Arizona Cardinals place running back James Conner on injured reserve

James Conner was injured during their game against the Cincinnati Bengals and things went downhill quickly after.

Now, the team has announced that they are placing James Conner on injured reserve.

The Arizona Cardinals Football Club today announced that the team has placed running back James Conner on injured reserve.

In addition, the team has re-signed cornerback Quavian White to the practice squad and has released linebacker Davion Taylor from the practice squad. The signing took place today at the Dignity Health Arizona Cardinals Training Center in Tempe, AZ.

Conner has 68 carries for 364 yards and two touchdowns and eight catches for 30 yards.

This is a big loss for the Cardinals, let’s hope it is only the four weeks and he is able to get back to helping out quickly to finish strong for the Arizona Cardinals.

Get well soon, James.

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To start the 2023 NFL season, the Arizona Cardinals and their offense were immediately at a major disadvantage with their best player, Kyler Murray, expected to miss much of the season as he continues his recovery from a torn ACL suffered last season.

Related: Kyler Murray reportedly facing uncertain future with Arizona Cardinals in 2024

While they are ranked 31st in our current NFL offense rankings, the Cards’ offense has been decent with Joshua Dobbs leading the unit and they even were key in an upset Week 3 win over the Dallas Cowboys. What has helped the offense be more competitive than some expected heading into the season is a rushing attack that is the sixth-best in the league heading into Week 6.

But the running back corps. will unfortunately be without its RB1 for the foreseeable future. On Tuesday morning, ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter broke the news that “James Conner is expected to miss multiple weeks with the knee injury he suffered Sunday vs. the Bengals and he now is a candidate to be placed on injured reserve, per sources.”

Later in the day, NFL Media insider Tom Pelissero revealed that “The #ardinals are placing RB James Conner (knee) on injured reserve, per source. He’s out at least four games.”

Conner leads the Arizona Cardinals in rushing yards this season (364 yards) and is averaging an outstanding 5.4 yards per carry. He is also eighth in the NFL in rushing yards after five weeks. The team will now have to lean heavily on backup running back Emari Demercado who is only averaging 3.4 yards per carry.