Carson Palmer out, Drew Stanton to start for Arizona Cardinals vs 49ers

Drew Stanton will start his second consecutive game on Sunday for the Arizona Cardinals against the San Francisco 49ers over Carson Palmer who is dealing with a nerve issue suffered in the Week 1 win over the San Diego Chargers in his throwing arm.

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Stanton led the Cardinals to a 25-14 win over the New York Giants last Sunday when he was notified the day of the game that he would be starting and finished 14-of-29 passing with 167 yards and zero touchdowns. Palmer’s status moving forward remains to be determined, but he was ruled out for this game after some reports questioned if he could serve as the backup..

The Cardinals were led by a stifling defense that forced Eli Manning and the Giants into four turnovers rather than a strong individual performance from the veteran signal-caller out of Michigan State, but he led five scoring drives, albeit four of them finishing with Chandler Catanzaro field goals, but he didn’t hurt the team with turnovers.

Arizona is off to a 2-0 start while the 49ers are reeling after allowing 21 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to the Chicago Bears on Sunday night, so this game could go a long way toward determining the NFC West division winner and early playoff positioning.

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