ARIZONA CARDINALS

Cardinals’ Jared Veldheer will be placed on IR with ankle injury

Dec 11, 2017, 12:38 PM | Updated: 5:43 pm

Arizona Cardinals tackle Jared Veldheer (68) in the first half during an NFL football game against ...

Arizona Cardinals tackle Jared Veldheer (68) in the first half during an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

(AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

The Arizona Cardinals will finish the 2017 season without both of their starting tackles. Head coach Bruce Arians told reporters Monday that left tackle Jared Veldheer will be placed on the injured reserve with a cracked ankle.

Veldheer entered the Week 14 game against Tennessee with an elbow injury. Arians said Veldheer told him he thought he sprained his ankle in the fourth quarter before the Cardinals later determined the tackle had broken it.

Veldheer was the starting right tackle for the first nine games of the year after third-year pro D.J. Humphries earned the left tackle role. Humphries injured his knee in Week 1 but returned before suffering a dislocated kneecap on Nov. 9 against the Seattle Seahawks.

Arizona’s offensive line depth could be even worse off because right guard Earl Watford, a midseason signee who was starting, suffered a high ankle sprain Sunday in a 12-7 win over the Tennessee Titans.

The injuries shift rookie Will Holden to left tackle and backup guard Evan Boehm to right guard.

“That’s the plan right now,” Arians said. “We’ll probably have to make a roster move or two. But we’ll probably start there and see what else is available.”

Boehm began the year as the starting right tackle.

The Cardinals have now lost their starting left tackle (Humphries), left guard (Mike Iupati) and right tackle (Veldheer). Only center A.Q. Shipley has started every game on the offensive line.

Presented By
Western Governors University

Arizona Cardinals

Desmond Ridder runs the rock against Houston...

Tyler Drake

Desmond Ridder eager to remind fellow Cardinals QB Clayton Tune about college wins

Cardinals quarterback Desmond Ridder may not know Kyler Murray just yet, but he and Clayton Tune go way back.

21 hours ago

LSU's Malik Nabers, a top NFL Draft prospect...

Kevin Zimmerman

NFL Draft: Malik Nabers to visit Arizona Cardinals after LSU pro day, per report

Top NFL Draft receiver prospect Malik Nabers will reportedly visit with the Arizona Cardinals after the LSU Tigers' pro day.

1 day ago

Desmond Ridder looks to pass...

Tyler Drake

QB1 or not, Desmond Ridder keeping starter mentality with Cardinals

New Cardinals QB Desmond Ridder is focused on using the good and the bad from his first two seasons rather than listening to outside chatter.

2 days ago

Jonathan Gannon and Kyler Murray look on...

Tyler Drake

Cardinals’ Jonathan Gannon: Kyler Murray’s ‘best football is ahead of him’

Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon believes Kyler Murray will continue taking the necessary steps forward with a full offseason of work.

2 days ago

Kyler Murray chats with Jonathan Gannon...

Arizona Sports

Arizona Cardinals will face ‘really good’ AFC opponent for joint preseason practices

The Arizona Cardinals expect to hold joint practices in the preseason against a really good AFC opponent, in the words of Jonathan Gannon.

2 days ago

Patriots and Cardinals kick off return in 2020...

Associated Press

NFL owners approve new kickoff rules for 2024

NFL kickoff rules will take on a hybrid approach similar to the XFL. League owners approved the new measures Tuesday.

2 days ago

Cardinals’ Jared Veldheer will be placed on IR with ankle injury