Cardinals TE Trey McBride (knee) is off the injury report and good to go for Sunday vs. the Patriots.

Related Players: Elijah Higgins

You know the drill by now. Start McBride absolutely everywhere.

Cardinals TE Trey McBride was downgraded Saturday to questionable for Sunday’s game against the 49ers with an injury to his ribs.

McBride missed Week 4 with a concussion and had just came back from the concussion protocol. Elijah Higgins has three targets and just two catches in the 42-14 Week 4 loss to Washington.

Gannon injury update:
TE McBride good to go Sunday.
DL Tonga and K Prater “we will see.”
CB Garrett Williams “probably not” going to play

Related Players: Elijah Higgins

With McBride ready to go, he needs to be in lineups, having accrued 14-122-0 on 20 targets through three games. Higgins can readily be dropped back into waiver wires.

Gannon:

Trey McBride will be back at practice.

No Darius Robinson this week for practice.

Related Players: Elijah Higgins

If McBride's ready to go, he needs to be in lineups, having accrued 14-122-0 on 20 targets through three games. Higgins can readily be dropped back into waiver wires.

Gannon: TE Trey McBride will not play Sunday after concussion.

Related Players: Elijah Higgins

Elijah Higgins (4-41-1) is the only other tight end who has caught a pass this season, so he would presumably be the next man up, though some sort of rotation with third-round rookie Tip Reiman is likely in the cards. It would be nice to see Reiman carve out a bit of a role here for Dynasty managers in deep leagues, but no reason to start either of them in Week 4.

Arizona Cardinals HC Jonathan Gannon says TE Trey McBride is in concussion protocol.

Related players: Elijah Higgins, Tip Reiman, Travis Vokolek

Gannon said the team will have to see how McBride goes throughout the week, and fantasy owners will need to monitor his progress as well. We list Higgins as next up on the depth chart, but Reiman was a fairly highly-rated rookie at the position for those who remember his name from dynasty leagues.

The NFL has suspended Cardinals WR Zay Jones the first five games of the regular season for violating the personal conduct policy.

Related Players: Marvin Harrison Jr., Michael Wilson, Greg Dortch, Trey McBride

This likely eradicates any worries about Wilson being the WR2, but that may have been inevitable regardless. He should be in the WR4/5 range for fantasy drafters.

Free agent WR Zay Jones is signing with the Cardinals. Another veteran option for Arizona, as Jones — who also visited the Titans, Chiefs, and Cowboys — lands.

Related Players: Marvin Harrison Jr., Trey McBride, Michael Wilson, Greg Dortch

This is a nice, solid signing by the Cardinals, who are giving QB Kyler Murray a lot to work with in 2024. Jones missed a lot of time last year with multiple injuries but managed to hit eight or more targets in each of his final three games with the Jaguars. He makes for an interesting late-round dart throw this season.

WR Hollywood Brown will go on IR with heel injury. Ends Brown’s season.

QB Kyler Murray will be back at practice today and should be fine to play Sunday.

Related Players: Michael Wilson, Rondale Moore, Greg Dortch, Trey McBride

With Brown out here in Week 17, the best way to use the Cardinals receiving group is to just stick with Trey McBride and ignore the rest.

Once again, no Marquise Brown (heel) during the open portion of Cardinals practice on Wednesday.

Related Players: Trey McBride, Greg Dortch, Rondale Moore

The last time we saw Hollywood Brown was in Week 13, when he received one target on 20 routes, which he did not haul in. Trey McBride has morphed into the No. 1 receiving option on the Cardinals, and already has a nice rapport with Kyler Murray. No other receiving options should be started unless we have a full clearance soon for Brown.