setting up the ARZ game including injuries & sad broadcast map

Adam Grosbard@AdamGrosbard
Asked Sean McVay if there’s a possibility Rams WR Tutu Atwell isn’t activated off IR at the end of his 21-day window: “We haven’t gone down that road yet. But there are some number things like we’ve talked about. It’s just been a unique set of circumstances”

Darren Urban@Cardschatter
Gannon: Kyler Murray will not return this year. Had some tests out of state, foot is not progressing.

Josh Weinfuss@joshweinfuss
Out for Cardinals against the Rams on Sunday:
– WR Marvin Harrison Jr. (heel)
– CB Max Melton (heel)
– WR Greg Dortch (chest)
– DB Dadrion Taylor-Demerson (ankle)

wv wrote:

Cards are 0-8 against teams with winning records.

Cards have lost 7 games by 3 points or less.

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Rams btw are 6-3 against teams with winning records, and 3-0 against teams with losing or .500 records.

More stats.

I bold any stat that is top 10

Arizona

Offense

yds 23rd
points 28th
yds per pass attempt 26th
yds per rush attempt 13th
qb sacked percentage 24th
RZ efficiency (TD only) 17th
turnovers 18th

Defense

yds 19th
points 24th
yds per pass attempt 18th
yds per rush attempt 16th
RZ efficiency (TD only) 19th
pressure percentage 26th
turnovers 8th

Rams

Offense

yds 8th
points 6th
yds per pass attempt 5th
yds per rush attempt 16th
qb sacked percentage 2nd
RZ efficiency (TD only) 5th
turnovers tied for 8th

Defense

yds 13th
points 2nd
yds per pass attempt 7th
yds per rush attempt 9th
RZ efficiency (TD only) 2nd
pressure percentage 11th
turnovers 3rd

zn wrote:

Rams Wire@TheRamsWire
Rams RB Kyren Williams off injury report, good to go vs. Cardinals

Darious Williams is doubtful and Poona Ford is questionable for this weekend. The Cardinals already ruled out 9 (!!!) players ahead of Sunday's game. https://t.co/zSRVR7MNvG

— Cameron DaSilva (@camdasilva) December 5, 2025

Sean McVay shares initial impressions of Cardinals and Jacoby Brissett
McVay sees a ‘really tough football team’ and a quarterback who’s doing ‘an excellent job’

Cameron DaSilva

https://theramswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/rams/2025/12/04/rams-sean-mcvay-cardinals-jacoby-brissett-week-14/87609578007/

Don’t let the Arizona Cardinals’ 3-9 record fool you. They’re better than their three wins indicate.

Of their nine losses, seven have been by four or fewer points. And since Jacoby Brissett took over for the injured Kyler Murray, the offense has improved and become more consistent despite lacking any semblance of a reliable running game.

Sean McVay certainly isn’t going to take the Los Angeles Rams’ Week 14 opponent lightly, praising their effort and personnel ahead of Sunday’s game.

“I see a really tough football team, a team that we’re very familiar with,” he said Wednesday. “They’re really well coached. They have good personnel all over the place. I think they’re really sound schematically. They pose a lot of issues on both sides of the football. They’ve obviously always been really good in the kicking game, had continuity at the coordinator spot. I have a lot of respect for this group. I think if you look at the record you’re kidding yourself because this is a team that really outside of the Seattle and the San Francisco game, every one of those games they’ve been in and it’s been right down to the wire and one-possession games. We have a tremendous amount of respect for this group. We have to be ready to go for sure.”

Brissett is a journeyman quarterback who hasn’t gotten much attention on a struggling Cardinals team, but he’s playing well. He’s completing 67.5% of his passes, averaging 312 yards per start and has 13 touchdown passes with four interceptions.

He obviously doesn’t have the mobility or playmaking ability of Murray, but from a pure passing standpoint, he’s been an upgrade – particularly for Trey McBride.

Here’s what McVay said about the veteran quarterback and the way he’s played.

“It’s amazing. He’ll stand tall in the pocket. He’ll move around. He can still buy time with his legs and activate all parts of the field. He’s a hard tackle. He’s obviously very experienced,” McVay said. “You can see there’s a comfort in terms of reading with his feet, getting through progressions and recognizing coverage. He has great overall command, really impressed with his body of work. You’ve seen, there’s a lot of production from the numbers, but then once you start to dive into the tape, he’s playing at a really high clip. He’s doing an excellent job of getting a lot of different people involved. They’re pushing the ball and he poses a lot of problems. I’ve been very impressed with his body of work.”

The Cardinals come in riding a four-game losing streak, but their last two losses were in overtime to the Jacksonville Jaguars and by only three points to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Rams just lost in shocking fashion to the Carolina Panthers so they know what a motivated, hungry team looks like when playing the role of underdog.