AP

The Cardinals played without wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald in last Sunday’s 19-3 loss to the Seahawks and they opened this week of practice without him as well.

Coach Bruce Arians said Wednesday, via Kent Somers of the Arizona Republic, that Fitzgerald’s sprained MCL is improving, but the wideout isn’t ready to resume a practice schedule yet.

The Cardinals listed Fitzgerald as questionable after he missed all three days of practice last week, although it doesn’t seem like he was all that close to playing. Arians said after the loss that Fitzgerald couldn’t run during pre-game warmups, which indicates that there’s a lot of room for improvement before Fitzgerald will be given the green light to return to a full workload.

Fitzgerald is tied for the team lead in catches and leads the team in receiving yards. His presence may not have made for a different result last Sunday, but it wouldn’t have hurt the team’s efforts to gain more than 140 yards through the air during the game.