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Murray (knee) remains on the active/PUP list after the Cardinals wrapped up their preseason slate Saturday and doesn't have a timeline to return, Darren Urban of the team's official site reports.

On Thursday, Arizona acquired Joshua Dobbs from Cleveland, adding him to a quarterback room that includes healthy options in veteran Colt McCoy, rookie Clayton Tune and journeyman David Blough. After Saturday's preseason win at Minnesota, coach Jonathan Gannon didn't name a starting QB for Week 1, according to Jose M. Romero of The Arizona Republic. Murray isn't considered to be in the mix for that role due to his recovery from a torn ACL in his right knee that he suffered Dec. 12 of last season, primarily because he has yet to sniff the practice field. Assuming Murray is moved to the reserve/PUP list after cut-down day Tuesday, there will be clarity on his situation: he'll be required to miss at least the first games of the campaign. But who among McCoy, Dobbs and Tune will be stepping in for Murray remains to be seen.

Tune completed nine of 12 passes for 85 yards, no touchdowns and no interceptions during Saturday's 18-17 preseason win at Minnesota.

Tune had a rocky start, losing a fumble on his first dropback that the Vikings turned into a touchdown one play later, but he settled in nicely thereafter, leading three more drives that ended in a successful field goal, a punt and a missed FGA. Prior to the Cardinals trading for Joshua Dobbs this week, Tune seemingly was in the mix with veteran Colt McCoy to be the team's Week 1 starting quarterback due to Kyler Murray's ongoing recovery from a torn ACL suffered last December. After Saturday's contest, coach Jonathan Gannon wouldn't commit to any of McCoy, Dobbs or Tune as the starter in the opener, per Jose M. Romero of The Arizona Republic, so the situation bears watching with cutdown day and its aftermath on the horizon.

Watson completed five of his 10 pass attempts for 92 yards, one touchdown and no interceptions in Saturday's 33-32 preseason loss against the Chiefs.

As his line indicates, Watson had a slow start to his final preseason tuneup. Through two possessions, he had completed only two of his five attempts and also lost a fumble. From there, things greatly improved as he completed a nice touch pass to the corner of the end zone for a 10-yard score to David Njoku. One possession later, he set up another score after he navigated around the pocket and found Amari Cooper for a deep 53-yard completion. While uneven, Watson closed his final tuneup before a Week 1 matchup against the Bengals in positive fashion.

Howell and most other starters will be held out of Saturday's preseason finale against the Bengals, Matthew Paras of The Washington Times reports.

The long list of players sitting out includes RBs Brian Robinson and Antonio Gibson and WRs Terry McLaurin (toe), Jahan Dotson and Curtis Samuel. With the Commanders using their final preseason game to focus on back-end roster spots, Howell & Co. can soon turn their focus to a Week 1 home game against the Cardinals. McLaurin's availability is one of the big questions for that game.

Lock completed 16 of 25 passes for 150 yards and a touchdown in Saturday's 19-15 preseason loss to Green Bay.

The Seahawks held out their starters and let Lock play most of the game before handing things over to Holton Ahlers late in the second half. There were no signs of Lock struggling with the knee injury he suffered a week prior, and he's locked in as the No. 2 QB in Seattle heading into a Week 1 matchup with the Rams.

Love completed nine of 15 passes for 63 yards and a touchdown in Saturday's preseason game against the Seahawks.

Love led the Packers to a field goal and touchdown on three drives, but he did it against Seattle's backups and underthrew a wide-open Christian Watson on what could've been a 49-yard touchdown. Love found Watson for a six-yard score to finish that same drive, then gave way to backup QB Sean Clifford and the second-string offense. The Packers open the regular season with a trip to Chicago, kicking off at 4:25 p.m. ET on Sun., Sept. 10.

Fields completed two of six passes for 51 yards and took three carries for 16 yards in Saturday's preseason game against the Bills.

Fields played two drives and the majority of a third, coming out of the game early after center Doug Kramer exited with an undisclosed injury and Fields took a big hit at the end of a screen pass. The quarterback didn't appear hurt, but Bears coach Matt Eberflus took him out of the game in the red zone after Fields led the team there with the help of a 40-yard catch-and-run by WR DJ Moore. The Bears are counting on big things from the Fields-Moore connection as they head into a Week 1 home game against CB Jaire Alexander and the Packers.

Allen completed five of seven passes for 49 yards in Saturday's preseason game against Chicago, leading the Bills to a touchdown on his only drive.

A bunch of the Bills' starters played more than one drive, but Allen and WR Stefon Diggs came out after the opening series. Diggs had two catches for 20 yards, with RB Damien Harris punching in a touchdown at the goal line. Allen made it through the preseason healthy and will next suit up Week 1 at the Jets on Monday Night Football.

Dalton (back) completed six of his 11 pass attempts for 61 yards and an interception in Friday's 26-17 preseason loss to the Lions.

Dalton had missed over a week of practice due to a back injury, but it never seemed particularly serious. The veteran is expected to to be the backup to 2023 No. 1 overall pick Bryce Young after the Panthers announced the rookie would operate as the team's starter all the way back in July. The team's 2022 third-round pick, Matt Corral, will likely operate as the team's No. 3 quarterback in the event he's on the 53-man roster to start the season.

Smith isn't dressed to play in Saturday's preseason game against the Packers, Gregg Bell of The Tacoma News Tribune reports.

Smith went through pregame warmups but doesn't have cleats or a helmet for the actual game. The Seahawks aren't expected to play many starters and can soon shift their focus to a Week 1 home game against the Rams. Rookie WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba (wrist) is unlikely to be ready for that game following his recent surgery, but Smith still has a strong group of players around him between WRs DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett and a backfield duo of Kenneth Walker and Zach Charbonnet.