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OFFENSE, WITH “WRINKLES” STILL MOSTLY UNDER WRAPS IN THIRD PRESEASON GAME
The Cardinals are approaching the third game of the preseason like most teams, in terms of ramping up preparation and starters playing their longest stretch. Murray said the Cardinals “actually have a couple of wrinkles in for the gameplan this week” and that the energy is different as the team treats it like a regular game week.
But Kingsbury acknowledged most of the playcalls will remain fairly vanilla against the Vikings Saturday.
“It’s still not going to be as complex as we want to be (in the regular season), but I would just say we have worked our processes more this week as gameplanning goes,” Kingsbury said.
Kingsbury said he believes that the Cardinals’ offense will be able to perform the entire playbook once the regular season begins even without using many of the bells and whistles in games, citing the number of reps the offense has received in both walkthroughs and practice.
“I feel comfortable with the execution level I’ve seen versus our defense,” Kingsbury said.
PUGH STATUS STILL UNKNOWN AS COLE FILLS IN
Kingsbury said there was still uncertainty whether left guard Justin Pugh (shoulder) would be able to play this week, a decision that will be made over the practice days Tuesday and Wednesday. If Pugh can’t go, Mason Cole will continue in that spot.
“Mason has done a nice job at all positions we’ve plugged him in,” Kingsbury said. “Guard, center, tackle even – kind of the jack-of-all-trades for us. Still a young player, but he develops each week.”
Kingsbury spoke before practice, but among those not seen during the open portion of work were linebacker Terrell Suggs, tackle Marcus Gilbert, defensive tackle Corey Peters, defensive backs Josh Shaw, Rudy Ford and Deatrick Nichols, and linebackers Tanner Vallejo and Cameron Malveaux.
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