Cardinals 31, Jets 6: Offense, defense dominant in 2nd straight blowout

The Cardinals had over 400 yards of offense and didn’t allow an opponent to score a touchdown for the thrid consecutive home game.

The Arizona Cardinals put together an impressive performance on Sunday at State Farm Stadium. They defeated the New York Jets 31-6 for their fourth consecutive win, maintaining their lead in the NFC West.

The defense held an opponent without a touchdown for the third consecutive home game. The offense amassed 406 total yards of offense, scored on its first five possessions and never gave the Jets a chance.

The No. 2-ranked Jets pass defense, saw Kyler Murray complete 22-of-24 passes for 266 yards and a touchdown. He completed his final 17 passes of the game, a team record.

Running back James Conner had 113 yards from scrimmage with a touchdown and rookie Trey Benson had his best game as a pro so far, rushing for 62 yards on 10 attempts and adding 25 yards on two catches.

The defense held the Jets to only 207 total yards. The Jets didn’t score in the second half.

Arizona improved to 6-4, dropping the Jets to 3-7.

Here is how it went down.

Cardinals 7, Jets 0

The Cardinals took the opening drive 70 yards in six plays. Marvin Harrison Jr. had an 18-yard catch and James Conner had a 44-yard catch that initially looked like a touchdown. It was overturned on review and he scored anyway on a one-yard run to give the Cardinals the lead.

Cardinals 7, Jets 3

The Jets moved down the field easily, getting 35 rushing yards between Breece Hall and Braelon Allen. But once they got in the red zone, the Cardinals defense got a stop as newly acquired linebacker Baron Browning’s pressure on third down forced Aaron Rodgers to throw the ball away. Spencer Shrader made a 25-yard field goal to get the Jets on the board.

Cardinals 14, Jets 3

Kyler Murray’s one-yard touchdown run gave the Cardinals a 14-3 lear with 2:54 left in the first quarter. Harrison had a 17-yard reception, Trey McBride had an 18-yarder and a pass interference call on Jets cornerback D.J. Reed against Zay Jones gave the Cardinals first-and-goal from the one.

Cardinals 14, Jets 6

The Jets could not get into the red zone in their second drive and settled on a 45-yard field goal. Garrett Wilson’s 12-yard catch gave the Jets one of their two third-down conversions on the drive.

Cardinals 21, Jets 6

The Cardinals continued carving up the New York defense in the passing game. Murray threw a nine-yard touchdown pass to Harrison for their third score of the game. McBride had catches of 17 and 13 yards on two different third downs. The drive was 10 plays for 70 yards and took up 5:53.

3-and-out forced

After taking a 21-6 lead, Jesse Luketa sacked Rodgers on third down and the Cardinals took over at their own 32 with 4:09 left in the half. It was the second consecutive week Luketa got a sack, the first two in his career.

Cardinals 24, Jets 6

The Cardinals tacked on three more points as the first half ended, getting a 37-yard field goal from Chad Ryland.

In one half, Murray was 17-for-19 passing for 199 yards and a touchdown. The Cardinals were 3-for-4 on third down and had 239 total yards of offense.

GOALLINE STOP

Opening the second half, the Jets got inside the five-yard line and turned the ball over. On fourth down, rookie Xavier Thomas forced Rodgers to fumble for a sack and Kyzir White recovered the ball at the 12.

Cardinals 31, Jets 6

The Cardinals made it five scores in five drives. After the turnover, they went 88 yards to score another touchdown. Murray ran 12 yards for his second touchdown of the game. Trey Benson had a 19-yard catch and McBride added a 23-yarder.

Budda Baker sack!

The Jets’ next drive ended with Baker sacking Rodgers. It was his first sack since 2021.

Cardinals finally punt

The Cardinals’ first punt of the game came with 11:14 left in the game. Blake Gillikin punted it to the 12-yard line, but Joey Blount was flagged for fair catch interference, so the Jets took over at their 27.

Turnover on downs

the Jets got to the red zone but, being down 25 points, elected to go for it on fourth down and failed to pick up a first down. The Cardinals took over at their own 11 with 4:39 to go.

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