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Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray has suffered a torn ACL, an MRI confirmed, and his season is now over, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Tuesday.

Related players: Colt McCoy

The Cards will have a lot of questions heading into the offseason due to the timing of this injury and whether or not Murray can even come back and play at all next season. The team could use a stop-gap QB or draft and develop one. Murray owners will want to keep track of his offseason recovery, but those in keeper leagues or dynasty leagues will likely have decisions to make as well.

There is "little doubt that it’s torn," a source told me, referring to the quarterback's ACL.

Related players: Colt McCoy

Murray is expected to have an MRI but owners should expect to be without him for the rest of the season. McCoy has flashed filling in for Murray at times this season, despite some struggles against the Patriots. Most importantly, DeAndre Hopkins and Marquise Brown shouldn't lose a ton of fantasy value with McCoy under center. The team is likely to lean on James Conner at RB. The Cards don't have great matchups, though, traveling to Denver this week, hosting the Bucs, before traveling to Atlanta in Week 17 and San Francisco in Week 18. Perhaps the bigger question at this point will be Murray's timeline for the 2023 season.

Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray was carted off the field on Monday night against the New England Patriots after suffering a knee injury.

It was a non-contact injury, and he was transported off the field with a towel covering his head. Colt McCoy will replace him and it doesn't look like that will change for the rest of the season.

Seahawks RB Ken Walker will have tests today on what coach Pete Carroll called a "jammed" ankle. The injury —the hope is it's not serious— is different from a sprain because the joint jammed down and not one side or the other. Strange injury. Anyway, tests coming.

Related Players: DeeJay Dallas, Tony Jones

DeeJay Dallas had some good run in Walker's absence but also spent time on the sideline with an ankle injury of his own. At one point, Tony Jones was also in the medical tent after taking a huge hit. The injury bomb has exploded in the Seahawks backfield, and we'll need some more information as the week rolls along, as those three will join Rashaad Penny and Travis Homer as other options who have sustained injuries that have kept them off the field this season.

Texans WR Brandin Cooks is out Sunday against the Browns due to a calf injury. First-round CB Derek Stingley, Jr. is also out due to a hamstring injury.

Related Players: Nico Collins, Chris Moore

Most of the Texans offense is a stay-away for fantasy purposes, but Nico Collins has emerged into a consistent role, accruing five or more receptions and 45+ yards in three straight games. With Brandin Cooks out, he should operate as a low-end WR3 in Week 13.

Kyler Murray said he expected to start Sunday. “I feel good.”

Related players: Colt McCoy

The Cards eluded to Murray not starting on Monday night because of a banged up offensive line, which in turn left McCoy injured and unable to finish the game. Now it looks like Murray will be good to go in Week 12. The Cards host the Chargers in a late afternoon game, but Murray owners probably still need a backup plan just in case.

Kyler Murray‘s balky hamstring has progressed “quite a bit,” Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury said Tuesday.

Related players: Colt McCoy

Murray has missed two games since tweaking his hamstring in the Nov. 6 game against the Seahawks. Kingsbury said the Cardinals having “four of those [offensive] linemen down” for Monday night’s game ultimately made the decision to sit Murray another week, according to the story. That could also be why McCoy is now "banged up a little bit," the story added.

For the second straight week, Colt McCoy appears set to start for the Cardinals. With QB Kyler Murray still dealing with a hamstring injury and limited all week, McCoy is good to go. The veteran hopes to replicate last week when he was 26 of 36 for 238 with a TD.

Hopefully, if you stuck Kyler Murray in your lineup for the Week 11 slate, you're able to go snag McCoy off of waiver wires. Jimmy Garoppolo is, of course, a perfectly fine replacement as opposed to taking a zero if you're able to grab him. McCoy doesn't offer the type of upside that Murray does, but you could do worse than QB2-type numbers as a last-minute fill-in.