Jonathan Gannon’s Arizona Cardinals kept this game close against his former team and the heavily favored Philadelphia Eagles before delivering a final blow late in the game to pick up the upset and shake up the standings in the NFC as the Eagles dropped to 11-5.
Offensive spotlight: Kyler Murray rebounded from a 99-yard pick-six that put the team down double-digit points early in the second quarter, as he completed a solid 25-of-31 passes for 232 yards and three touchdown passes. Greg Dortch became one of Murray’s top targets in this game, bringing in seven catches for a team-leading 82 yards despite earning just 15 receptions on the year coming into this game. Meanwhile, James Conner was the biggest star of the game for Arizona, as he ran the ball 26 times for 128 yards while also adding a game-winning rushing touchdown to pair with a gorgeous one-handed touchdown catch on the back-end of Murray using his magic to escape pressure and get the throw off back in the third quarter.
KYLER MURRAY AND JAMES CONNER MAGIC.
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Jalen Hurts found Julio Jones for two touchdowns in this game, as Jones ended up in the end zone on both of his targets. Hurts threw the ball 23 times for 167 yards and three touchdown passes. Dallas Goedert also found the end zone while adding five catches for 47 yards with A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith relatively held in check in this game. D’Andre Swift stayed heavily involved this week, running the ball 13 times for 61 yards.
Defensive spotlight: Jalen Carter delivered his sixth sack of the year and a defensive stop (unofficial) in this game and adding another strong performance, as he came into this game as the second-highest-graded defensive rookie (85.2) with the highest pass-rush grade among rookie defensive linemen (83.5).
Rookie spotlight: Eagles third-round pick out of Illinois Sydney Brown, who has played some safety and nickel corner on a part-time basis this season, came up with a massive pick-six. Brown took a miscommunicated pass 99 yards on the return, which put the Eagles up 14-3 at the time.
99-YARD EAGLES PICK SIX ????????
pic.twitter.com/FZynacanpE— PFF (@PFF) December 31, 2023
Box Score
Passing
| Arizona Cardinals | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Comp/Att | Yds | YPA | TD | Int |
| Kyler Murray | 24.68 | 25 / 31 | 232 | 7.5 | 3 | 1 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Comp/Att | Yds | YPA | TD | Int |
| Jalen Hurts | 20.18 | 18 / 23 | 167 | 7.3 | 3 | 1 |
| Kenneth Gainwell | 6.68 | 1-Jan | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Arizona Cardinals | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Long |
| James Conner | 29.3 | 26 | 128 | 4.9 | 1 | 22 |
| Kyler Murray | 24.68 | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 | 14 |
| Michael Carter | 13.7 | 7 | 61 | 8.7 | 0 | 21 |
| Rondale Moore | 6.4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Long |
| Jalen Hurts | 20.18 | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 0 | 13 |
| D'Andre Swift | 7.6 | 13 | 61 | 4.7 | 0 | 16 |
| Kenneth Gainwell | 6.68 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 3 |
Receiving
| Arizona Cardinals | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Tgt | Rec | Yds | YPR | TD |
| James Conner | 29.3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Michael Wilson | 15.5 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 1 |
| Greg Dortch | 15.2 | 7 | 7 | 82 | 11.7 | 0 |
| Michael Carter | 13.7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| Trey McBride | 10.8 | 7 | 6 | 48 | 8 | 0 |
| Rondale Moore | 6.4 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 |
| Elijah Higgins | 4.1 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 |
| Emari Demercado | 1.9 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Tgt | Rec | Yds | YPR | TD |
| Julio Jones | 17.4 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 17 | 2 |
| Dallas Goedert | 15.7 | 6 | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 1 |
| A.J. Brown | 9.3 | 5 | 4 | 53 | 13.2 | 0 |
| D'Andre Swift | 7.6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Kenneth Gainwell | 6.68 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 |
| DeVonta Smith | 6 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 10 | 0 |
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