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Cardinals take precautions with Kyler Murray and DeAndre Hopkins

The Arizona Cardinals They are the best team in the National Conference after 12 weeks after winning nine of the 11 games played and in large part it is due to the seven-game unbeaten streak led by the quarterback Kyler Murray y el wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins.

However, both Murray, with an ankle injury, and Hopkins, with a hamstring strain, have been out of action the last three games. Interestingly, both suffered injuries in the Week 8 loss to the Green Bay Packers.

The good news is that both players took advantage of the bye week and their return to the field is close. The quarterback and wide receiver have had limited practice heading into the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field.

Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury knows he has to watch out for his best players as they didn’t practice for all of November. Despite this, he understands that they will not have difficulty synchronizing on the grid.

“These guys have played a lot of football. I don’t think it will take them long to acclimatize and regain their high level of play.Kingsbury said.

Murray and Hopkins numbers

In eight games played in the 2021 season, Kyler Murray has 2,276 yards, 17 touchdowns and seven interceptions after completing 72.7 percent of the passes he has attempted. For his part, DeAndre Hopkins has managed to catch 35 of the 48 passes Murray threw in his direction for 486 yards and seven touchdowns.

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