Stanton once again thrust into Cardinals’ starting role
TEMPE, Ariz. — Drew Stanton has been here before. Carson Palmer goes down with a serious injury and Stanton steps in as his backup.
Stanton’s career statistics are unspectacular. His win-loss record, not so bad.
In his four seasons with the Cardinals, Stanton is 6-3 as a starter.
“That’s the only one that matters to me,” Stanton said. “I know my career stats are probably horrible … but I think that (the win-loss record) is the ultimate measure of a quarterback, especially as a backup. That’s something I take pride in is to come in and try to win football games.”
That certainly didn’t happen last Sunday in Arizona’s 33-0 blowout loss to the Los Ange- les Rams in London.
When Palmer went down with a broken left arm, Stanton came in and completed just four of 15 passes for 62 yards with an interception.
“I was disappointed from a personal standpoint of what happened last week because I wasn’t able to go out there and get in a rhythm,” he said after the team went through a light workout Tuesday.
Coach Bruce Arians expects Stanton to improve with more time with the starters.
“I know Drew [Stanton] will bounce back and play a whole lot better when he gets all the practice time,” Arians said. “It’s nice to have an extra day’s work. He got literally no reps last week in our offense, so we’ll get that straightened out.”