Tyler Allgeier misses Wednesday practice with a toe injury as Love returns

Arizona Cardinals running back Tyler Allgeier did not practice Wednesday because of a toe injury, according to the team's official practice report. Darren Urban of the Cardinals' official site listed the toe as the reason, and Underdog NFL and RotoWire both posted the non-participant tag Wednesday evening.

The timing matters because it lands on the same day Jeremiyah Love came back. Love, who missed time with an ankle injury, returned to drills as a limited participant, just as coach Matt LaFleur said on Monday he would. Cardinals beat writer Theo Mackie counted nine absences at Cardinals practice and described Allgeier's toe as a new injury.

What is confirmed

Allgeier was a non-participant Wednesday with a toe injury. Love was limited with his ankle. The Cardinals play at the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, Nov. 1, at 1 PM ET, so Arizona has two more practice reports before it sets game statuses on Friday.

What nobody has said yet is how serious the toe is. The team has not given a timeline, and a single missed Wednesday can be maintenance as easily as a real problem.

Why it matters for RSO rosters

Allgeier signed a two-year, $12.25 million contract with Arizona in March and has been the next man up behind Love. If Love's ankle holds up and Allgeier sits, the backfield swings back toward Love quickly. If both are limited by Friday, the Dallas game turns into a guessing game nobody wants in a lineup.

For contract-league owners, Allgeier's salary only makes sense if he keeps a real share of the carries. A toe issue arriving the week Love returns pushes him closer to handcuff territory, and that should shape how you value him in trade talks.

What to do now

If you roster Love, keep him in your plans for Sunday and watch whether he moves from limited to full by Friday. If you roster Allgeier, have a backup lined up and avoid locking him into a lineup before the Friday report. Owners holding both should lean toward Love unless Thursday's report changes the picture.

Watch Thursday's practice report first. A second straight DNP for Allgeier would make a questionable or doubtful tag likely, while a return to limited work would put him back in the mix as Love's partner against Dallas.