The Arizona Cardinals will hold a joint practice with the Denver Broncos leading up to their preseason game on the road against them. This was already known. The NFL announced the dates of the 24 joint practices that will be held around the league in the preseason.
The Cardinals’ practice with the Broncos will be August 14 leading up to their game on the 16th.
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Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon detailed some of the plans for that week. Sometimes teams will hold multiple joint practices. The Cardinals have done this, too. That will not be the case in Denver.
“We’re just going to have one big one,” Gannon told reporters during the week of mandatory minicamp. “We’re going to practice with Denver Thursday. We’ll get there on Wednesday — practice on our own,  practice Thursday versus Denver,  Friday be on our own and then play them Saturday night.”
Because the Cardinals play the Broncos on a Saturday, they won’t hold a full practice on Friday. That “on our own” will likely be just a walkthrough, as is commonplace the day before a game in the regular season.
Gannon sees positives in the joint practice, which will technically be held in Englewood.
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“It’s at altitude, the first thing, so that will be a good training exposure for our guys,” he said. “Obviously, (Broncos head coach) Sean Payton is one of the best to do it. Their schemes are different than ours, all three phases. They’ve got really good players, a playoff team. It’s going to be a good joint practice for us. I’m looking forward to it.”
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