Why isn colt mccoy playing

The Cardinals piled up yards without their main cogs, and also lost running back Chase Edmonds, guard Justin Pugh and guard Max Garcia during the game to injuries.

It wasn't only McCoy, of course. Conner was already having a renaissance season and he accounted for total yards and three touchdowns, taking the NFL lead with 11 total scores — crucial, especially after Chase Edmonds left the game early in the first quarter with an ankle injury.

Edmonds' replacement, Eno Benjamin, scored his first NFL touchdown with a yard score that included him running over ex-teammate Dre Kirkpatrick.

Wide receiver Christian Kirk caught a yard pass to set up one score and threw a yard pass to Antoine Wesley that nearly scored itself before Conner finished it off. The pass was a play the Cardinals have had ready to call for weeks — except it was practiced as Hopkins throwing to Green.

In a game where the Cardinals didn't not want to let the 49ers control things with the running game, the defense allowed only 39 yards on the ground, a season-low. And compared to the yards the Cards rushed for themselves. Chandler Jones got a sack for the first time since Week 1, allowing him to reach 67 and set the franchise record finally. Markus Golden continued his huge season with three sacks of his own. Said Golden, "We were going to play hard no matter what, but you can always add a little more motivation, your best player not out there so you want to play a little harder.

But you've got to be real and give the credit to Colt. He isn't anything like Murray. If Murray hasn't made enough progress to make the start, the year-old McCoy would pick up his first competitive snaps of , as all three of his prior appearances this season have come when the outcome was already decided. Though McCoy has 30 career starts on his ledger since entering the NFL in , the Cardinals would presumably tailor their game plan to incorporate more runs rather than relying on a pass-heavy attack.

McCoy played in four games two starts with the Giants last season because Daniel Jones had a hamstring injury. During that time, the year-old quarterback completed 61 percent of his passes for yards 5. McCoy will serve as a backup to Kyler Murray ankle in Arizona. McCoy completed 40 of 66 pass attempts for yards, one touchdown and one interception across four games two starts for the Giants in The veteran managed New York's offense to a victory in Seattle, but he was then held to passing yards without a touchdown or interception in a loss to Cleveland.

Coming off a respectable showing in an underwhelming offense, McCoy is in line to secure another backup gig when he hits free agency this offseason.

The Giants list Jones as questionable ahead of the Week 16 contest, but the second-year signal-caller looks poised to return from a one-game absence after he was able to practice in a limited fashion Wednesday through Friday. While Jones was sidelined in the Giants' Week 15 loss to the Browns, McCoy presided over an underwhelming offense, completing 19 of 31 attempts for yards and no turnovers while leading New York to only six points on the night. McCoy completed 19 of 31 pass attempts for yards and no touchdowns or interceptions in Sunday's loss to the Browns.

If we were to ever assign a universal benchmark to describe the cutoff for an "acceptable" NFL quarterback stat line, McCoy's final results may serve as the best example.

He wasn't bad by any means, but he certainly was not good either. The year-old is a solid veteran backup quarterback that can protect the ball and move the chains on a team with a good running game. Even if Jones was active, the Giants were expecting to go with McCoy under center.

In his sole start for Jones back in Week 13 at Seattle, McCoy completed 13 of 22 passes for yards, one touchdown and one interception in a upset win. McCoy, who began his NFL career as a third-round pick by the Browns back in , looks like he'll get a chance to helm the Giants ' offense against his former team.

McCoy picked up a start Week 13 against Seattle while Jones was sidelined with a right hamstring injury, but the latter was back in action for last week's loss to the Cardinals, only to exit early with a left ankle sprain. Though Jones was able to practice on a limited basis in each of the Giants ' three practices this week, he didn't look to be moving around particularly well in the first and third of those sessions, which were both open to the media.

Given that Jones' compromised mobility played a major role in the Giants' listless showing on offense last week against the Cardinals, the coaching staff may prefer to err on the side of caution and hold Jones out for another game in favor of McCoy, who served as a competent game manager in the team's upset win over Seattle. The Giants and Browns won't play until p.

ET on Sunday, but expect clarity on New York's plans at quarterback to arrive well before kickoff. Assistant wide receivers coach Spencer Whipple was calling plays and it did not matter to the players. Fourth-string running back Eno Benjamin received more snaps with Edmonds down and Jonathan Ward out and scored his first career touchdown. Wide receiver Antoine Wesley lined up on the outside and had 62 receiving yards.

In the first quarter, the Cardinals ran a trick play that involved wide receiver Christian Kirk throwing the ball on an end-around deep to Wesley, and it worked. Wesley caught the ball for a yard gain, setting up a Conner touchdown run one snap later. McCoy said postgame that play was drawn up for Hopkins and Green in practice, but Arizona was still able to execute.

Sunday was a display of trust throughout the Cardinals organization headlined by starting a backup quarterback in a tough environment. Arizona walked away as the top seed in the NFC at The team will remain focused week-to-week, looking to conquer each game on its own even against the odds. GM Report. Game Day. SI TIX. Home Arizona Cardinals Game Day. The Arizona Cardinals have a standard.