Cardinals Release Inactives; Seven Players to Miss Opener

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The Arizona Cardinals have announced the following inactives for their season opener against the Kansas City Chiefs:
Inactives for Week 1. pic.twitter.com/aJZxr2PZGm
— Arizona Cardinals (@AZCardinals) September 11, 2022
The Chiefs carried a clean bill of health heading into this week.
Here are our inactives for #KCvsAZ:
— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) September 11, 2022
RB Ronald Jones
QB Shane Buechele
DE Joshua Kaindoh
T Darian Kinnard
WR Daurice Fountain
DE Malik Herring
Late Saturday night, ESPN's Adam Schefter reported Watt would not be likely to play after suffering a calf injury, while also reporting Ertz would be active.
There was a total of 12 players on Arizona's final injury report, although center Rodney Hudson sat out Wednesday for a rest day.
Murphy, Pugh, Watt and Ertz were initially listed as questionable after Trayvon Mullen, Cody Ford and Rondale Moore were ruled out on Friday.
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