Chris Johnson wasn’t available after all, tweaking his hamstring on the final practice of the week during a training camp of hamstring tweaks.
So it turned out the lone running back to make his Cardinals debut in Saturday night’s preseason game against the San Diego Chargers was third-round pick David Johnson. And after his own hamstring problem undercut a chunk of training camp – and garnered some tough talk from coach Bruce Arians – the rookie displayed the skills the Cards hoped he would add to the offense.
Johnson ran for 66 yards on 13 carries and caught two passes for 15 yards in the Cardinals’ 22-19 loss at University of Phoenix
Stadium, after Arians once again delivered a message.