The Kansas City Chiefs will travel to play the Arizona Cardinals in Week 2 of the 2023 NFL preseason on August 19. Kickoff is set for 8 p.m. ET at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, AZ. The game will air locally on KSHB 41 (Kansas City) and KPNX 12 (Arizona).
Kansas City Chiefs
The Chiefs had an interesting opening week of the NFL preseason. Despite a 26-24 loss to the New Orleans Saints, they had a fair share of positives in the performance.
Patrick Mahomes played just five snaps but went a perfect 2-of-2 passing, which is not atypical for the reigning MVP. The encouraging play from Mahomes’ backups on the depth chart was among the key takeaways. Shane Buechele got plenty of reps for KC and led in passing. Buechele impressed by throwing for 155 yards and two touchdowns, including scoring efforts to Justyn Ross and Kekoa Crawford. His performance helped the Chiefs grab a 21-17 fourth-quarter lead. Blaine Gabbert also threw a TD pass to Richie James in his limited second-quarter action.
Which Chiefs will play, expected inactives
Coach Reid says that the starters will play the first half on Saturday vs. Arizona. The second and third team will mix in during the third and fourth quarter.
— Matt McMullen (@KCChiefs_Matt) August 17, 2023
Reminder: The #Chiefs don’t do inactives in the preseason.
— Charles Goldman (@goldmctNFL) August 13, 2023
Andy Reid ruled out 5 players on Friday: RB Isiah Pacheco (shoulder), DT Tershawn Wharton (knee), CB L’Jarius Sneed (knee), TE Jody Fortson (shoulder) & WR Kadarius Toney (knee).
DT Chris Jones (holdout) won’t play.
Arizona Cardinals
The Cardinals edged the Denver Broncos 18-17 in Week 1 of the preseason. Rookie QB Clayton Tune led the Cardinals’ offense with 13 completions for 135 yards and a touchdown. The fifth-round pick displayed poised play that could make him Arizona’s primary quarterback until Kyler Murray is healthy. That said, veteran David Blough’s game-winning TD to Brian Cobbs can’t go unnoticed. Colt McCoy is also in the mix after finishing 4-of-4 passing.
Which Cardinals will play, expected inactives
No Jeff Driskel tonight for the Cardinals. He’s still recovering from an injury suffered in practice two weeks ago.
— Josh Weinfuss (@joshweinfuss) August 19, 2023
QBs up vs. KC: Colt McCoy, Clayton Tune and David Blough.
Cardinals TE Zach Ertz isn’t playing tonight against the Chiefs. He was activated off PUP earlier in the week.
— Josh Weinfuss (@joshweinfuss) August 19, 2023
Doesn’t look like OL Pat Elfin is dressing today.
RT D.J. Humphries, RB James Conner, LB Kyzir White and S Budda Baker are all in uniform tonight.
