Asked & Answered, Week 10: Is Kyler Murray finally figuring it out?

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Every week in the NFL season brings a host of new questions … and answers some old ones, too. Let’s run down what we learned in Week 10 … and what we’ll be wondering about in Week 11 and beyond.

ASKED: Is Kyler Murray figuring it out?

One of the true surprises at the midpoint of this season is the way that the Arizona Cardinals are finding themselves even as every other NFC West team is lost. At 6-4 heading into their bye week, the Cardinals are in charge of the division and in position to make just their second postseason in the last nine seasons. It all starts with Murray, who’s shedding all the criticism that’s built up on him over the first five-plus years of his career — too small, too erratic, too injury-prone, too focused on video games rather than the football field. Murray dissected the Jets on Sunday, 31-6, a feat that’s tougher than it might seem given the Jets’ own reputation these days.

What’s he doing differently? Murray is handling pressure phenomenally well, finding the open man — at one point Sunday, he completed 17 straight passes — and he’s making the right decisions, again and again. Murray completed 22 of 24 passes for 266 yards and a touchdown Sunday, and his unpredictability on the ground led to two more rushing touchdowns. Add that to the fact that Arizona now has serious weapons both in the backfield and in open space, and you’re looking at a Cardinals team that’s going to be a January headache for somebody — and this year, it’s not their own fans.

ANSWERED: Something special is happening in Pittsburgh

So, yeah, all those hot takes about how the Steelers needed to keep Russell Wilson on the bench and keep riding Justin Fields this season? You’re not hearing that so much these days, are you? Wilson has proven why Mike Tomlin had so much faith in him, and Tomlin has proven why he’s one of the elite minds in the game today. The Commanders might be a pound-for-pound…

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Publish date : 2024-11-11 14:34:36

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