The Broncos could get cornerback Patrick Surtain II back this week.
Surtain is questionable with his ankle injury.
He has not played since Week 4 when he was injured against the 49ers. Surtain had a third consecutive limited practice on Friday after returning to practice this week.
Running back Jonah Coleman (ankle) also could return.
Coleman, who went on injured reserve after Week 2, had his 21-day return-to-practice window opened Wednesday. He has had three consecutive full practices.
The Broncos ruled out running back Tyler Badie (thumb), outside linebacker Jonah Elliss (ankle) and safety Talanoa Hufanga (ankle). None practiced this week.
Wide receiver Jaylen Waddle (chest) improved to a full participant on Friday after being limited in Denver’s first two practices of the week. Waddle was not assigned a game status.
Cornerback Riley Moss (ribs) was also a full participant on Friday and not given an injury designation.
Cardinals Clips
If the Cardinals are going to stop their nine-game home losing streak, they’re going to have to do it without one of their top young offensive players.
Running back Jeremiyah Love (ankle) has officially been ruled out for Sunday’s game against the Broncos, head coach Mike LaFleur said in his Friday press conference.
Love missed last week’s win over the Rams with the injury.
In five games this season, Love has rushed for 245 yards with a touchdown, averaging 3.7 yards per carry. He’s also caught 11 passes for 36 yards with a TD.
LaFleur also ruled out defensive tackle Walter Nolen (ankle), safety Andrew Wiggins (ankle), and guard Jon Gaines (ankle).
Gaines suffered his injury during Thursday’s practice.
Additionally, quarterback Carson Beck is dealing with back spasms. He was limited in practice on Wednesday and did not participate on Thursday.
Cardinals running back Jeremiyah Love is improving, Mike LaFleur said.
Love, though, did not practice Wednesday.
Love has not practiced since Oct. 9 due to a lingering ankle injury. He injured the ankle in Week 4, played 36 of 73 snaps in Week 5 and missed the Week 6 win over the Rams on Sunday.
The Cardinals also practiced without safety Budda Baker (groin/illness), defensive lineman Walter Nolen III (ankle), offensive lineman Isaac Seumalo (rest), outside linebacker Josh Sweat (rest), cornerback Garrett Williams (knee), offensive lineman Jedrick Wills Jr. (illness) and safety Andrew Wingard (knee).
Rookie quarterback Carson Beck (back), cornerback Max Melton (knee) and safety Wydett Williams Jr. (concussion) were limited.
The Cardinals claimed offensive tackle Albert Reese off waivers on Wednesday, the team announced.
The Panthers waived the undrafted rookie on Tuesday.
The Cardinals did not announce a corresponding move.
Reese made the Panthers’ initial 53-player roster, but he was inactive for every game this season.
The Cardinals have rookie Jayden Williams at left tackle, with Paris Johnson out for the season, and Elijah Wilkinson at right tackle. Veteran Jedrick Wills recently signed with the team, but he missed practice on Wednesday with an illness.
Their other top reserve tackle is second-year man Josh Fryar.
The Broncos welcomed a couple of defensive players back to practice on Wednesday.
Cornerback Pat Surtain II took part in practice for the first time since injuring his ankle in Week 4. Surtain was participating in the portion of practice open to the media and his full level of work will be noted on the team’s injury report.
Linebacker Jonathon Cooper also practiced with the team for the first time since being taken off the Commissioner Exempt list. Cooper missed the first six games of the season and the Broncos have a roster exemption for him through their Week 7 game against the Cardinals.
On the other side of the ball, the Broncos have designated running back Jonah Coleman for return from injured reserve. He’s missed the last four games with an ankle injury and can be activated at any point in the next 21 days.
The Commanders have brought in a veteran defensive coach to help the club during the week.
Via NFL Network, Washington has hired Steve Wilks to work with the team’s coaches under head coach Dan Quinn and defensive coordinator Daronte Jones.
Wilks is in the building to help with game planning during the week. Nicki Jhabvala of TheAthletic.com notes Wilks comes in on Sundays and departs after practice on Wednesdays. Additionally, Wilks was not hired in response to anything that’s happened in recent weeks, as this has been in the works since before the season started. Wilks officially began his role last week.
Wilks was most recently with the Jets last season as defensive coordinator, though he was fired in December.
A longtime pro and college coach, Wilks was notably the 49ers defensive coordinator in 2023 when the team reached the Super Bowl. The year before, he served as Panthers interim head coach after the club fired Matt Rhule, leading Carolina to a 6-6 record.
He was the Cardinals’ head coach in 2018.
Chad Ryland scored all of Arizona’s points on Sunday.
He’s now been named NFC special teams player of the week.
The Cardinals’ kicker hit all six of his field goal attempts, including a walk-off 43-yarder to win the game.
Ryland’s six field goals are the most in a game in 2026. They are also tied for the most in team history with Neil Rackers (Week 4, 2005) and Jim Bakken (Week 13, 1973).
This is Ryland’s first career special teams player of the week award.
The Cardinals are only 2-4, but their two wins have been big ones.
Specifically, they’ve been the two biggest upsets in the NFL this season: When the Cardinals beat the Rams on Sunday, they were 12.5-point underdogs. That was the biggest upset of the year, surpassing the Cardinals’ Week 1 win over the Chargers, when they were 9.5-point underdogs.
There have only been seven games this season when the point spread was more than nine points. Those two games that the Cardinals won as underdogs, and five other games in which the underdogs lost by a combined 72 points.
Both of the Cardinals’ wins this season have been at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, where they have two wins, the Rams have one and the Chargers have none. Don’t bet against the Cardinals, at least not in Los Angeles.
The slumping Rams may be scrambling to find help at receiver.
Veteran Davante Adams suffered a non-contact injury to his left leg late in the game. He pulled up when running into the end zone on a pass route, reached for his left knee, and hobbled off the field for attention.
The Rams had only one more offensive play, a go-ahead touchdown that did not last.
Coach Sean McVay wasn’t asked about Adams’s apparent injury during the post-game press conference.
Last year, Adams missed the final three games of the regular season with a hamstring injury (and still led the NFL in touchdown catches).
For the season, Adams has 30 catches for 480 yards and four touchdowns. The bulk of the production came in Week 2 vs. the Giants (195 yards) and Week 3 at the Broncos (137). In the other four games combined, he has 148 total receiving yards.
Still, they need him. Puka Nacua, who missed the two games (hip/groin/pre-hernia) in which Adams went off, is their top target in the passing game. On Sunday, Nacua had six catches for 80 yards, including three for 62 on the Rams’ final drive of the game.
Beyond Nacua and Adams, the Rams have Konata Mumpfield, Jordan Whittington, Tutu Atwell, C.J. Daniels, and Alex Bachman at receiver. They may need to find someone else, depending on whether and to what extent Adams will miss time.
The question becomes whether they’re willing to eff them picks in an effort to acquire a receiver via trade before the deadline arrives in 22 days. And the situation will invite even more scrutiny of the decision to invest their bonus first-round pick from last year’s trade with the Falcons on a quarterback and not a receiver — especially since it was obvious that they don’t have much depth behind Nacua and Adams.
Maybe the Cardinals should only play at SoFi Stadium.
Arizona got its second win of the season on Sunday, stunning the Rams 18-16 for the club’s second victory of the season.
The first came Week 1 at the same venue over the Chargers.
Entering the week at No. 26 in yards allowed and No. 32 in points allowed, Arizona stifled Los Angeles’ offense throughout the contest.
The Rams barely had 100 yards at halftime with three three-and-outs. It didn’t help that the team lost its new kicker, Blake Grupe, to a knee injury early in the game when he made a tackle on a kickoff.
But the Cardinals were able to control the ball and the clock throughout the afternoon, winning time of possession 34:52 to 25:08. And while the club never reached the end zone, Chad Ryland was automatic in Rams territory with his six field goals — including his 43-yard make as time expired to give Arizona the win.
Los Angeles got to the end zone twice — once with Blake Corum’s 15-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter. It then took them until there were 47 seconds left on the clock for Matthew Stafford to find Colby Parkinson for a 6-yard touchdown. With Grupe out, punter Ethan Evans put the Rams ahead with a successful extra point.
But that lead did not hold, as Jacoby Brissett connected with Jalen Brooks for a 21-yard completion to open the ensuing Cardinals possession. An unnecessary roughness penalty tacked on 15 yards, putting Arizona in clear field goal range.
A few plays later, Ryland sent his sixth kick through the uprights for the win.
Brissett ended the day 24-of-35 passing for 218 yards with an interception. Trey McBride led with seven catches for 53 yards.
On the other side, Stafford finished 25-of-33 for 222 yards with two touchdowns. Puka Nacua had six receptions for 80 yards. Davante Adams — who hopped off the field late in the fourth quarter with an apparent leg injury — had three catches for 39 yards.
The Cardinals now have more wins at SoFi Stadium this season — two — than the Rams and Chargers, who have a combined one.
At 2-4, Arizona will be at home to host the Broncos in Week 7.
The 2-4 Rams are reeling and will be in Las Vegas next weekend to play the Raiders.
