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The Cardinals fought a tough game against the Carolina Panthers until the 4th quarter until it all fell apart and they dropped to 0-2-1 on the season.
But there were a lot of highlights and big moments
What were the top tweets from the day as Kyler faced Josh Allen.
In the battle of Kyle Allen vs. Kyler Murray, the winner will be whoever can be Kylest.
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) September 22, 2019
Let’s take a look but it started with a starter being replaced:
Jordan Mills gets the start at right tackle for the Cardinals.
— Darren Urban (@Cardschatter) September 22, 2019
The Cards started by getting marched down with the run game and tight ends up until a drive-changing play:
Was surprised to find out this week that Chandler Jones leads the league with 54.5 sacks since 2015. Got past Taylor Moton there to thwart what had been a nice opening drive for Kyle Allen.
— Bill Voth (@PanthersBill) September 22, 2019
Chandler Jones is amazing... Strip sack!
— K1 + K2 (@SCoxFB) September 22, 2019
Defense coming up huge! Chandler Jones causes the first turnover of the game.. More of that all game and this game is ours. pic.twitter.com/hDwwNP9QgV
— Sande Charles (@cardinalsFGSN) September 22, 2019
The Cardinals took over and went on a surgical 14 play drive with multiple 3rd downs converted and a LOT of Kyler Murray doing the Kyler Scurry.
Kyler Murray has now run twice for first downs.
— Kevin Zimmerman (@KZimmermanAZ) September 22, 2019
It appears the Cardinals are putting more on his plate today.
Holy shit guys did you know Kyler Murray can run?
— Max (@maxmcc11) September 22, 2019
Surgical by Kyler Murray. #AZCardinals
— Johnny (@JohnnyTouchdown) September 22, 2019
The drive ended with 1 to 11, as everyone’s wanted:
The rookie and the vet. @K1 to @LarryFitzgerald for the first points of the game! #RedSea #CARvsAZ
— NFL (@NFL) September 22, 2019
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CARDS SCORED IN THE REDZONE ALERT
— Blake Allen Murf (@blakemurphy7) September 22, 2019
My God, what a beautiful drive by the Arizona Cardinals.
— K1 + K2 (@SCoxFB) September 22, 2019
The defense gave up to Kyle Allen, however, a TD on the ensuing drive.
Great ball placement by @KyleAllen_10 ️#CARvsAZ | #KeepPounding pic.twitter.com/aDpWXltVzF
— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) September 22, 2019
First quarter ends with Kyle Allen 8-of-9 for 74 yards.
— Max Henson (@PanthersMax) September 22, 2019
He's playing well. Carolina needs to cash in with this red zone opportunity.
That's what coaches meant when they said Allen keeps his cool.
— Jourdan Rodrigue (@JourdanRodrigue) September 22, 2019
And the offense, while they moved the ball, stalled out and they punted it back to Carolina.
Reddick stepped up on a crucial 3rd down.
Reddick with a nice pass breakup on a pass to McCaffery on third down to force the Panthers' first punt.
— Darren Urban (@Cardschatter) September 22, 2019
Defense needed that. And Reddick is getting better.
Nice coverage by Haason Reddick. Not an easy cover against Christian McCaffrey. Forces a punt.
— Kyle Odegard (@Kyle_Odegard) September 22, 2019
On the ensuing drive, the Cardinals quickly got into the red zone with some nifty calls and well-designed and well-executed plays. Chase Edmonds got into the action too.
That's my favorite 7-yard gain of all-time. Had no idea who had the ball.
— Kyle Odegard (@Kyle_Odegard) September 22, 2019
Another designed Murray run.
— Darren Urban (@Cardschatter) September 22, 2019
Love that play design on Edmonds run. Kirk, Byrd and Murray all went right as if play going that way but Edmonds takes handoff and goes left. Very creative
— scott bordow (@sbordow) September 22, 2019
Cardinals are now 7 of 8 on third downs. Probably helps having a lot of third and 1s and third and 2s.
— Shane Dale (@ShaneDaleABC15) September 22, 2019
At one point, Zane kicked a field goal and the Cardinals’ right tackle for the last two weeks returned to the field:
Just noticed: Justin Murray in at RT on this drive ... Jordan Mills started the game at RT#CARvsAZ
— Craig Grialou (@CraigAZSports) September 22, 2019
Kyle Allen to D.J. Moore for a 52-yard TD. Panthers 14, Cardinals 10 with 49 seconds left 2Q.
— Kyle Odegard (@Kyle_Odegard) September 22, 2019
#FlagGate reared its ugly head again as well.
Kyle Allen just clapped a bunch of times to get the snap (with plenty left on the play clock) and Kliff Kingsbury threw his arms up on the sideline as if to say, "Where's the flag?"
— Darren Urban (@Cardschatter) September 22, 2019
Tre Boston helps the Panthers catch a huge break there.
— Jourdan Rodrigue (@JourdanRodrigue) September 22, 2019
The Cardinals defense excels at making quarterbacks look statistically magnificent.
— Scott Howard (@ScottHoward42) September 22, 2019
Kirk dropped a surefire wide open deep passing play from Murray as well and there was a collective groan as it would have surely put them in position to score.
Kirk should have had that 50 harder from Murray. No excuse.
— Kent Somers (@kentsomers) September 22, 2019
At halftime, well, the Cardinals were down.
At the half, Murray 18-for-22 for only 95 yards. That 50-plus yarder to Christian Kirk that Kirk couldn't hang on to would've made those numbers a bit nicer.
— Darren Urban (@Cardschatter) September 22, 2019
TD drive on the first possession for Arizona, but not much else.
Cardinals trail, 14-10.
The @K1 love continues from the @NFLonFOX halftime crew. Howie Long: “This kid Kyler Murray, whenever you walk on a football field your eyes are automatically drawn to one or two guys who are just special athletically. He has that capability.”@AZCardinals-@Panthers
— Bill Goodykoontz (@goodyk) September 22, 2019
Biggest thought through one half?
The Cardinals defense excels at making quarterbacks look statistically magnificent.
— Scott Howard (@ScottHoward42) September 22, 2019
The 2nd half began with the Cards getting the ball.
And a Fitz clutch catch...
Obligatory big Fitz catch to get the Cards out of a crappy situation.
— Kevin Zimmerman (@KZimmermanAZ) September 22, 2019
That was 2nd & 20 and just like that, Fitz makes a 1st down
— doug franz (@doug987FM) September 22, 2019
Larry with the big catch, gets popped, gets right back up and revs up the crowd. Never gets old.
— Shane Dale (@ShaneDaleABC15) September 22, 2019
And then they drove into the redzone....and scored again!
Kyler throws it back to David Johnson across the field and he takes it in for the score. Cards back on top 17-14 pic.twitter.com/1ZjUE0swnT
— 12 Sports (@12SportsAZ) September 22, 2019
Throwing across the field might be the NFLs new corner three, just because the D never expects it
— Josh Hermsmeyer (@friscojosh) September 22, 2019
Murray fires back across to field to David Johnson, who makes a guy miss and then barrels into the end zone for a 3-yard TD. Big answer by the Cardinals.
— David Brandt (@davidbrandtAP) September 22, 2019
Cardinals 17, Panthers 14. 11:20/3Q.
Kyle Allen already has more touchdown passes than Mitchell Trubisky this season.
— Justin Twell (@JustinTwell78) September 22, 2019
Kyle Allen has played one half of football.
Clearly OPI. Terrible officiating and terrible work by the replay official because it’s a scoring play
— doug franz (@doug987FM) September 22, 2019
Three touchdown passes for Cam Newton’s backup. Three!
QB-Kyler Allen local Kid Dessert Mountain High School has throw 3 TD passes.Carolina 21-17 over Cardinals.
— Larry Fitzgerald Sr. (@FitzBeatSr) September 22, 2019
We wondered through the first two weeks when the defense would look horrendous. It appears today is that day.
— Johnny (@JohnnyTouchdown) September 22, 2019
The play-calling and efficiency on offense looks so good right now. Idc if it’s Arizona. After what happened last week vs TB, this has been good to see. Kyle Allen has made some great throws today. OL has played fairly well, especially when Greg Little was in.
— Jared Feinberg (@JrodDraftScout) September 22, 2019
I've almost typed Kyler* Allen about 10 times today.
— Lisa Matthews (@LisaMatthewsAZ) September 22, 2019
Murray kept using the legs....too good results.
Kyler Murray up to eight carries for 69 yards in the game after a heads-up scramble for 20.
— Kyle Odegard (@Kyle_Odegard) September 22, 2019
Kyler Murray is a handful. Nothing really Carolina can do. Hard to game plan and defend against Arizona’s Air Raid offense. I had a feeling that this defense was gonna struggle.
— Jared Feinberg (@JrodDraftScout) September 22, 2019
The Panthers scored on 4 straight drives after Arizona scored on a possession. Would they make it 5?
Yes they would.
And Christian McCaffrey https://t.co/qoV2q0mxix....
— Lisa Matthews (@LisaMatthewsAZ) September 22, 2019
What time is the presser to announce Vance Joseph's firing?
— Raising Zona (@RaisingZona) September 22, 2019
That is a casual 76-yard TD for extremely-fast-arm-mover Christian McCaffrey. It's 28-20.
— katherine fitzgerald (@kfitz134) September 22, 2019
That's 21 points in the last 14 minutes for Carolina.
— Shane Dale (@ShaneDaleABC15) September 22, 2019
Christian McCaffrey just torched the #AZCardinals defende #RedSea #CARvsAZ pic.twitter.com/LQz5dg2g5Z
— Arizona sports fan (@GlendaleCards) September 22, 2019
Kyle Allen, in his second start ever, has four touchdown passes. He’s been close to flawless.
— Kent Somers (@kentsomers) September 22, 2019
And when it rained, it poured.
Murray's pass to Fitzgerald is overthrown and intercepted. Panthers at the Arizona 22, and in a game where the Panthers aren't being stopped, that's not a turnover Cards can afford.
— Darren Urban (@Cardschatter) September 22, 2019
Kyler threw a pick and gave it right back to the Panthers.
Looked like some miscommunication between Murray and Fitz.
— scott bordow (@sbordow) September 22, 2019
Almost forgot Kyler Murray was capable of throwing an INT, that’s how good he’s been most of this season with decision making.
— Jody Oehler (@radiojody) September 22, 2019
Panthers rushed to get the snap off and Allen got swatted by Jones and the ball came loose - but he snatched it back before it was turned over. McCaffrey also called on a chop block.
— Jourdan Rodrigue (@JourdanRodrigue) September 22, 2019
Cardinals have allowed 348 yards and 5 TDs to tight ends already in 2019.
— Vince Marotta (@Vincemarotta) September 22, 2019
Olsen now has 6 catches for 75 yards and 2 TDs, and after three games, the defending-the-tight-end thing for the Cardinals is an undisputed problem.
— Darren Urban (@Cardschatter) September 22, 2019
8th sack. But that's on Murray. He has to get rid of the ball
— scott bordow (@sbordow) September 22, 2019
All in all, it was a brutal day to be a Cardinals fan.
The fans came in with hope expecting a change only to see an ending with more positive strides than their 2018 counterparts.
Instead, it’s a brutal loss to a backup quarterback and the Cards will move on to look for their first win next week against the Seahawks.