Bills-Cardinals injury report: RB Kenyan Drake is a gametime decision

Arizona Cardinals running back Kenyan Drake (ankle) and safety Budda Baker (groin) will test out their respective injuries Sunday and are gametime decisions against the Buffalo Bills, head coach Kliff Kingsbury said Friday.

Arizona, however, ruled backup guard Justin Murray (hand), who had been starting for the injured J.R. Sweezy, out. Also missing the game will be defensive tackles Jordan Phillips (hamstring) — who signed with Arizona after playing for Buffalo last year — and Leki Fotu (ankle). Sweezy has been designated to return from the injured reserve but is not yet on the 53-man roster.

Baker did not practice Wednesday or Thursday but was limited Friday.

“We feel like Budda’s a strong possibility. Still have to get him out there on Sunday and see how he feels,” Kingsbury said after defensive coordinator Vance Joseph sounded confident Thursday that his Pro Bowler would be OK.

Drake, who missed Arizona’s 34-31 loss to the Miami Dolphins, was a limited participant in this week’s practices.

“We want to make sure he feels good pregame and can do what he does best,” Kingsbury said before the official Friday injury report was released. “If not, he won’t go.”

Two new names appeared on Arizona’s injury report Thursday. Backup center Lamont Gaillard and backup quarterback Chris Streveler were out of practice with illnesses, but both returned to practice Friday.

On the positive side of things for the Cardinals, two starting players who missed last Sunday’s loss to the Miami Dolphins, corner Byron Murphy and linebacker Devon Kennard, were activated from the COVID-19 list this week.

Additionally, cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick went through a limited practices. Tight end Maxx Williams and backup safety Deionte Thompson were also upgraded from out to limited on Thursday as well. They join Drake and Baker as questionable to play against Buffalo.

Here are the full injury reports for each team:

Player	Position	Injury	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Game Status
Budda Baker	S	Groin	DNP	DNP	Limited	Questionable
Larry Fitzgerald	WR	Not-injury related	DNP	Full	—	—
Leki Fotu	DT	Ankle	DNP	DNP	DNP	Out
Lamont Gaillard	C	Illness	—	DNP	Full	—
DeAndre Hopkins	WR	Not-injury related	DNP	Full	Full	—
Justin Murray	OT	Hand	DNP	DNP	DNP	Out
Corey Peters	DT	Not-injury related	DNP	Full	—	—
Jordan Phillips	DT	Hamstring	DNP	DNP	DNP	Out
Chris Steveler	QB	Illness	—	DNP	Full	—
Deionte Thompson	S	Knee	DNP	Limited	Limited	Questionable
Maxx Williams	TE	Ankle	DNP	Limited	Limited	Questionable
Kenyan Drake	RB	Ankle	Limited	Limited	Limited	Questionable
Dre Kirkpatrick	CB	Thigh	Limited	Limited	Limited	Questionable

Player	Position	Injury	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Game Status
Mario Addison	WR	Not-injury related	—	DNP	Full	—
John Brown	WR	Knee	DNP	Full	Full	—
Cody Ford	OG	Ankle	DNP	Limited	Limited	Questionable
Jerry Hughes	DE	Foot	DNP	Full	Full	—
Taiwan Jones	RB	Hamstring	DNP	DNP	DNP	Out
Del’Shawn Phillips	LB	Quadriceps	DNP	Limited	DNP	Out
Tre’Davious White	CB	Ankle	DNP	Limited	Full	—
Brian Winters	G	Knee	DNP	Limited	Full	—
Jon Feliciano	G	Back	Limited	Limited	Full	—
Jake Fromm	QB	Not-injury related	Limited	Limited	Limited	—
Micah Hyde	S	Ankle	—	Limited	DNP	Questionable
Josh Norman	CB	Hamstring	Limited	Limited	Full	—
Mitch Morse	C	Concussion	Full	Full	Full	—
Josh Allen	QB	Left shoulder	Full	Full	Full	—
T.J. Yeldon	RB	Back	Full	Full	Full	—

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