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Arizona Cardinals Coach Bruce Arians Says Next Man Up Is Different At QB

By Cory Buck

Nov 9, 2014; Glendale, AZ, USA; Arizona Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer reacts as he is taken off the field on a cart after suffering an injury in the second half against the St. Louis Rams at University of Phoenix Stadium. The Cardinals defeated the Rams 31-14. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 9, 2014; Glendale, AZ, USA; Arizona Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer reacts as he is taken off the field on a cart after suffering an injury in the second half against the St. Louis Rams at University of Phoenix Stadium. The Cardinals defeated the Rams 31-14. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports /
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Arizona Cardinals head coach Bruce Arians discussed the difficulty the team will have in replacing starting QB Carson Palmer as they do at other positions.

In case you were wondering, the quarterback position is a smidge tougher to fill than, say, linebacker, where the Arizona Cardinals already had plenty of practice finding a fill-in player after a starter fell with injury. With the team fearing the worst over starting QB Carson Palmer, coach Bruce Arians is here to remind us all that backup quarterbacks usually don’t fill in with the same efficiency.

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“Any time your quarterback goes down and he gets hit like that, you think it’s going to be serious,” Arians said, per ESPN. “I wanted to go out and just see. It’s always different for your quarterback than it is for anybody else. It’s always next man up, but for me it’s a little bit different.”

Carson Palmer went down with a knee injury during the team’s 31-14 win over the St. Louis Rams, casting serious doubt on his status for the rest of the 2014 season. If he can’t go, Drew Stanton will start for the league-leading 8-1 Cardinals.

Cornerback Patrick Peterson felt a different kind of motivation when he saw Palmer, who has played in six games this season, get carted off the field with his second injury of this season.

“After Carson went down, obviously it was a noncontact injury, but after he went down, we just wanted to win this ballgame that much more and go out there and try to tee off on their quarterback as well,” Peterson said.

Palmer had just signed a three-year extension with the Cardinals, none of which is guaranteed beyond 2015, which means he’ll have to work extra hard this summer to rehab his knee and come back in 2015 with the same strength and efficiency.

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