Kyler Murray was unable to choose a favorite reminiscence from the first six games he won as a starting quarterback at AT Stadium.
“Do I remember favorite? I don’t know, there’s a lot of smart memories there,” Murray said last week. “Three state championships. The last one, the Big 12. Je, I don’t know, is pretty special. “
The latter will be located just above, wherever Murray makes the decision to place it.
After a slow start and poor communication between his receivers, Murray and the Cardinals offense got under control to start, the defense was more intense and forced 4 turnovers and the finish resulted in a convincing 38-10 blowout from the Cowboys. from Dallas on Monday night.
With the victory, the Cardinals have 4-1 step forward in their last five appearances at Monday Night Football. That’s as many wins as they’ve scored in their last 20 MNF appearances. He also allowed Arizona (4-2) to move into the position of the Rams in the much-contested NFC West and host a showdown for a short week next Sunday at State Farm Stadium against the division’s leading Seahawks (5-0).
Everyone is waiting to see how Murray and sophomore head coach Kliff Kingsbury would react under the lights in their first “Monday Night Football” experience, however, the Seattle game will be bigger and there will be much more at stake.
“For us, honestly, we just won the W in Dallas, we’re going to celebrate tonight and be in a position for the Seahawks tomorrow,” Budding Safety Baker said after recording seven tackles, a catch, a forced loose ball and the first interception of his career.
“I hope you can make that consultation for me soon, but we know the Seahawks are a wonderful team. They’re a wonderful team. Russell Wilson was given the start. DKMetcalf, (Chris) Carson and ground play, is a wonderful offense, a wonderful team. We know we’ll have a big challenge ahead of us. “
The Cowboys (2-4) were already surprised after Quarterback Dak Prescott lost at the end of the season to a devastating ankle injury, the newest in a series of normal injuries, as Dallas played without his first two offensive positions Tyron Smith (neck surgery) and La’el Collins (hip), his starting center, Joe Looney (knee) , also as a defensive version of Trysten Hill (knee) and supporter Sean Lee (hernia surgery).
To make matters worse, the Cowboys lost to escort Zack Martin to a concussion in the first half.
It was then that the Cardinals won the game, turning two of Elliott’s loose balls into consecutive landings and, after forcing Dallas to clear, Murray hit Christian Kirk for an 80-yard landing pass on the play.
Before they knew what had happened, the Cowboys had lost 21-0 and the 25,000 Jerry World enthusiasts were raining a bulge chorus on the house team.
The Cardinals did so in their first game, star cyclist Chandler Jones, who is lost during the season after surgery to repair a torn bicep tendon.
“It’s hard to lose not only a wonderful player, but also a wonderful leader, a wonderful person, one of the league players,” coach Kliff Kingsbury said. “It’s never simple, but I think our boys responded well. They played well and well-trained and (defensive coordinator) VJ (Vance Joseph) and their organization had a great plan and executed it at the highest level.
“A lot of power all night, he turned the ball 4 times, which was huge and replaced the game for us. “
The carnage began when Elliott, who wasted two getaways in a game for the first time in his career, managed to get rid of the ball through Jordan Phillips’ Baker. La defensive shot, who was not even sure to get to the game after attending his father’s funeral this weekend, recovered the ball from the 46-yard line.
Eleven plays later from Dallas 6, Kirk moved, first left and then back to the right, and Murray threw a small shovel pass that Kirk took in the finish zone for the Cardinals’ first touchdown.
But then Elliott missed the ball again, when Phillips took the ball and cornerer Byron Murphy Jr. se him. Kenya’s offensive medium Back Drake crowned a five-game practice with a 1-foot landing to make the 14-0 and the Cardinals were just getting started.
While Elliott spent the maximum of Dallas’ next property on the sideline, Arizona’s defense reduced tension on quarterback Andy Dalton, while Baker knocked him down with a seven-yard catch, supporter Haason Reddick spilled a pass on the punch line and Kingsbury deftly accepted a lockdown penalty on an incomplete pass to push the Cowboys off limits. forced to clear.
Worth it as first and tenth in his own 20 Cardinals, Murray discovered a well-opened Kirk for the 80-yard bomb.
“It’s huge, ” said Kirk. We lost two early and
Three possessions in a row, 3 consecutive touchdowns and it almost ends, if not, it’s about to move in the middle of the moment.
After a 34-yard basket through Greg Zuerlein who nevertheless put the Cowboys on the beaten score in the first half, the Cardinals opened the third quarter forcing a new ball loss. Balton’s pass to rookie Cee Dee Lamb was intercepted by cornerer Dr. Kirkpatrick and, once back, Arizona, turned the loss of the ball into another touchdown.
After a few runs of more than 20 yards through Drake, Murray did the honors with a small one-meter smart goalkeeper. It was his sixth rushed landing of the season, which tied the franchise record in a season through a quarterback. Jim Hart also ran for six landings in 1968.
With two landings and one landing run to that point, he gave Murray 30 landing passes overall and 10 landings in 22 games in his career. He is the fifth player in NFL history with 30 or more landings and 10 or more landings in his first two seasons. joining Prescott, Cam Newton, Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen.
Meanwhile, the Cardinals’ defense continued to play dalton and the Cowboys. Baker bombed and knocked Dalton down with an incomplete pass. Zach Allen added a strong quarterback. Reddick flew through his gambling bag and, early in the last quarter, Baker received a pass from Dalton to Amari Cooper for the first interception of his career.
Naturally, the Cardinals turned the Cowboys’ fourth ball loss into more points, but instead of a touchdown, it was a 26-yard basket through Zane Gonzalez that extended the Cardinals’ lead to 31-3 with 8:54 for playing. Hopkins to catch up on 60 yards and run to make the basket.
It was only the time of the day’s reception for the NFL’s main catcher, who finished the night with two receptions for 73 yards. Murray only nine out of 24 to 188 yards with two pitches and one landing.
It looked like Drake was going to be held within a hundred yards, but in his 20th rank, he crossed the Cowboys’ defense for a 69-yard touchdown, completing the night at 164 yards high.
“It was amazing,” Kingsbury said, I’ve been saying this since last year, this cat knows how to finish games, you move on to that fourth room and he’s moving on to locate the first attempts, locate a hole and run physically, it turns out to be more powerful as the game progresses It’s been running really hard this week. I was frustrated last week with some things and I think I had done a wonderful refocusing task. He played at a high point tonight.
Dalton finished the game by completing 34 of 54 passes for 266 yards and one landing: a 1-yard pass to Cooper with 2:48 for playing. Dalton intercepted twice, fired three times and struck for much of the night. Elliott finished with just 49 yards on the court in 12 hauls.
The Cowboys lead the league with 15 ball losses and their loss rate of less than 12 is the worst in the league.