I think your expectations may have been a tad too high if you weren’t thrilled with how Murray played. And I emphasize the word “played”. He played fast and furious, and was 100% fearless. For me, that was most important. I wish he had hit Hollywood for the TD, but that was on both of them. Yes, Murray overthrew a wide open guy, but even Hollywood said afterwards that he slightly tripped and it slowed him down a tad. They definitely need to get that right, because this offense will need some longer pass completions moving forward.
The interception was a miscommunication. Murray expected him to sit down and stop the route. Based on the defense, that’s exactly what he should have done. Instead, McBride kept moving and the pass ended up severely left. That’s very fixable. What was most important was that Murray took the blame for both.
Lastly, there was nothing finesse about what I saw in that game. When you use your TE to the tune of 140 yards, and he’s running through people in their secondary, I would assume there were bloody noses on their sideline. Our D was very violent also. And Conner was Conner. He hit everyone he could. And how about the hit Murray put on their LB after the interception?? That was a jarring tackle, one not many, if ANY QB would even attempt in today’s NFL. And our backup TE dropped a PERFECTLY thrown 30 yard pass too. That was Murray’s best pass of the day. The pass to McBride on the last drive was intended to be lofted high, with McBride coming back to the ball if need be. Even McBride said he was surprised that he got behind the safety on that play. McBride stated after the game that he told Murray to throw it high & he would go get it, or cause a PI in the process of coming back to the ball. Kyler needs to complete a higher % of his passes, and needs to figure out how to get the ball to Hollywood more frequently. One completion to Brown just isn’t going to result in W’s moving forward.
