The Arizona Cardinals announced one roster move on Saturday to get ready for their Week 6 road game against the Green Bay Packers. It appears they will be without standout kicker Matt Prater.
They made one practice squad elevation, bringing up kicker Chad Ryland to the active roster for the game.
Prater is questionable for the game with a left knee injury that kept him out of the Cardinals’ Week 5 win over the San Francisco 49ers and head coach Jonathan Gannon said Friday that they would know by Saturday whether he would be able to go.
It would appear that Ryland will kick against the Packers, although it is possible that Prater could be a Sunday morning decision and Ryland was elevated just in case he could not go. It is unlikely the Cardinals would have both active.
Ryland made the game-winning 35-yard kick against the 49ers last week and made 3-of-4 field goals (the one miss was blocked and returned for a touchdown) and made his one extra point attempted.
Rookie tackle Christian Jones, designated to return from injured reserve and had his practice window to be reinstated, remains on injured reserve for now.
Something of note with no other elevations is that rookie Xavier Weaver appears likely to make his NFL debut against Green Bay.
With the release of Chris Moore, the Cardinals only have five receivers on the roster. Moore was re-signed to the practice squad (Dan Chisena was released to make room for him) but was not elevated, so Weaver should at least be active.
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