Cardinals involved in 3 Week 1 games with 1st-round QBs making debuts

They have never lost these games, beating Sam Bradford and Cam Newton and having Kyler Murray’s debut end in a tie.

Since 2002, 22 quarterbacks drafted in the first round opened their rookie season in Week 1 as a starter, according to Mark Lane, writing for Touchdown Wire.

The Arizona Cardinals have been involved in three of those games, twice as the opponent and once with the rookie quarterback.

They have not lost any of those games.

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