Arizona Cardinals' Gannon talks practice window for Kyler Murray

The Cardinals are not opening the practice window for quarterback Kyler Murray this week, head coach Jonathan Gannon said Monday, Dec. 1.

The decision casts perhaps more doubt on whether Murray, out with a foot injury since Week 6, will play again at all this season. Gannon said Murray is "not quite there yet" as far as being able to practice.

Jacoby Brissett is in line for another start in Week 14 against the Los Angeles Rams at State Farm Stadium.

If the Cardinals open Murray's practice window, the team would have three weeks to place him on the active roster or put him on season-ending injured reserve. The Cardinals have five games left in their season.

"He's working every day, but I know he wants to be out there," Gannon said of Murray, who has been working out on the side while the team practices. "It's just unfortunate right now. He's doing things that he hadn't been able to do in the past here, so we'll just take it day by day."

Marvin Harrison Jr. has a heel injury, and Gannon said his status will be updated later this week.

Gannon takes blame for mounting losses

Gannon said the Cardinals have good leaders and that he isn't concerned about the players not giving full effort, as the team's losing streak has reached four games.

"We know how to compete, we don't know how to win," Gannon said. "And that falls on me. ... That falls completely on me, so we'll keep forging ahead."

The talk turned to what Gannon would like to see from his team the rest of the season, now that the Cardinals have been eliminated from playoff contention.

"The consistency through 60 minutes, that every play matters and all of us doing our job at a higher level," Gannon said. "I've seen three phases do it in ... every game for a certain period of time, but not the 60 minutes that's needed to win a game."

McBride leads Pro Bowl voting, laments missed block

The Cardinals' Trey McBride is the leader in Pro Bowl voting among NFC tight ends, with his 88 catches for 879 yards with eight touchdowns. McBride caught eight balls for 82 yards with a touchdown on Sunday, Nov. 30, at Tampa Bay.

It's nice, McBride said, but it doesn't mean as much as improving and trying to help the Cardinals win.

"Obviously, it's really cool," McBride said. "It's kind of crazy, surreal, but honestly, I'm just thankful for the people who vote, the fans, the media, whoever votes for that. I think it's pretty cool. I'm just grateful that they think I'm one of the top guys. But honestly, right now, I don't really care."

Making it to the Pro Bowl would give McBride back-to-back selections, as he represented the Cardinals in 2024. He said he just tries to do his job and catch balls thrown to him, and credited the Cardinals' offensive line, coaches and quarterbacks for helping him succeed.

McBride was asked about self-evaluations from week to week of his pass catching and blocking. He missed a key block on an important fourth down running play early in the fourth quarter, on which the Cardinals were stopped and turned the ball over on downs.

Arizona trailed by a touchdown at that point and Tampa Bay drove for a difference-making field goal in its 20-17 win.

"I feel like I could be better in the run game," McBride said. "That fourth-and-1, I feel like that's a big play that's really eating at me. I could have strained a little bit harder. I could have been better in that play, and that's really tearing me up."

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This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: No Kyler Murray for Cardinals vs. Rams; Trey McBride's Pro Bowl votes