Kyler Murray is far from a perfect football player. But when a play breaks down, there’s arguably nobody in the NFL who can make something happen out of nothing like he can.
We saw that play out in astonishing fashion on Sunday.
During the Cardinals’ Week 2 game against the Raiders, Murray looked to have Arizona rallying back from a 20-point deficit and make it an eight-point game in the fourth quarter. He did so with one of the more ridiculous (successful) two-point conversions we’ll ever see.
When protection broke down for Murray, the Cardinals quarterback basically ran circles around the Raiders defense for 20.8 seconds (!!!) on his way to the end zone.
This play took 20.8 seconds from snap to score 😱 @K1
📺: #AZvsLV on CBS
📱: Stream on NFL+ https://t.co/FVZamC6mMP pic.twitter.com/Fa2EBh1eEw— NFL (@NFL) September 18, 2022
An average football play lasts just a few seconds, especially a two-point attempt. But Murray extended the play far beyond the typical realm of possibility.
Kyler Murray traveled 84.9 yards on his successful two-point conversion scramble, the most distance traveled by an offensive ball-carrier on a two-point conversion attempt in the NGS era (since 2016).#AZvsLV | @AZCardinals pic.twitter.com/tGeZvMgjdn
— Next Gen Stats (@NextGenStats) September 18, 2022
It was a ridiculous effort, and NFL fans were justifiably in awe. It was straight out of a video game.
This was how Twitter reacted
he’s showing the front office that those video games help him in game lmao https://t.co/gkgGZ6it2l
— Grace (@ballerstatzz) September 18, 2022
You’re not doing this in madden. You’re getting ran down by the DT for a loss of 8 https://t.co/ZFltHEFjV0
— Shaun Crawford (@ShaunCrawf20) September 18, 2022
Ref was the closest person to tackling Kyler on that play 😂 https://t.co/JTf9i3f2ID pic.twitter.com/isUYPtxsax
— 🇺🇸 Chris 🇵🇷 (@ExChrisV) September 18, 2022
Apparently he ran the equivalent of 85 yards and this took 21 seconds 😂😂 https://t.co/5bhwDD9KS5
— Justin A. Cohn (@SportsiCohn) September 18, 2022
Me in Madden: https://t.co/ntJXvjDdo1
— 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 (1-0) ❤️💙 (@HeatherKleinXo) September 18, 2022
Bra I would’ve broken the TV if I was a Raiders fan https://t.co/gMZ3ZzVaPy
— OG Slim (@Jody_McFly) September 18, 2022
We’re out of breath watching this Kyler Murray conversion. My goodness. pic.twitter.com/rFRQu8eeQK
— PHNX Cardinals (@PHNX_Cardinals) September 18, 2022
Kyler Murray 2-pt conversion is the funniest play I've seen in the last 10 minutes
— Arif Hasan, not a psyop 🧑💼 (@ArifHasanNFL) September 18, 2022
Watching this man run around is the funniest thing in the world to me https://t.co/aZyQl0aGUJ
— local bIogger (@fergoe) September 18, 2022