Murray runs, passes Arizona to 2-0 season start
GLENDALE, Ariz. — If
Kyler Murray doesn’t get you with his arm, he gets you with his legs.
The Arizona Cardinals’ second-year quarterback passed for 286 yards and a touchdown and ran for two more scores in dominating Washington 30-15 Sunday.
The Cardinals (2-0) jumped out to a 14-0 advantage and led 20-3 at halftime.
Deandre Hopkins caught eight passes for 68 yards, including a 4-yard TD, and Zane Gonzalez made field goals of 49, 33 and 28 yards.
Murray alleviated any doubt about who would win early in the fourth quarter, when he darted through the middle of the field — dancing past safety Troy Apke in the process — for a 21-yard TD and a 27-3 advantage.
Murray finished 26-for-38 passing, and his other TD run was for 14 yards.
“As soon as I leave the pocket I survey the field,” Murray said of his running plan on his second TD. “Seeing how the blocks were set up, they were set up pretty perfectly.
“Once I get a guy one on one, I like my chances.”
The Cardinals’ revamped defense held Washington (1-1) scoreless until Dustin Hopkins’ 24-yard field goal
late in the third quarter.
Dwayne Haskins was 19for-33 passing for 223 yards and a touchdown for Washington.
NEXT: Lions at Cardinals, 1:25 p.m. Sunday; Washington at Browns, 10 a.m. Sunday.
Bears 17, Giants 13
Mitchell Trubisky threw two touchdown passes as host Chicago (2-0) hung on against New York, which lost standout running back Saquon Barkley to a right knee injury on the first play of the second quarter. The Bears grabbed a 17-0 halftime lead, and
withstood a big push a week after rallying from a 17-point deficit against Detroit. Trubisky was 18-for-28 passing for 190 yards with two interceptions. He was sacked four times. He hit David Montgomery for a 28-yard TD on the game’s opening possession and added a 15-yarder to Darnell Mooney in the closing seconds of the first half. The Giants (0-2) got a 1-yard TD run from Dion Lewis in the opening minute of the fourth, and James Bradberry then intercepted Trubisky, leading to a 37-yard field goal by Graham Gano that cut it to 17-13 with
7:43 remaining. The Giants drove to the 10 in the final minute before receiver Golden Tate was penalized for pushing off against Eddie Jackson near the goal line on an incomplete pass as time expired.
■ NEXT: Bears at Falcons, 10 a.m. Sunday; 49ers at Giants, 10 a.m. Sunday.
Packers 42, Lions 21
Aaron Jones ran for a careerbest 168 yards and scored three TDS — one receiving — as host Green Bay came back from a 14-3 deficit. Jones scored on a 75-yard burst to start the second half, a touchdown that gave the Packers (2-0) at 24-14 lead. Jones ran 18 times; his other scoring run was from 14 yards, and his TD catch was for 7 yards. For Detroit (0-2), Matthew Stafford was 20-for-33 passing for 244 yards and a pair of TDS. But he was picked off by Chandon Sullivan for a 7-yard pick-six that gave Green Bay a 31-14 lead early in the third.
The Elias Sports Bureau says the Lions are the first team in NFL history to lose four straight games in which it had doubledigit leads.
■ NEXT: Packers at Saints, 5:20 p.m. Sunday; Lions at Cardinals, 1:25 p.m. Sunday.
Buccaneers 31, Panthers 17
Tom Brady passed for 217 yards and a touchdown and Leonard Fournette came off the bench to rush for 103 yards and two touchdowns for host Tampa Bay (1-1). Brady tossed a 23-yard TD to Mike Evans in the first quarter. Fournette scored on runs of 1 and 46 yards, the latter coming after Carolina rallied from a 21-0 halftime deficit to pull within 24-17 on a pair of TD runs by Christian Mccaffrey and Joey Slye’s 23-yard field goal with
1:57 remaining. Brady completed 23 of 35 passes, and Evans finished with seven receptions for 104 yards. Fournette averaged
8.6 yards on 12 carries. Teddy Bridgewater was 33 of 42 for 367 yards and two interceptions for the Panthers (0-2).
■ NEXT: Bucs at Broncos,
1:25 p.m. Sunday; Panthers at Chargers, 1:05 p.m. Sunday.
Rams 37, Eagles 19
Jared Goff passed to Tyler Higbee for three touchdowns as Los Angeles jumped out to a 21-3 lead in Philadelphia. Goff completed his first 13 passes, including two TDS to Higbee, before intermission. After the Eagles (0-2) pulled to 24-10, Goff ’s 28-yard TD pass to Higbee in the fourth iced it for Los Angeles (2-0). Goff ’s other scoring tosses to Higbee were for 4 and 3 yards. Goff and Philly QB Carson Wentz were selected Nos. 1-2 in the 2016 draft, one of seven times since 1967 that quarterbacks were the first two picks. In their only other head-to-head meeting in Los Angeles in December 2017, Wentz tore two knee ligaments. Nick Foles stepped in and eventually led Philadelphia to its first Super Bowl title. Goff finished 20 of 27 for 242 yards. Wentz was 26 of 43 for 242 yards and two interceptions.
■ NEXT: Bengals at Eagles, 10 a.m. Sunday; Rams at Bills, 10 a.m. Sunday.