TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona’s top draft pick Patrick Peterson could move into a starting role after cornerback Greg Toler was lost for the season with a knee injury.
Toler tore his left ACL in Saturday night’s preseason loss to San Diego and was placed on injured reserve on Monday. The Cardinals could wind up with second-year pro A.J. Jefferson at one corner and Peterson — the No. 5 pick in the draft — at the other.
Jefferson, on the Arizona practice squad last season, has been one of the big surprises of the Cardinals’ training camp.
Jefferson appears to have one cornerback spot sewn up, with Peterson and six-year NFL veteran Richard Marshall the candidates for the other spot. Marshall was signed as a free agent.
