The Cardinals got a lot good work in this week while practicing in San Diego. Bruce Arians said that, his players did too. But the end result didn't feel all that good. The offense looked ugly, which really isn't what you'd like to see at this point of camp (and things went pretty well in the first-unit's one series in the preseason opener, so it's not like they were bad a week ago).

But then you throw in the news that best case scenario, linebacker Alex Okafor would have to play the season with a torn biceps tendon, and that's only if he decides not to have surgery. That's a tough call. Okafor is going to be a free agent after the season. If he waits on surgery, he won't be a full strength and he'll have to have surgery right before signing with another team. Surgery now, and he'll have no season in which to entice teams to sign him. He called it one of the most difficult decisions he's made (and he had to make the same exact decision already, with Arians, when he was a rookie in 2013.)

Okafor suffered the injury in practice Tuesday night. We'll see what his choice is and what it means. Okafor is/was the third linebacker to give relief to starters Chandler Jones and Markus Golden.

-- Interesting that Arians said Jaron Brown is the best receiver the Cardinals have right now. Brown did make a pair of great grabs against the Chargers. One of the few bright spots.

-- Larry Fitzgerald sat with a minor MCL sprain, Arians said. It isn't serious.

-- Deone Bucannon hammered wide receiver Dontrelle Inman early in the game, a clean hit (a penalty wasn't called and the replays I've seen show a hard hit to the upper chest) that knocked Inman's helmet off. Inman was checked for a concussion and cleared, but did not return.

"I'm a physical player," Bucannon said. "That's what it is and I like setting the tempo for the team and making plays within the rules of football. I love playing the game with passion."

-- Couldn't tell exactly how D.J. Humphries did at right tackle, but frankly, there wasn't anyone on offense (except maybe Jaron Brown) that will be able to be excited about how he played.

-- Cornerback Brandon Williams gave up a 13-yard pass early, but held up better in my opinion. Overall, it seemed like a better performance.

-- Arians, in his postgame radio interview: "You can't play the game without passion, energy or brains and we didn't have any of the three."

One more week of training camp to go.