The Cardinals said all last week that they expected quarterback Carson Palmer to play against the Giants even though he was only practicing in a limited fashion because of a shoulder injury.
On Sunday, Palmer said that wasn’t quite accurate because he was never close to playing in Week Two because of the nerve issue he’s dealing with in the shoulder. Palmer said that he isn’t sure when he’ll be able to return to the lineup because doctors don’t know how long it will take for the issue to resolve itself.
“They said my shoulder was stretched out and I landed on the nerve, shut the nerve down,” Palmer said, via the Arizona Republic. “It’s just one of those things you’ve just go to wait and hope it wakes up. There’s no, ‘it needs 48 hours. It needs six days, it needs 12 days. You just don’t know.”
Drew Stanton looked like a quarterback who had not played in the preseason since 2010 for large portions of the 25-14 win over the Giants, completing 14-of-29 passes for 167 yards. He didn’t turn the ball over, though, and that loomed large on a day when the Giants handed the ball over four times. He’ll need to be sharper if he’s in the lineup against the 49ers next weekend and Sunday’s return to action may help knock off any rust that hindered Stanton in Sunday’s start.