As the clock ticked under 15 seconds in the second quarter against Carolina, Kyler Murray faced multiple downfield options from a four-wide scissors concept. Trey McBride and Michael Wilson ran downfield and cut outside while Marvin Harrison Jr. and Zay Jones cut inside against a soft Cover 2. Arizona led 13-3 with the end zone a throwaway and several high-value deep targets available. Murray's aggressiveness rate was 15.3% in 2023 and 16.8% in 2024, and 11.2% three games into this season. Murray instead chose a safe, quick 3-yard pass to Trey Benson, who came out of the backfield, ran up the middle, turned around at the 20-yard line and waited for the throw.
"Arizona was in a four-wide set with the receivers running a scissors route. Both slot receivers -- Trey McBride and Michael Wilson -- were running downfield then cutting outside, and both wideouts -- Marvin Harrison Jr. and Zay Jones -- were doing the same but cutting inside. All four were testing the Panthers' soft Cover 2, trying to find open grass."
"Arizona was up 13-3 at the time, the first half was winding down and the end zone was a throw away. Murray had a choice. Both McBride to the right and Wilson to left were options for a perfectly placed fade to the front corners of the end zone. Or Murray could've sent a dart down the seam to either Harrison or Jones."
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