Goff attempted a pass into a tight window on just 2.3 percent of his attempts Sunday, the lowest amount of such attempts in the league for the week (the next closest mark was Derek Carr’s and Drew Brees’ 10 percent).
Goff also targeted open receivers (three-plus yards of separation with nearest defender) on 58.1 percent of his 43 attempts, and wide-open receivers on 23.3 percent of attempts.
Simply, the Cardinals did the bare minimum in pass coverage Sunday. Brock is obviously not the lone player at fault for such a performance, but at 31 years old and in his first (and now, only) season in Arizona, he seems like a logical release for a team that likely wants to get a better look at its younger players in the final four weeks of the season.
The Cardinals are also releasing running back Zach Zenner, Rapoport reported, per a source informed of the move. With Arizona’s backfield at full strength, the Cardinals deemed Zenner expendable, and he’ll go on waivers.
Video: Cardinals Slammed at Home by Goff and the Rams 34-7
The Cardinals defense was torched by 424 passing yards by the Rams’ Jared Goff, and were blasted at home by the Rams 34-7.
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Video: Cardinals Look for 4th Win of 2019 as They Host the 6-5 Rams
The Cardinals are back at home Sunday as they will play host to the 6-5 Los Angeles Rams in a battle of NFC West teams.
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Video: Too Much Garoppolo as 49ers Rally to Top Cardinals 36-26
The Cardinals had more than one shot to walk out of San Fran with a win Sunday, but it was too much Jimmy Garoppolo, as the Niners topped the Cards by 10 by a final of 36-26.
Video: Cardinals Look to Take Down the Niners in San Francisco
The Cardinals will be back in action on Sunday for a NFC West battle as they take on the Niners.
Here’s a video preview of the game:
