Cards trade for WR Anderson after Brown injury

The Arizona Cardinals acquired wide receiver Robbie Anderson connected Monday, a time aft wide receiver Marquise "Hollywood" Brown suffered a ft wounded that volition sideline him indefinitely.

Brown suffered a perchance season-ending wounded successful Arizona's 19-9 nonaccomplishment to the Seattle Seahawks connected Sunday, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter. Brown, who told reporters Sunday that X-rays connected his ft were negative, underwent further investigating Monday to find the grade of the wounded and volition get a 2nd opinion, a root told Schefter. Whether helium tin instrumentality this play volition beryllium connected the 2nd sentiment and his recovery, the root said.

Brown, who was acquired by the Cardinals from the Baltimore Ravens during this year's NFL draft, has 43 receptions for 485 yards and 3 touchdowns successful six games this season.

The Cardinals said successful a connection that they acquired Anderson for undisclosed draught compensation. Sources told Schefter the Panthers volition person a 2024 sixth-round prime and a 2025 seventh-rounder.

Coach Kliff Kingsbury said helium believes trading for Anderson was a nonstop effect of Brown's injury.

"Had an accidental to get a feline that brings immoderate velocity and that dynamic that Hollywood has," Kingsbury said. "So, we'll benignant of spot wherever helium fits in, and conscionable for the agelong term, with guys getting hurt, we request immoderate much wideouts successful here."

Kingsbury said helium wasn't definite connected Monday however Anderson volition acceptable into the Cardinals' offense, but the ex-Panthers wideout and Brown are similar. Since 2019, Brown ran vertical routes connected 39% of his snaps and Anderson ran them connected 38%, according to ESPN Stats & Information research. Anderson lined up wide connected 72% of his snaps since 2019, and Brown lined up wide connected 71% of his.

And their accumulation was rather similar, arsenic well: Brown has 25 much catches and 246 much receiving yards than Anderson, but some averaged 11.46 aerial yards per target.

"Just watching him implicit the years and studying his tape, he's got a accomplishment acceptable that seems to beryllium akin and helium tin truly run, which we request that," Kingsbury said of Anderson.

Brown's wounded wasn't the lone large 1 suffered by a Cardinals starter connected Sunday. Left defender Justin Pugh volition miss the remainder of the play with a torn ACL successful his close knee, a root told ESPN. Pugh started each 5 of the games helium played this play aft restructuring the last twelvemonth of his declaration to instrumentality for the 2022 season. Pugh contemplated status aft the season, but the erstwhile first-round prime retired of Syracuse was fixed an accidental to instrumentality for a 10th play and worked to get backmost successful shot shape.

The Anderson commercialized comes a time aft helium was kicked retired of a crippled by Panthers interim manager Steve Wilks pursuing sideline arguments with his presumption coach. Kingsbury, however, said Anderson's confrontation did not impact the commercialized successful immoderate way.

Anderson didn't person a drawback Sunday. He entered the crippled with 13 catches for 206 yards -- 75 of them connected a touchdown successful the opener against the Cleveland Browns connected a walk from Baker Mayfield.

The Cardinals volition instrumentality connected Anderson's $575,000 wage for the remainder of the year, portion the Panthers -- who restructured his declaration successful March -- volition instrumentality a $20 cardinal dead-cap deed dispersed crossed this play and next.

Part of wherefore Arizona made the commercialized for Anderson was that 1 of his erstwhile wide receiver coaches, Shawn Jefferson, who coached Anderson with the Jets, is present the Cardinals' wide receivers coach.

"That played a relation successful it, there's nary question," Kingsbury said. "Just having that penetration and the occurrence helium had with Coach Jefferson arsenic his coach, we felt truly bully astir that narration and what it could beryllium here."

Anderson joins a Cardinals squad that fell to 2-4 with its nonaccomplishment Sunday. Star receiver DeAndre Hopkins is scheduled to instrumentality from a six-game suspension for violating the NFL's argumentation connected performance-enhancing drugs this week, and the team's discourtesy has struggled without him.

Hopkins' relation starting Thursday volition alteration "somewhat" without Brown connected the field. The Cardinals inactive privation to determination Hopkins astir and enactment him up successful antithetic positions, Kingsbury said.

Hopkins, who hasn't played since Week 14 of past season, erstwhile helium suffered a genu injury, does not privation to beryllium connected a drawback count, but that hasn't been ruled out.

"We'll spot however he's going," Kingsbury said. "But I cognize he's anxious. He was up present contiguous asking for the crippled program and excited to get retired there."

The 9 points the Cardinals scored Sunday were tied for the 2nd fewest nether Kingsbury. The Cardinals person yet to people 30 points this play and person reached 400 yards successful a crippled conscionable once. Quarterback Kyler Murray said aft the crippled Sunday that Arizona's discourtesy hasn't been this atrocious since his rookie year.

Kingsbury presently calls the plays connected discourtesy but said Monday he'd beryllium unfastened to changing that successful bid to win.

"You know, I'm unfastened to thing that helps america triumph and people much points," helium said. "So we're going to spot wherever everything goes. But yeah, immoderate it takes to win. I'm each for it."

The Cardinals released kicker Matt Ammendola connected Monday. He played the past 2 games successful spot of Matt Prater, who has been dealing with a hep injury. Ammendola missed a game-tying tract extremity successful a Week 5 nonaccomplishment to the Philadelphia Eagles and past missed an other constituent connected Sunday.

Kingsbury opted to spell for it connected 4th down 3 times successful tract extremity scope successful Seattle alternatively of taking the points, but the Cardinals failed to person each three. But Kingsbury said Monday helium didn't suffer religion successful Ammendola.

"I deliberation it's having religion successful your discourtesy much than anything," Kingsbury said. "Matt Prater is 1 of the champion successful NFL history. So, that's benignant of a antithetic level, but the opportunities we had offensively I thought were determination and weren't capable to marque them astatine the time, but it was much that than immoderate deficiency of faith.

"It was a Prater deal. Like we consciousness similar he's beauteous overmuch automatic and that's a bully luxury to have. When you don't person it, it's a small spot different."

Prater's presumption for Thursday night's crippled against the Saints is undetermined, but Kingsbury said the Cardinals volition bring successful kickers to effort retired Monday and Tuesday.

ESPN's David Newton contributed to this report.