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Josh WeinfussESPN Staff Writer
- Covered the Cardinals since 2012
- Graduate of Indiana University
- Member of Pro Football Writers of America
TEMPE, Ariz. -- The Arizona Cardinals are expected to commencement backup backmost Colt McCoy connected Monday nighttime against the San Francisco 49ers successful Mexico City, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter, portion starter Kyler Murray continues to rehabilitate his injured hamstring.
Murray was listed arsenic questionable connected Saturday's wounded study aft being constricted successful signifier passim the week. He tested the hamstring astatine the opening of Friday's signifier by moving the magnitude of the field. On Friday, manager Kliff Kingsbury said Murray was "progressing" and had "come a agelong way."
Murray initially injured the hamstring against the Minnesota Vikings successful Week 8 and past aggravated it successful Week 9 against the Seattle Seahawks earlier missing Arizona's Week 10 crippled against the Los Angeles Rams.
The wounded mightiness support Murray retired astatine slightest different crippled beyond Monday night, a root told ESPN's Jeremy Fowler. It's imaginable Murray's instrumentality mightiness not travel until aft Arizona's bye successful Week 13, depending connected however good the hamstring heals.
McCoy started past week and led the Cardinals to a 27-17 triumph implicit the Rams with 238 yards and a touchdown connected 26-of-37 passing.
Cardinals wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins is expected to play contempt a hamstring wounded of his own, but chap receiver Marquise Brown is not expected to play, sources told Schefter.
Brown's 21-day signifier model was activated connected Wednesday. He was enactment connected injured reserve connected Oct. 20 with a breached foot.
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