Category: Cardinals vs. Raiders

Pro Football Hall of Fame to display 2 items from Cardinals’ win over Raiders

Kyler Murray and Byron Murphy both did things never before done in the NFL before Sunday’s win.

The Arizona Cardinals perhaps saved the early part of their season with their 29-23 overtime victory over the Las Vegas Raiders after having trailed 20-0 at halftime. It was a historic win in many ways.

It was the Cardinals’ biggest comeback since 1999 and it also had a couple of historic performances by players.

As a result, two items from the game will be on display at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.

The first is the ball the Cardinals used on offense.

Quarterback Kyler Murray became the first player in NFL history to run for a touchdown, pass for a touchdown, have a two-point conversion run and two-point conversion pass. He signed the ball that was used and that will soon be on display.

The second item is cornerback Byron Murphy’s game jersey, which he signed.

Murphy had the game-winning score in overtime, a 59-yard fumble return for a touchdown.

It was the longest overtime fumble return for a touchdown in NFL history.

It is one of those wins where, years from now, you can tell people you saw.

What a win!

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PODCAST: What team are the Cardinals after their win over the Raiders?

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With the Arizona Cardinals’ shocking comeback win over the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday, there was a lot to talk about. Revenge of the Birds’ Seth Cox and I got together for a new episode of the podcast and discussed the win.

We talked about how great the comeback was, what the heck was going on for six quarters, the play of Kyler Murray and Isaiah Simmons, whether the Cardinals are more the team that was bad for a game and a half or more what they were in the comeback, and then preview their Week 3 matchup against the Los Angeles Rams.

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(1:00) Intros and just how great the comeback was

(15:52) What went wrong for six quarters

(27:10) The play of Kyler Murray and Isaiah Simmons

(45:55)  What team are the Cardinals actually?

(53:33) Cardinals-Rams preview

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James Conner day-to-day with ankle injury

He played only 18 snaps on Sunday and will be day-to-day with an ankle injury in Week 3.

The Arizona Cardinals must deal with an injury to another offensive starter. The latest is running back James Conner. He exited the Cardinals’ 29-23 overtime win over the Las Vegas Raiders early in the third quarter with an ankle injury and did not return.

Of the three running backs who played in the game on offense, he had the fewest snaps, logging only 18 for the game.

He was seen after the game moving around well but his practice load this week will likely be affected.

“He’ll be day to day,” head coach Kliff Kingsbury told reporters Monday.  “He’s a tough guy. We just wanted to make sure he was a hundred percent if we were going to put him back in.”

It sounds like he has a decent chance of playing. He didn’t go back into the game on Sunday because they were getting good production from Darrel Williams and Eno Benjamin in his absence.

Williams essentially took over Conner’s role and finished with a team-high 59 rushing yards and a touchdown on eight carries, including a 30-yard run.

The Cardinals rushed for 143 total yards in the win.

They will hit the practice field Wednesday and will release their first injury report that afternoon.

We will see how much he practices to start the week then.

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Cardinals’ Week 2 defensive snap counts and observations vs. Raiders

The Cardinals played 67 defensive snaps on Sunday. Here are the individual snap counts.

The Arizona Cardinals played 67 defensive snaps on Sunday in their 29-23 overtime win over the Las Vegas Raiders.

How was the playing time divided up?

Below, we go over the individual snap counts of each player who got on the field defensively, grouped by position group.

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Cardinals’ Week 2 offensive snap counts and observations vs. Raiders

The Cardinals played 87 offensive snaps. See how the playing time was divided up.

The Arizona Cardinals picked up a crazy 29-23 overtime win over the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday. On offense, they played a whopping 87 snaps.

How was the playing time divided up?

Below, we go over the individual snaps counts for every player on offense, grouped by position group.

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Studs in Cardinals’ comeback win over Raiders in Week 2

Take a look at the studs in the Cardinals’ Week 2 comeback win in Las Vegas.

It’s always nice when the weekly studs and duds post has only studs.

The first half of the game against the Las Vegas Raiders, the Arizona Cardinals collectively were terrible. There wasn’t any finger-pointing or single performance that was lacking – the whole team played poor.

On the contrary, the second half featured a complete turnaround, in which everyone appeared to play better. Even A.J. Green, who was trying his hardest to make this list, clutched up to secure the game-tying 2-point conversion.

Let’s take a look at the studs from Sunday.

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Cardinals 29, Raiders 23: Individual and team stats in win

Check out the numbers from each team and each player in the Cardinals’ shocking overtime win.

The Arizona Cardinals evened their record to 1-1 on the season with a 29-23 overtime victory on the road over the Las Vegas Raiders. They rallied back from a 20-0 halftime deficit, scoring two fourth-quarter touchdowns and converting on both two-point conversions to force overtime. Then, they forced a turnover for the first time all game and got a defensive score to end the game.

Let’s check out the team and individual stats from the Cardinals’ win Sunday afternoon.

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Cardinals’ second-half turnaround shocking on both offense and defense

The Cardinals looked lost on both sides of the ball in the first half against the Raiders. They flipped the switch after halftime.

The Arizona Cardinals trailed the Las Vegas Raiders 20-0 and looked like they were on their way to a second consecutive blowout loss. There were fears of what this team was going to be this season after an 0-2 start.

They looked bad both on offense and on defense, and then suddenly things changed.

After being unable to move the ball or get stops, they were able to do both.

Then, they made clutch big plays, forced overtime and then got the game-winning defensive touchdown to complete the comeback and win the game.

The numbers were crazy.

First-half vs. second-half offensive numbers

In the first half, the Cardinals ran 19 offensive plays and had 86 total yards of offense. They had five first downs.

Quarterback Kyler Murray was 6-for-9 passing for 53 yards and an interception.

They went 1-for-4 on third down.

In the second half, it was like a switch flipped.

After halftime and up until regulation, they had 284 yards of offense on 51 offensive plays. They rushed for 96 yards. Murray went 20-for-34 passing for 188 yards and a touchdown pass.

Then, in overtime, they added another 43 yards.

After an 86-yard first half, they rolled up 327 yards of offense between the second half and overtime. Murray had 224 passing yards, 28 rushing yards, a passing touchdown and a rushing touchdown. He threw for a two-point conversion and ran for another.

But the turnaround wasn’t just on offense.

First-half vs. second-half defensive numbers

In the first half, the defense allowed 258 yards and 20 points. The Raiders had 15 first downs and were 5-of-6 on third down. They did not punt.

In the second half in regulation, they held the Raiders to 48 yards and three points. The Raiders did not convert on a third down. They had only 18 offensive plays from halftime to overtime.

In overtime, they allowed 18 yards and a third-down conversion but then took the ball away.

From 258 yards and 20 points allowed in the first half to 66 yards and three points in the second half and overtime, the defense finally clicked.

If both the offense and defense can look something similar to that starting at the beginning of a game, then the Cardinals will be back on track to doing what they expected to do.

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WATCH: Full video highlights from Cardinals’ improbable 29-23 OT win

This was a wild game with a wild ending.

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It was one of the wildest game endings you will ever see. The Arizona Cardinals, trailing 20-0 at halftime and looking completely listless both on offense and defense, rallied in the second half, forcing overtime with a touchdown and two-point conversion as time expired, and then ended the game with a 59-yard Byron Murphy fumble recovery for a touchdown, giving them a 29-23 win to even their record at 1-1.

QB Kyler Murray had 277 passing yards, a touchdown pass and an interception. He also rushed for 28 yards and a touchdown, and he ran for a two-point conversion.

Both teams had a lot of highlights. Check them all out in the above video.

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WATCH: Kyler Murray’s crazy 2-point conversion takes more than 20 seconds

The two-point conversion makes it a one-score game in the fourth quarter.

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The Arizona Cardinals pulled within a touchdown of the Las Vegas Raiders in the fourth quarter of their game Sunday afternoon.

To do that, it took one of the craziest plays you will ever see.

After Darrel Williams had a one-yard touchdown run to make the score 23-13, the Cardinals decided to go for two, making it a one-score game.

Kyler Murray scores on a run, but it didn’t start that way. He dropped back to pass, moved around, ran around some more, backpedaling more than 20 yards.

Then he takes off and gets into the end zone for the conversion.

In all, it took more than 20 seconds for the play to happen.

You might not see anything like that again.

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