Arizona Cardinals’ Kenny Demens out for the season
By Erich Becker
The core special teams player tore his ACL in the Arizona Cardinals Week 5 win over Detroit
While the Cardinals have escaped, mostly, this season without any significant injuries that brought the “next man up” motif into the public eye, that isn’t to say there hasn’t been injuries. Losing Andre Ellington for three games was big, but the signing of Chris Johnson looked clairvoyant in hindsight, however today there is no replacement for Kenny Demens who is lost for the season with an ACL injury.
The team got the results of the MRI while they stay and practice in West Virginia ahead of the Week 6 matchup with Pittsburgh next Sunday (the Steelers will be coming off a short week after playing tonight). Demens was in physical pain on the field from the TV camera’s view and was helped off the field.
While MRI results are still pending for Alex Okafor and Chris Clemons, their injuries appear to be less severe than an ACL. Okafor hurt his calf while Clemons hurt his hamstring.
Only major injury news from #AZCardinals was LB Kenny Demens suffered an ACL and will be put on IR, coach Bruce Arians said.
— Josh Weinfuss (@joshweinfuss) October 12, 2015
With Demens placed on IR the Cardinals have an open roster spot, whether or not this is filled by the newly signed Dwight Freeney is unknown at this time. Knowing Steve Keim he’ll have this worked out, and if Okafor will miss any significant amount of time, a replacement will need to be found as Freeney is viewed as a situation player right now.