GLENDALE — Nearly a quarter into the Arizona Cardinals’ Week 9 game against the Chicago Bears, neither offense looked all that sharp trading punts back and forth.
But sometimes you just got to work with what you got. Just ask Cardinals wide receiver and punt returner Greg Dortch.
In the waning minutes of the first quarter, Dortch got the Cardinals sideline jumping behind a 27-yard punt return that set up quarterback Kyler Murray and Arizona’s offense in Chicago territory.
Murray and Co. jumped at the advantageous opportunity, needing five plays to cash in behind a two-yard Trey McBride run.
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The score put Arizona up, 7-0, before Chicago responded with a field goal in the second quarter.
McBride continues to be the most consistent part of Arizona’s passing game in 2024.
Entering play Sunday, the tight end had racked up 42 catches on 56 targets for 446 yards. All of those were tops among Arizona’s pass catchers through eight weeks of work.
The only things missing from McBride’s 2024 resume were the touchdowns.
Sack streak comes to an end
Kevin Byard’s sack on Murray in the first quarter of Sunday’s tilt officially ended Arizona’s impressive sackless streak.
Since Week 5, the Cardinals had pitched a shutout in that department.
Murray meanwhile opened up the game completing all but one of his five passing attempts for 37 yards.
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