Second-year Arizona Cardinals tackle Christian Jones is going to miss some time. He suffered a knee injury in the team’s 20-17 preseason-opening victory on Saturday after playing snaps.
Head coach Jonathan Gannon wouldn’t go into specifics, but said that Jones would “miss a little time” with the knee.
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How long will that be? If we go by the last two years of Gannon saying “a little time,” he probably will miss multiple weeks, meaning he won’t likely be able to play for the rest of the preseason. What does that mean for a potential spot on the roster? That depends.
Last year, he injured his ankle in the preseason finale and started the year on injured reserve. He was there for seven weeks before being activated and then was inactive for the next eight games. He played in two games and started the season finale.
With roster cutdowns coming in two weeks, what the Cardinals decide to do with him could impact how they assemble the 53-man roster.
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