Early in the 2008 season – Week 2, I believe – Kurt Warner was dealing, tearing up the Miami Dolphins in what is now State Farm Stadium and finished a blowout win with a 158.3 passer rating, as perfect as a passer rating can get.
Warner was 19-for-24 for 361 yards, a very Warner-esque showing (three TDs to Anquan Boldin.)
No, Kyler Murray didn’t reach those yardage totals Sunday. But he was 17-for-21, he also had three touchdown passes (for 266 yards total), and he had that perfect passer rating of 158.3. He and Warner are the only two Cardinals to ever pull that off.
Warner didn’t add in 59 rushing yards, though, and he certainly couldn’t have added in the scrambling that makes Kyler Kyler, the perfect example of which was on display on the final TD bullet to tight end Elijah Higgins after Murray bought himself time and left the Rams grasping for air.
“You feel guys swarming around you, and you try to make them miss,” Murray said after a 41-10 domination of L.A. “Then I look up and I see Elijah in the back of the end zone. I had a feeling that once it left my hand that it was a touchdown.
“It’s a good feeling when you’re playing fast and guys are moving around in the scramble drill to be able to do things off schedule.”
Kyler Murray was good in Buffalo. He was great on Sunday. If he plays like that – and the Cardinals can run it like they have shown they can do – this offense is going to be that scary thing everyone hoped to see.
Next week will be interesting. Aidan Hutchinson is coming off a four-sack game for the Lions, who visit Arizona. Hutchinson vs Paris Johnson Jr. with the dose of Kyler’s scrambling ability will be fascinating to watch.
But for those looking for Kyler Murray to have his best season thus far, he’s off to a promising start.
— Many pointing out Jim Hart had a perfect passer rating in 1975 for the Cardinals. But he had only 13 passes in that game, and in the eyes of Elias, you need 20 attempts to qualify for any kind of all-time list.
— So it took an extra week. That’s what Marvin Harrison Jr. can – and will – be.
— It is kind of funny Murray only had four incompletions and they were all Harrison targets. “Unacceptable,” Harrison said, and I have no doubt he totally thinks that.
— Trey McBride’s sideline catch for 21 yards was a thing of beauty. That guy has some of the best hands in the NFL. And the pass from Murray was so good, dropping…
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