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Meanwhile, teams found success featuring fewer wideouts, averaging positive EPA per play numbers with their personnel groups of two and three wide receivers. As we saw, the Cardinals were responsible for the majority of those plays, though, so it's encouraging they performed slightly better than the league mean, earning -0.01 EPA per play. The Air Raid encompasses a set of passing concepts that many teams have integrated into their schemes, so it's not completely new. Continue to Article

September 12, 2019 1:45:pm EST

Kyler Murray always retained confidence in the Arizona Cardinals' offense after he overcame a "pretty ugly" start to his NFL debut to inspire a comeback against the Detroit Lions. The first pick in the 2019 draft struggled to get going in his first outing, with the Cardinals trailing 24-6 early in the fourth quarter when T.J. Hockenson reeled in a 23-yard pass from quarterback Matthew Stafford. However, Murray engineered an impressive rally with the clock against him, throwing touchdown passes to David Johnson Larry Fitzgerald before a successful two-point conversion attempt to Christian Kirk levelled the scores with less than a minute remaining. Continue to Article

September 09, 2019 5:51:am EST

Matt Prater made a 33-yard field goal with 3:51 remaining in overtime to help the Detroit Lions salvage a 27-27 tie with the Arizona Cardinals, who overcame an 18-point fourth-quarter deficit Sunday in Glendale, Ariz. Prater's field goal capped a 60-yard drive after Zane Gonzalez made a 28-yard field goal, his fourth of the game, on the first possession of overtime for a 27-24 lead, capping the Cardinals' run of 21 straight points. Arizona rookie quarterback Kyler Murray, the No. Continue to Article

September 08, 2019 8:49:pm EST

Detroit Lions wide receiver Danny Amendola catches a 47-yard receiving touchdown on a wide-open wheel route. This game is streaming live on the Yahoo Sports mobile app, or on FOX Continue to Article

September 08, 2019 5:22:pm EST

The Atlanta Falcons and wide receiver Julio Jones finalized a three-year, $66 million fully guaranteed contract extension with $64 million due immediately, ESPN's Adam Schefter and Chris Mortensen reported Saturday afternoon. Schefter said that his 97 percent of the deal guaranteed at signing eclipses the previous record for a non-quarterback, which was the 74 percent that defensive end Trey Flowers received from the Detroit Lions. Jones and the Falcons have been working toward a new contract for months. Continue to Article

September 07, 2019 1:35:pm EST