The line given to fans from the Arizona Cardinals is that guys like running back David Johnson aren’t healing from their injuries as they expected. Word is he will not return in 2017.
Is it really the injury though that is keeping Johnson out. It doesn’t have anything to do with the fact the team is 4-6 and although still mathematically in the hunt for the playoffs, realistically that ship has sailed.
There really is no reason to bring Johnson back at this point. The same goes for quarterback Carson Palmer or running back T.J. Logan.
It would seem the idea of Palmer returning in 2018 is very realistic at this point.