Kyler Murray’s performance against the Jets lands him the Offensive Player of the Week.
Kyler Murray has won the NFC Offensive Player of the Week award after his performance against the New York Jets.
From the team:
Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray has been named the “NFC Offensive Player of the Week” for his performance in last Sunday’s 31-6 victory over the New York Jets.
This is Murray’s sixth career “Offensive Player of the Week” award, giving him the most “Player of the Week” selections in team history (Kurt Warner, Chandler Jones & Patrick Peterson each had 5). Murray won the award once in 2021, three times in 2020 and once as a rookie in 2019.
In last week’s win, Murray completed 22-of-24 pass attempts (91.7%) for 266 yards, a touchdown and a passer rating of 126.7. He also rushed for 31 yards and two touchdowns. Murray completed his final 17 pass attempts vs. the Jets on Sunday, establishing a new franchise record for consecutive completions.
He became the first player in NFL history to complete at least 85% of his pass attempts while having 250+ passing yards and 2+ rushing touchdowns in a game. Murray’s 91.7 completion percentage is the second-highest single-game completion percentage in franchise history (min. 20 attempts.) and represents the highest single-game completion percentage in the NFL this season (min. 20 attempts).
After throwing for 266 yards vs. the Jets on Sunday, Murray (17,705) passed Jake Plummer (17,622) for third place on the franchise all-time list for career passing yards. His outing vs. the Jets was the second game this season in which he posted a passer rating of 120.0+ (had perfect 158.3 rating vs. LAR in Week 2). It was also his 11th career outing with a passer rating of 120.0+, the most in franchise history.
With a touchdown pass and two rushing touchdowns vs. the Jets, Murray now has 106 career TD passes and 30 career rushing TDs. He joined Josh Allen and Cam Newton as the only players in NFL history with 100+ passing touchdowns and 30+ rushing touchdowns in their first six seasons.
It is the second consecutive week Arizona had a “Player of the Week” winner after punter Blake Gillikin was named “Special Teams Player of the Week” following the Cardinals win vs. Chicago in Week 9. This is the first time since 2021 (Weeks 1-3) that the Cardinals had a Player of the Week in consecutive weeks.
Congrats to Murray. Enjoy the bye week!