Arizona’s Kyler Murray leaves game with hamstring injury

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SEATTLE — Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray left Sunday’s 27-13 win over the Seattle Seahawks with a right hamstring injury in the third quarter.

Murray appeared to get injured on a 4-yard run less than three minutes into the second half, with Arizona leading 17-7. He scrambled left on a third-and-12 play and was pushed out of bounds near the Seahawks’ sideline. Murray said after the game that he hurt his hamstring before being pushed out.

“I just felt a little tightness,” Murray said. “I wouldn’t put myself in any situation if I couldn’t be myself, play my game. I didn’t want to put the team in jeopardy by putting myself out there like that.”

Murray was walking with a slight limp on the sideline in the fourth quarter and eventually had the hamstring wrapped.

“We didn’t want to put him in harm’s way if he couldn’t be him, so we decided to sit him,” Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury said.

Brett Hundley replaced Murray and completed 4 of 9 passes for 49 yards and ran for 35 yards on six carries. He led a touchdown drive late in the fourth quarter to put the game out of Seattle’s reach.

Hundley, a former Seahawk, had attempted one pass this season before Sunday’s game — and didn’t throw a pass in all of 2018 while backing up Russell Wilson in Seattle. Hundley was 0-for-1 in three snaps in the Cardinals’ loss to the New Orleans Saints on Oct. 27.

When Murray heard that Hundley had thrown one pass in two seasons before Sunday, he was a bit surprised.

“I didn’t know that,” Murray said. “I mean that’s tough but at the same time I was 100% confident in Brett. I’ve seen him throughout practice, I’ve seen the way he works. I’m just glad he’s here because I feel like that’s tough for any backup to do it.

“For him to be able to step up and do that for us is huge.”

Kingsbury said he didn’t know if Murray would be able to play next week against the Los Angeles Rams.

“I couldn’t make a guess,” he said. “We obviously won’t put him out there if he wasn’t a hundred percent.”

Murray had looked commanding before his injury, going 11-for-18 passing for 118 yards and a touchdown, and running six times for 40 yards.

The rookie showed his versatility time and time again against the Seahawks, evading sacks and tacklers by scrambling, which led to his making plays with his arm, as well.

Murray put the Cardinals ahead in the second quarter with a dynamic play that highlighted his mobility and throwing ability. He scrambled left, away from pressure, and then cut left, running parallel to the line of scrimmage. He then hit wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald on a sidearm pass, and Fitzgerald powered his way to the end zone for the touchdown to put Arizona up 14-7.



Source : ESPN