Arizona Cardinals

Quenton Nelson made his Seahawks debut in Week 8 and he’ll miss his first game as a Seahawk in Week 9.

Nelson has been ruled out for Sunday’s game against the Cardinals due to a knee injury. Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald said that Nelson will have a minor procedure on his knee and will not go on injured reserve, but he will be considered week-to-week moving forward.

Grey Zabel will move back to left guard with Anthony Bradford returning to the right guard spot.

Macdonald also announced that defensive tackle Leonard Williams will miss the game with a stinger. Left tackle Charles Cross (ankle), linebacker Uchenna Nwosu (ankle), wide receiver Rashid Shaheed (knee), and defensive tackle Brandon Pili (back) were also ruled out on Friday.

Quarterback Sam Darnold (quad) was ruled out earlier in the week, so it will be an inactive list with a lot of significant names on it for the Seahawks this week.

The Jacoby Brissett trade is done.

The Ravens and Cardinals were said to be finalizing a deal that would send the veteran quarterback to Baltimore earlier this week. The trade was officially announced on Friday morning.

Neither team specified the draft compensation that will go to Arizona in exchange for Brissett, but Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the Ravens will send a 2027 fourth-round pick and a 2028 seventh-round pick to the Cardinals for Brissett and a 2027 5th-round pick.

Brissett started every game for the Cardinals this season before being demoted to the third team this week. Gardner Minshew is now the Cardinals starter with rookie Carson Beck in the No. 2 spot on the depth chart.

With Lamar Jackson and Tyler Huntley on injured reserve, the Ravens turned to undrafted rookie Joe Fagnano for Thursday night’s loss to the Jaguars. Brissett will have over a week to familiarize himself with the team’s offense before a Monday night game against the Chargers in Week 10.

Drew Lock has been dealing with an elbow injury, but he says it’s not impacting him as he readies to start against the Cardinals on Sunday.

While the Seahawks listed Lock as a limited participant on Wednesday’s injury report, he said his elbow is doing “a lot better.”

“It’s doing good, doing good,” Lock said in his Thursday press conference. “I’m excited to be back out there. It felt great to get under center and rip some balls yesterday. So, it feels good.”

Lock told reporters that he’s looking at his participation for the next few days “like a normal week.”

“If the training staff wants to pull it back a little bit, then let them make that decision,” Lock said. “But I’m expecting to go take every rep.”

Lock is set to start for Sam Darnold, who is week-to-week with a quad injury. Darnold also played through a cracked rib on Monday night. He has already been ruled out for this week and didn’t practice on Wednesday.

Lock had to fill in for an injured Darnold in Week 1, completing 16-of-22 passes in that game for 187 yards with a touchdown. He then beat the Cardinals in Week 2, completing 19-of-26 for 235 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions in a 31-7 win.

The Cardinals designated right guard Isaiah Adams to return from injured reserve, the team announced Wednesday.

Adams practiced with the team, opening his 21-day window. The Cardinals can activate him back to the active roster anytime in the next three weeks.

The Cardinals placed Adams on injured reserve on Oct. 10 with an ankle injury.

Jon Gaines started at right guard in Weeks 5 and 6, and Hayden Conner started the past two games there.

The Cardinals also announced they signed running back Jermar Jefferson and wide receiver James Proche II to the practice squad Wednesday.

The Ravens will be starting Joe Fagnano at quarterback against the Jaguars on Thursday night, but it looks like they will have a more experienced option available for Week 10 and beyond.

ESPN reports that they are finalizing a trade with the Cardinals for Jacoby Brissett. The deal will not be done by Thursday night’s game, but it is expected to be completed over the weekend.

Brissett started the first eight games of the season for Arizona, but was benched in favor of Gardner Minshew last Sunday and demoted to the No. 3 spot on the depth chart this week. Brissett signed a revised contract with the Cardinals after a protracted absence from the team this offseason, but most of the money has been paid out already and the Ravens will be responsible for the remainder of his base salary.

The move to No. 3 made Brissett an obvious trade candidate and the Ravens were a logical destination. Lamar Jackson could be out for the rest of the season with a thumb injury and Tyler Huntley will miss the rest of the year with turf toe, which left the undrafted Fagnano and other inexperienced players as the in-house options for Baltimore.

Seattle’s QB1 for Week 9 is in flux.

Quarterback Sam Darnold will not play in Sunday’s game against the Cardinals after suffering a quad injury late in Monday’s loss to the Bears, Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald announced in his Wednesday press conference.

“It’ll be week-to-week for Sam,” Macdonald said. “He’s not going to go on IR.”

Macdonald noted the club intends to start Drew Lock on Sunday, but he’s also working through an injury.

“The plan is for Drew to start. Jalen [Milroe] will be ready to back up,” Macdonald said. “Drew’s still working back from his elbow, so we’ll work through that process this week. So we’ll be getting both guys ready to play. Have full confidence in those guys and we have a plan in place and we’ll go execute.”

Lock finished the Week 1 win over the Patriots and started Week 2 when the Seahawks beat the Cardinals in Arizona. He’s completed 35-of-48 passes this year for 422 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions.

“He’s able to throw. How much, we’re working through that right now. That’s the best way to put it,” Macdonald said of Lock’s elbow injury. “He’s going to throw the ball throughout the week, but we’re just going to manage it. He’s not going to take 8,000 throws.”

Lock and Milroe are set to split reps at least early in the practice week.

“I think we just have to take it day-by-day at this point,” Macdonald said.

While Macdonald characterized Darnold as week-to-week with the quad injury, the quarterback is also dealing with another issue.

“In terms of Sam, this guy, he’s tough as nails,” Macdonald said. “I think the second play of the game, I just asked if I could share this, but he cracked his rib on the second play of the game. So, playing the whole game without even making a name of it, and playing his tail off, and competing, it’s worth noting how tough this guy is. He’ll be back sooner than later, I’m sure.”

Darnold has completed 60.2 percent of his passes this season for 1,478 yards with 10 touchdowns and nine interceptions so far this season.

Seattle’s first injury report of the week will be out later on Wednesday.

The Cardinals had injury concerns at running back during Sunday’s comeback victory over the Cowboys.

But the player who stayed healthy was a big part of the win.

Now Tyler Allgeier has been named NFC offensive player of the week.

Allgeier had 191 yards from scrimmage including 147 yards rushing with two total touchdowns in the 33-30 victory. Both his yards from scrimmage and rushing yards were career-highs.

For Week 8, Allgeier led the league in scrimmage yards and was one of just three NFC players to record multiple scrimmage touchdowns.

This is Allgeier’s first offensive player of the week award. It’s the first time a Cardinals running back has earned the honor since Adrian Peterson in Week 6 of the 2017 season.

The Cardinals made the move of running back Jeremiyah Love to injured reserve official on Tuesday. He will miss at least the next four games with his new ankle injury.

Love missed two games with a left ankle injury before returning against the Cowboys on Sunday. He now has a high ankle sprain in his right ankle.

Wide receiver Kendrick Bourne also went on the injured reserve list Tuesday. He has a broken tibia that will end his season.

The Cardinals signed rookie wide receiver Harrison Wallace III from the practice squad to the active roster in a corresponding move.

The Cardinals also re-signed veteran tight end Rivaldo Fairweather to the practice squad. Fairweather, who was with the team in training camp, replaces practice squad tight end Kenny Yeboah. Yeboah, who was elevated for Sunday’s game, went on the IR/practice squad on Tuesday.

The Cardinals released defensive lineman Cam Horsley from the practice squad.

Arizona will be without one of its top offensive players for at least the next four weeks.

Per Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, running back Jeremiyah Love will be placed on injured reserve due to a high-ankle sprain suffered during Sunday’s win over the Cowboys.

This is a different ankle sprain than the one Love previously dealt with this season.

The initial timeline has Love returning in four to five weeks.

Love, this year’s No. 3 overall pick out of Notre Dame, has rushed for 268 yards with one touchdown on 76 carries in six games. He’s also caught 11 passes for 36 yards with a TD.

Love’s injury leaves the Cardinals thin at running back, as Bam Knight also suffered a concussion on Sunday. But Tyler Allgeier did rush for 147 yards on 11 carries with a touchdown in the win over Dallas.

Evan Hull is also on Arizona’s 53-man roster at running back, and Jerome Ford is on the team’s practice squad.

Cardinals rookie quarterback Carson Beck has earned a promotion.

While Beck won’t be starting this week, the quarterback shuffle stemming from Gardner Minshew’s performance in Sunday’s win over the Cowboys has elevated Beck from No. 3 to No. 2 on the team’s depth chart.

Former starter Jacoby Brissett is now the No. 3 behind Beck, making him an obvious trade candidate.

How did Beck earn his new role?

“Obviously it’s just behind the scenes,” head coach Mike LaFleur said in his Monday press conference. “Nothing that you guys see, but I know he’s prepared to go in there if need be. Again, just like Gardner, just like anyone that you ask that’s going to be on this team, they’re prepared as if they’re going to be the starting quarterback, or they’re prepared if they have to go in. I know that he has [a] full grasp of this game plan, [and] of this system.

“It’s no secret, obviously, if something were to happen, it’d be nice to know what we have right there. I feel really good about where he is with his development, so if that were to come up, then obviously he’d be the next one in.”

Beck had an impressive preseason debut in the Hall of Fame Game back in August. But he suffered a rib injury in that game that sidelined him for the rest of the exhibition contests that month. He has also recently dealt with a back issue.

After Beck was selected in the third round of this year’s draft, it seems likely that his time to start for Arizona could be coming sooner rather than later — unless Minshew Mania leads the Cardinals to a long string of victories.