CHASE EDMONDS NEWS

Still not practicing Edmonds (shoulder) was a non-participant at Thursday's practice, Darren Urban of the Cardinals' official site reports.

Impact Edmonds has yet to join any drills at practice this week, but he was spotted working on the side during the portion of Thursday's session open to the media, per Urban. It's unclear either way if an absence is possible for Edmonds this Sunday against the 49ers, but Friday's practice and subsequent injury report could go a long way in determining his potential to play. Elsewhere in Arizona's backfield, No. 2 RB James Conner returned to practice Thursday after taking off Wednesday due to a personal matter.

OCTOBER 7, 2021 • ROTOWIRE

Undefeated Cardinals try to keep rolling against 49ers

The Arizona Cardinals are at the top of the NFL right now as the league’s final remaining undefeated team

OCTOBER 7, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Cardinals try to improve to 5-0 against skidding 49ers

The Arizona Cardinals are trying to improve to 5-0 for the first time since 1974 when they host the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday

OCTOBER 7, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

FANTASY PLAYS: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 5

The Carolina Panthers’ defense started the season hot, but were a little less scary last week against Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys

OCTOBER 7, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Dealing with shoulder injury Edmonds didn't practice Wednesday due to a shoulder issue, Josh Weinfuss of ESPN.com reports.

Impact Both Edmonds and James Conner were listed as non-participants, but the latter's absence was attributed to personal reasons. Edmonds wasn't tasked with a regular and large workload during his first three seasons in the league, but he's logged at least 60 percent of the offensive snaps in each of the Cardinals' four games en route to 63 touches for 395 yards. The elevated reps may be to blame for his current injury, but he'll look to get past it by week's end in order to play Sunday against the 49ers.

OCTOBER 6, 2021 • ROTOWIRE

Cowboys' Elliott, 49ers' Samuel among best bets to score

It’s Week 5, and the cream is starting to rise to the top in fantasy football

OCTOBER 6, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Magnificent Murray has Cardinals rolling with 4-0 start

Kyler Murray has progressed from a pretty good quarterback to one of the NFL’s elite in a hurry

OCTOBER 4, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

How former Mid-Penn football standouts fared at the college and NFL level during the weekend The NFL guys — Micah Parsons, Chase Edmonds and Bryce Hall — all had big Sundays, and the college guys weren't bad either on Saturday.

OCTOBER 4, 2021 • PENNLIVE.COM

Fantasy RB PPR Rankings Week 5: Who to start, sit at running back in fantasy football Cordarrelle Patterson and Chase Edmonds have graduated to

OCTOBER 4, 2021 • SPORTINGNEWS.COM

NFL Today, Week 4

NFL Today, Week 4

OCTOBER 4, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Huge game on ground in win Edmonds carried the ball 12 times for 120 yards and caught four of five targets for 19 yards in Sunday's 37-20 win over the Rams.

Impact He did a lot of his damage in the fourth quarter as the Cards were grinding down the clock, including a 54-yard dash on Arizona's final scoring drive. Edmonds might have had an even bigger performance but the team stuck to its backfield timeshare, and James Conner added 66 scrimmage yards and two TDs. Edmonds, who came into the game with only 135 rushing yards on the season, will look to carry this momentum into a Week 5 clash with the 49ers.

OCTOBER 4, 2021 • ROTOWIRE

Top Plays From Chase Edmonds 120-Yard Performance Watch all of RB Chase Edmonds' best plays from his 120-yard performance in the Cardinals win over the Los Angeles Rams in Week 4 of the 2021...

OCTOBER 3, 2021 • AZCARDINALS.COM

Murray keeps Cardinals unbeaten with 37-20 rout of Rams

The Arizona Cardinals extended their longest unbeaten start since 2012 with a 37-20 victory over the Los Angeles Rams

OCTOBER 3, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

FANTASY PLAYS: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 4

Kirk Cousins plays a Cleveland Browns team that is just 16th in adjusted fantasy points per drop-back against quarterbacks and is playing in a dome, which is more conducive to big...

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Another 75-yard outing Edmonds notched 11 carries for 26 yards and gathered in seven of eight passes for 49 yards during Sunday's 31-19 win at Jacksonville.

Impact Edmonds continued to outpace James Conner in offensive snaps (44 versus 25 of 67) and touches (18 to 12) Sunday. However, Conner was the first of the pair to reach the end zone this season, taking in two carries from inside the five-yard line. It's become clear through three games that Edmonds is the primary chain mover, while Conner gets more usage in the red zone, with the latter already up to eight such rushes and the former with five total touches in the region. Edmonds appears to be the more reliable option on a weekly basis due to his dual-threat ability, but there will be weeks in which Conner is more productive from a fantasy perspective due to the aforementioned work inside the 20-yard line.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021 • ROTOWIRE

FANTASY PLAYS: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 3

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Churns out 75 total yards Edmonds turned eight carries into 46 yards and five receptions (on five targets) into 29 yards during Sunday's 34-33 victory versus the Vikings.

Impact In Week 1 at Tennessee, Edmonds (12 carries, four catches) and James Conner (16 rushes) earned the same number of touches, but the former doubled up the latter, 106-53, in total yards. One week later, Edmonds out-touched Conner, 13-8, and had 49 more yards from scrimmage (75 versus 26). If the preceding has revealed anything, Edmonds has a better chance than Conner to be utilized on a weekly basis and has been far more efficient with those looks. In any case, it's clear Edmonds is in a split backfield, which likely will inhibit his output certain weeks.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 • ROTOWIRE

FANTASY PLAYS: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 2

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Solid effort in Week 1 Edmonds ran for 63 yards on 12 carries at Tennessee on Sunday while catching four receptions for 43 yards on four targets.

Impact The Cardinals theorized a balanced backfield split between Edmonds and James Conner, with Edmonds the starter and in-space back and Conner an off-the-bench bruiser, and that scenario played out perfectly against the Titans on Sunday. Edmonds was efficient both as a runner and pass catcher, and there were still 16 carries left for Conner to run out the clock with late. The difference is that Conner didn't draw a single target, so the former Pittsburgh runner might disappear from the box score in games where the Cardinals need to throw more often. Edmonds, by contrast, should remain the lead Arizona running back regardless of the game scenario. His Week 2 matchup with Eric Kendricks and the Vikings might not be ideal, but Edmonds is an unconditional part of a Cardinals offense that looked impressive Sunday.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021 • ROTOWIRE

No. 1 on depth chart Edmonds enters the 2021 season as the No. 1 running back on the Cardinals' depth chart.

Impact In the one preseason game in which Edmonds and offseason acquisition James Conner played together in August, Edmonds earned seven snaps on offense to the latter's six. Neither was targeted, while Edmonds had one three-yard carry to Conner's two rushes for one yard. Not much was learned about the potential breakdown of backfield reps between the two for the regular season, but coach Kliff Kingsbury has since told Darren Urban of the Cardinals' official site, "We see it as 1A and 1B, either one can come in and start games for us and get the lion's share of the touches." That's not exactly great news to hear from a fantasy perspective, but Edmonds' experience under Kingsbury and Conner's voluminous medical chart may allow the former to be the main RB more weeks than not in Arizona.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021 • ROTOWIRE

Chase Edmonds second to only Derrick Henry in this impressive stat In limited playing time over the last two seasons, Cardinals RB Chase Edmonds has almost matched Derrick Henry in this statistic.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021 • USATODAY.COM

FANTASY PLAYS: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 1

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Titans finally unveil offense with Julio Jones vs. Cardinals

The Tennessee Titans finally get to show off what adding a seven-time Pro Bowl wide receiver can do for their already high-powered offense

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Murray in motion: Cards weigh how much to run star QB

Kyler Murray has established that he's got the arm to be one of the NFL's elite quarterbacks

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Plenty of familiar faces playing in new places around NFL

Lots of familiar faces are playing new places around the NFL this season

AUGUST 27, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS