It didn’t take long for Kyler Murray to produce one of the more ridiculous plays we’ll see this season. He only needed one half.
The Arizona Cardinals made an early statement in the first half of Sunday’s season opener against the Tennessee Titans. The Arizona defense held the Titans to just six points and 116 yards in the first half, and on the other side, Murray did what he does best.
He made the opposing defense look helpless with a video-game-like play.
On a third-and-long play in the second quarter, Murray scrambled out of the pocket, stopped, changed directions, stopped again and dropped back — all while evading defenders — to connect with Rondale Moore for a first down.
Here's the video
Gotta be quicker than that 😉@K1 x #RedSea pic.twitter.com/u29QBq0Prf
— Arizona Cardinals (@AZCardinals) September 12, 2021
That’s just not fair. It’s like Murray plays the game at a totally different speed compared to everyone else.
The play was predictably special in dots form too.
Kyler Murray scrambled 43.5 yards on this 18-yard completion to Rondale Moore, the most scramble distance of Murray's career and second-most on a completion since the start of the 2019 season.#ARIvsTEN | #RedSea pic.twitter.com/w91DHPzH1J
— Next Gen Stats (@NextGenStats) September 12, 2021
NFL fans were also impressed because, yeah, that play was unreal.
This was how Twitter reacted
Kyler Murray is doing things that you can't even do right in a video game.pic.twitter.com/OV62eeJoQu
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) September 12, 2021
Everytime Kyler Murray scrambles I think of this video pic.twitter.com/vt71svtFwD
— NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) September 12, 2021
keeping up with Kyler Murray is almost impossible pic.twitter.com/8erTwvRSxk
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) September 12, 2021
Kyler is making video game moves on the field today pic.twitter.com/BtduawhSJW
— FaZe Clan (@FaZeClan) September 12, 2021
KYLER, I screamed into my empty living room. pic.twitter.com/SixIMtlE9I
— RJ Young (@RJ_Young) September 12, 2021
Kyler Murray. A cheat code. pic.twitter.com/Yowg5b8upS
— Paige Dimakos (@The_SportsPaige) September 12, 2021
Kyler vs Tennessee’s defense. pic.twitter.com/kFyPDGWu2m
— Blackniss Everdeen™ (@RockyTopKeith) September 12, 2021
Kyler broke his ankles😭 pic.twitter.com/td5KWePvnD
— H刃wk (@GowanSeason) September 12, 2021
Kyler Murray is going to single-handedly save Kliff's job.pic.twitter.com/MsSHZMUGUc
— Austin Gayle (@PFF_AustinGayle) September 12, 2021
The Cardinals would end up scoring on the drive and went into the locker room with a 24-6 halftime lead.
