This is a brutal mistake from Kyler Murray.
The Arizona Cardinals were in the perfect position to hand the Philadelphia Eagles their first loss of the season. The Eagles were uncharacteristically sloppy on Sunday, as the Cardinals out-gained their opponents 363-357 while going 8-for-14 on third downs.
With 36 seconds to play and trailing 20-17, Murray had the Cardinals driving down the field at the Eagles’ 35-yard-line looking to set up a field goal to tie or possibly win with a touchdown. On second-and-10, Murray took a quarterback draw and found daylight through the Eagles defense, sliding down before the first down marker to set up a third and short.
Unfortunately for Murray, the mistakes didn’t end there, as on third down, the Cardinals quarterback spiked the football to stop the clock, meaning Arizona had to attempt a 43-yard-field goal to tie with the wasted down. And yes, you guessed it, the Cardinals missed the field goal, ending the game on a pure heartbreaker.
Here's the ending of the Cardinals-Eagles game.
-2nd down: Kyler Murray slides 1 yard short of the first down
-3rd down: Kyler spikes it with 22 seconds left, making it 4th & 1 so they had to attempt a game-tying FG…
-4th down: They miss the FG
Disastrous ending for them 😭 pic.twitter.com/oydy8FDg43
— 𝗙𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪 @𝗙𝗧𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱𝟳 (@FTBeard7) October 9, 2022
It definitely feels like Murray lost track of the downs there for the Cardinals, but sliding short of the marker also was a huge no-no in that situation too. A completely rough, and avoidable, ending for Murray and the Cardinals there.
