Cardinals’ James Conner out for year after gruesome foot injury, coach confirms
Cardinals RB James Conner is officially out for the rest of the season due to a gruesome foot injury in Sunday's loss to the San Francisco 49ers.
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Arizona Cardinals running back James Conner is out for the rest of the season after going down with a gruesome foot injury in Sunday’s loss to the San Francisco 49ers, coach Jonathan Gannon confirmed Monday.
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the injury is “severe” and will require surgery.
Five plays into the second half, the running back went down with the gruesome injury.
Trainers and the cart were quickly brought out with both teams taking a knee. He was immediately ruled out.
#AZCardinals come out for James Conner, who leaves on a cart. Conner is the team’s emotional bellwether. They are going to have to overcome that now. pic.twitter.com/rhenfurYyP
— Darren Urban (@Cardschatter) September 21, 2025
He left the game after carrying the ball nine times for 22 yards. He caught three passes for 15 yards.
With Conner out, the Cardinals turned to Trey Benson and Emari Demercado to pick up the slack in an offense that sputtered along against San Francisco.
Benson finished the game as Arizona’s leading rusher with 42 yards on 10 carries. He added three catches for nine yards.
Demercado ran the rock twice for zero yards and did not reel in his only target that likely would have resulted in a Cardinals touchdown.
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Kyler Murray did not call consecutive up-the-middle no-gain runs when the Cardinals got the ball after the safety. Kyler Murray did not drop 4 passes, three of which would have been touchdowns.
At what point will JG understand that this team will go nowhere with Petzing as the play caller.
I am afraid we are watching the best backup QB in the NFL KM. They sure play like scared cats on offense. A turnover with 5 minutes to play and we get 3 and out. That's not even remotely close to a starting QB yet alone a team "on the back" QB. Im done friends. Not to mention the 3rd down pass couldn't even pass the line of scrimmage. Just plain old boring football here in AZ.