The Arizona Cardinals lost to the Denver Broncos, 27-7, in their second preseason game. Here are winners and losers on the night for Arizona.

Arizona was projected to finish third and fourth in the NFC West by NFL.com's Ali Bhanpuri & Adam Rank. Bhanpuri had the Cardinals going 8-9 while Rank saw them hit 9-8.

They waived receiver Kelly Akharaiyi, whom they signed just last week. He did not get into the Cardinals' 27-7 preseason loss to the Denver Broncos on Wednesday. The Cardinals brought in a pair of interior offensive linemen for tryouts, which is probably related to the knee injury to rookie guard Hayden Conner.

The Arizona Cardinals lost their second preseason game, 27-7, to the Denver Broncos. There were still some standout performances as they near cut day.

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There are plenty of position battles coming down to the Arizona Cardinals' preseason finale against the Las Vegas Raiders on Saturday.

When targeting Trey McBride, Kyler Murray has an 84% completion rate. Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr isn't close to that number.

The Arizona Cardinals will be without rookie offensive lineman Hayden Conner for some time. Head coach Jonathan Gannon told reporters Monday that the sixth-round pick "will miss some time" with a knee injury.