Byron Murphy intercepted two passes, at the side of one he returned for a landing following a botched trick play, and the Arizona Cardinals rallied to beat the skidding Jacksonville Jaguars 31-19 on Sunday.
The Cardinals improved to three-0 for the first time since 2015. The Jaguars (0-3) lost their 18th straight game, leaving them eight bowled over of the NFL fable for futility.
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This one unraveled tedious.
Jacksonville led 19-10 after James Robinson’s 4-yard landing race in the third quarter. Coach Urban Meyer acquired the spark he had been shopping for when Jamal Agnew returned a missed field procedure a fable-tying 109 yards for a rating on the final play of the first half.
The Jags had the general momentum and looked savor they would possibly maybe well presumably end a skid that dates to closing season’s opener. However it used to be all Arizona after Robinson’s first rating of the season.
James Conner capped two long drives with immediate TD runs, and Murphy delivered the game-changing play when he stepped in entrance of Jacob Hollister reach the sideline and took it the varied manner for 29 yards. The play used to be an fable failure for Jacksonville.
First, it used to be an useless flea-flicker from Jacksonville’s facet of the sector and with the lead. Second, left guard Andrew Norwell perceived to pass over the play name and used to be caught spinning to cast off a eye at to procure to J.J. Watt. He whiffed on Watt, who compelled Lawrence into throwing early and off-stability.
It made for straight forward pickings for Murphy, who moreover intercepted any other pass from Lawrence in the first half. Hollister bobbled that one, which landed in Murphy’s fingers.
Kyler Murray finished 28 of 34 passes for 316 yards, with an interception. He moreover ran for a landing in the first quarter and modified into in any other meditation pose in a while.
A.J. Inexperienced led the Cards with 112 yards receiving, and Christian Kirk added 104.
Robinson accomplished with a season-high 88 yards on the bottom for Jacksonville. Lawrence used to be 20 of 30 for 185 yards, with a landing and the 2 INTs. He had a excellent TD throw to DJ Chark in the abet corner of the end zone, his most productive play of the day.
Lawrence moreover fumbled twice tedious, as soon as when Robinson knocked the ball out of his hands whereas attempting to block, and again on the final play of the game.
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KEY INJURIES
Arizona lost two offensive linemen when starter Justin Pugh and backup Justin Murray left with abet injuries. … Jaguars LT Cam Robinson left the game in the fourth quarter with an moral shoulder harm but later returned. … Cardinals backup CB Charles Washington injured a hamstring in the first half and used to be dominated out for the game. … Norwell left snappy in the first half to procure his moral ankle taped and returned a immediate time later.
UP NEXT
Arizona hosts the Los Angeles Rams next Sunday. The Cardinals dangle lost eight straight in the series and given up a minimal of 30 parts in seven of those.
Jacksonville has a immediate week before having fun with at Cincinnati on Thursday night.
