Walter Nolen injury: Rookie DL 'progressing right where he should be'
Arizona Cardinals rookie defensive lineman Walter Nolen III, their first-round draft pick this year, has not practiced in training camp. He remains on the PUP list (physically unable to perform) with a calf injury he suffered while training days before camp started.
The original report was that he would miss most, if not all of training camp.
Head coach Jonathan Gannon was asked on Thursday ahead of the Cardinals' joint practice with the Denver Broncos about Nolen's progress and where he stands.
There wasn't much information, but it wasn't bad news.
Walter Nolen III injury update
"He's doing well," Gannon said. "He's progressing right where he should be."
More importantly, Nolen "hasn't had any setbacks."
He noted how he didn't want to use the word "setback," as that caused some issue last year when 2024 first-round pick Darius Robinson was coming back from a calf injury as well.
Does that clarify anything in terms of a timeline for Nolen's return?
No, not at all.
Only a little more than three weeks remain before the season opener. The Cardinals will have to make a decision with Nolen by August 31 with final roster cuts to 53 players. They must decide whether he will open the season on the active roster or whether to put him on the PUP reserve to start the year, meaning he would miss at least the first four games of the season.
We can expect the Cardinals won't say anything other than make an announcement that Nolen either passed his physcial and was taken off PUP or that he has been placed on the regular-season PUP at the end of the month.
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