Arizona Cardinals GM Steve Keim on John Abraham: ‘It sure would be nice to have him out there’
Sep 15, 2014, 3:58 PM | Updated: 4:02 pm
The Arizona Cardinals pushed their record to 2-0 with a 25-14 win over the New York Giants Sunday at MetLife Stadium.
It wasn’t a flawless win, however.
The Cardinals were not able to generate much of a pass rush at all against New York quarterback Eli Manning. In fact, Arizona sacked Manning only twice in the game; the second coming when Calais Campbell dumped him for an 8-yard loss on the third-to-last play of the game.
But there could be help on the way, at least according to head coach Bruce Arians.
“With a four-man rush, we should be getting there more often,” Arians said Sunday. “I’ve got my fingers crossed that somebody’s coming out of retirement Monday.”
Arians was referring to outside linebacker John Abraham, who left the team last week after suffering a concussion in the Cardinals’ season-opening win over the San Diego Chargers. Arizona placed him on the Reserve/Left Squad list, and the veteran has until Tuesday to make up his mind about a return.
“It would be nice if John Abraham was to return,” Cardinals general manager Steve Keim told Doug and Wolf Monday on Arizona Sports 98.7 FM. “We’re certainly giving him the space that he needed and we’ll find out, I would assume, in the next day or so if John wants to return to the team.”
When asked if he envisioned Abraham playing against San Francisco next Sunday, Keim didn’t venture a guess.
“I think you’d have to ask John that. Again, I’ll find out in the next 24 hours at some point,” he said. “But it sure would be nice to have him out there, coming off the edge and creating a little pressure.”