It’s hard to be disappointed in a team with such low expectations but Sunday’s performance hit the mark. If not for a couple of garbage time possessions at the end, Kyren Williams was threatening to outgain the Cardinals all by himself an encore performance after their week six matchup. The Rams are the best at making the Cardinals look their worst. It’s a lousy situation for him to be in but it’s all we’ve got. Between his hand in the middle of the game and the way he was limping a little at the end you do wonder how well he’s going to hold up. The offense wasn’t on the field long enough to get much of a read on anybody but that reflects on the quarterback who missed his fair share of throws and couldn’t muster much of anything. The next eight drives? 32 plays, 54 net yards and four first downs. The first Cardinals drive gained 75 yards on 12 plays and seven first downs. Game three of the Kyler experiment was a big step back. But it’s not a three-game audition, it’s an eight-game audition. If you had to decide right now…I don’t think Kyler Murray gets the part. Here we are and once again they look like one of the two or three worst teams in the NFL. Kyler’s back and he’s too good for them to lose a bunch of games. Too competitive at the start of the season to get the top pick in the draft. ![]() You’re saying…“What rollercoaster? They’re 2-10!” A five-point deficit became 13 and the game was pretty much over before halftime.ĭave Burns, co-host of Burns & Gambo: Riding the rollercoaster of the 2023 season. An incomplete pass to Trey McBride followed and 57 seconds later, Matthew Stafford hit Kyren Williams on a 15-yard touchdown pass. Murray’s failure to recognize an open receiver (James Conner) or easily run for the first down was worse. We’re down to five games of Murray evaluation and that process might be a difficult one because it looked like the desire to compete by the guys in the black uniforms (this week) is at rock bottom.Īnd one non-Murray note…Jonathan Gannon’s decision to go for it on 4th-and-2 from his own 48 was ridiculous. He was inaccurate and ran only once - a two-yard touchdown in the first quarter. He threw to several well-covered receivers, but then again, Cardinals receivers don’t exactly create separation. He constantly threw into double coverage, underthrew some targets and at times threw too high for his receivers to make a play. He completed 27 of 45 passes for 256 yards and was sacked four times. Murray threw one touchdown pass in garbage time and ran for another in the first quarter. His inability to move the offense was on full display Sunday. This game was not going to give any ammunition to those who believe in Kyler. ![]() We can agree on all these things.īut the storyline of the season will continue to be Kyler Murray and whether he is worthy enough to be the franchise quarterback going forward. Or that the offensive line needs better players. How Hollywood Brown, who got targeted 12 times but had just six catches, is not a No. We can whine about how the wide receivers are too small. It also gave up four touchdown passes to Matthew Stafford who in his previous nine games never threw more than two in a game and only did that once. That same defense failed to record a sack and missed more tackles than I can count. The defense got torched for 37 points, 457 yards –228 rushing at 6.9 yards per carry. John Gambadoro, co-host of Burns & Gambo: We can sit here and say the Cardinals were overmatched. Arizona Sports hosts and editors react to the poor performance:
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