The Arizona Cardinals have their final preseason tuneup before having to trim their roster to 53 players and then prepare for the regular season. Head coach Jonathan Gannon said this week that the plan for playing time in their game Saturday night against the Las Vegas Raiders would be similar to what they did last week against the Denver Broncos.

Last week, the only projected starters to play were rookie cornerback Will Johnson and linebacker Akeem Davis-Gaither.

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For the last two preseasons, the Cardinals have held out all starters and most of their established-role backups in the preseason finale.

Who are the players who won’t get into the game? Below is a breakdown for injuries, those certain not to play, and those who might not play.

Who is injured and out for the Cardinals?

The Cardinals have four players on the offseason PUP (physically unable to perform) list who are ineligible to play.

DL Justin Jones (knee) has also not been practicing, although the severity of the injury isn’t known.

These two young offensive linemen suffered knee injuries in the two previous preseason games and are out for at least several weeks.

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Which Cardinals definitely won’t play vs the Raiders?

These guys didn’t play last week and certainlty won’t this week.

RBs James Conner, Trey Benson

WRs Marvin Harrison Jr., Michael Wilson, Zay Jones, Greg Dortch

TEs Trey McBride, Tip Reiman

OL Paris Johnson, Evan Brown, Hjalte Froholdt, Isaiah Adams, Jonah Williams, Kelvin Beachum

DL Calais Campbell, Dalvin Tomlinson, Darius Robinson, Dante Stills

OLBs Josh Sweat, Zaven Collins, Baron Browning

CBs Max Melton, Garrett Williams

S Budda Baker, Jalen Thompson

Which Cardinals might not play?

A few guys known to make the roster might not get into the game, even though they played last week.

QB Jacoby Brissett: He doesn’t really need any more work.

WR Simi Fehoko: He might have shown enough last week.

TE Elijah Higgins: They still would have three tight ends who could play, and they usually only have three active tight ends for normal games.

OL Jon Gaines, Nick Leverett: They figure to be the part of the eight linemen the Cardinals know will be on the roster.

CB Will Johnson: As a rookie, he might get a few snaps like last week, but his role is secure for the roster.

S Dadrion Taylor-Demerson: His role is set, and they have Jammie Robinson, Joey Blount, Kitan Crawford and Darren Hall to handle the safety roles in the game.

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This article originally appeared on Cards Wire: The Cardinals players who won’t or might not play in preseason finale