Cardinals’ quarterback Kevin Kolb hopes to play against St. Louis Rams on Sunday – NFL News
Arizona Cardinals’ regular quarterback Kevin Kolb is hopeful to play the week 12 game of the National Football League current season against St. Louis Rams on Sunday as he attended a practice session on Wednesday after around three
weeks.
During the eight week game against Baltimore Ravens, Kolb received a turf toe injury in his right foot and did not play the games against St. Louis Rams, Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers in the week nine, 10 and 11 respectively.
In his absence, Cardinals won the first two games, but were defeated badly by the National Football League West division leaders last Sunday. They only got their moment in the final quarter of the game when wide receiver Larry
Fitzgerald collected a 23-yard pass from Richard Bartel to score the Cardinals’ only touchdown.
Kolb was eager to play the previous games and is still desperate to be a part of the team’s starting line-up. He admitted that he was still feeling pain in his foot, and was frustrated about the slow progress of his recovery, but,
at the same time hoped that he would be fit to play on Sunday.
“There's always going to be pain there," he said. "It's just fighting through it at this point. Pushing and planting is not a big deal.”
Kolb started his professional career by joining Eagles after the 2007 NFL Draft. In July, 2011, he was traded to Cardinals. He has played seven games this season where he completed 129 passes of 227 attempts for 1,706 yards and
managed eight touchdowns and eight interceptions.
Meanwhile, Cardinals’ coach Ken Whisenhunt was pleased to see Kolb practising. However, he said that final decision of including him in the game against Rams would depend on how well the player responds in the days to come. He
further said that it was essential for Kolb to get some practice as he has not been able to enter the field during the last few weeks.
“It's good to have him out here today working," Whisenhunt said. "What's really going to be determined is how his foot responds after today. This is the first real work he's gotten, live work. He's done a lot of work on the side
trying to get back. So we'll see how the soreness is, how he feels tomorrow. That's going to be part of it."
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