The injury reports for the Arizona Cardinals’ Saturday game against the L.A. Rams in Week 17 graphically illustrate the folly of the oft-repeated “all teams have injuries” cliche that is proven time and again to be inaccurate.
The Cardinals had a walkthrough Tuesday, so the nine players with injuries listed is an estimate of what it would have been with a regular practice. That total doesn’t include tackles Paris Johnson Jr. and Jonah Williams, who were each placed on injured reserve Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the Rams also had a walkthrough, but list zero players with injuries. The Cardinals have 11 players placed on injured reserve since the cutdown to 53 players while the Rams have five.
The full details of the Cardinals’ first injury report of the week are below.