After long snapper Aaron Brewer was placed on injured reserve for a fractured arm, they initially signed Kyle Nelson to the practice squad to replace him. However, he got hurt in his first practice and landed on the practice squad injured reserve and the team signed Beau Brinkley to replace him.
It appears the Cardinals will move forward with Brinkley.
On Tuesday’s NFL transactions report, it noted that the Cardinals had terminated the practice squad contract of Nelson. His knee injury apparently is better and the Cardinals will stick with Brinkley.
Brinkley remains on the practice squad but has been protected by the team this week, so he cannot be signed by any other team to their roster.
At the end of the week, he will be either signed or elevated to the active roster for Sunday’s game.
Hopefully, things go better this week than against the Seattle Seahawks in Week 11. Kicker Matt Prater missed three kicks — two field goals and an extra point — and the snap was a factor in two of them.
With a full week of practice for this game, that should get cleaned up.
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