Cardinals top pick Jeremiyah Love out for a least a week after suffering preseason injury, coach says

The Arizona Cardinals volition beryllium without the No. 3 wide prime successful the 2026 NFL Draft for astatine slightest a week.

Head manager Mike LaFleur said Saturday that moving backmost Jeremiyah Love suffered an ankle wounded during the team’s preseason crippled against the Las Vegas Raiders connected Thursday. Love, contempt not having overmuch interest pursuing the game, came into the gathering connected Friday sore.

"He was successful large spirits, adjacent Friday," LaFleur said. "But we'll support him retired this week arsenic we fto it heal. So, a small spot much sore than we were anticipating."

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Arizona Cardinals moving backmost Jeremiyah Love runs past Las Vegas Raiders information Treydan Stukes during the archetypal fractional of a preseason NFL shot crippled Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, successful Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker)

When asked however Love’s wounded could interaction his Week 1 status, LaFleur declined to look further than Saturday’s practice.

"This week and past we'll benignant of spell from determination and reevaluate," LaFleur said. "Honestly, each the absorption is connected August 15th, Saturday. Here we are successful our Tempe artifact (of practice). We'll benignant of reevaluate going into adjacent week. But helium volition beryllium retired this week."

LaFleur said Love volition not play successful the team’s 2nd preseason crippled against the Dallas Cowboys adjacent Saturday. Love recorded 11 carries for 58 yards and 3 catches for 14 yards successful the Cardinals’ archetypal preseason game.

Arizona Cardinals moving backmost Jeremiyah Love spins distant from Las Vegas Raiders cornerback Hezekiah Masses during the archetypal fractional of a preseason NFL shot crippled Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, successful Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker)

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With Love out, Tyler Allgeier volition measurement into the starting relation with Bam Knight and Corey Kiner backing him up. Veteran moving backmost James Conner has not yet participated successful 11-on-11 drills arsenic helium recovers from a close ft wounded that forced him to miss 14 games past season.

Unfortunately for the Cardinals, Love is not the lone rookie who sustained an wounded successful the team’s archetypal preseason game. Second-round prime Chase Bisontis, who was successful contention for the starting close defender position, tore the MCL successful his near knee.

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Injured Arizona Cardinals violative lineman Chase Bisontis is carted disconnected the tract during the 2nd fractional of a preseason NFL shot crippled against the Las Vegas Raiders connected Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, successful Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

LaFleur said Bisontis volition beryllium placed connected injured reserve, delivering a immense stroke to the Cardinals' violative line. He volition acquisition country connected the injured knee.

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"He'll beryllium retired for a bully magnitude of time, if not the full year," LaFleur said. "Sucks for him. Always deliberation astir the subordinate first. Sucks for the Cardinals too, He's a bully subordinate but much importantly you hatred it for the player."

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