DENVER — Kyler Murray smiled when the subject of this week’s joint practice with the Broncos was brought up.
“I’m looking forward to it, honestly,” the quarterback said. “Probably a little too much.”
The practice of joint practices has become an annual part of the Cardinals’ preseason. The heat prevents teams from coming to Arizona and getting work in, but under Jonathan Gannon the Cardinals make the effort to extend a preseason road game.
Gannon’s first year, the Cards went to Minnesota. Last year it was Indianapolis. This year, Denver.
The Cardinals also held a joint practice in Tennessee in Kliff Kingsbury’s final season of 2022.
It isn’t a preseason game. But it’s close to it, Gannon said, albeit in controlled form. Quarterbacks aren’t getting hit. No one is getting tackled. The Broncos do have one of the best defenses in the league, however, led by former Cardinals defensive coordinator Vance Joseph. It’s the Mile High City, so altitude will take a toll. The temperature on Thursday during the morning practice is going to be in the 90s.
“You’re going against different schemes, different people,” Gannon said. “It’s a new stress to your central nervous system.”
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