The Cardinals backups made the game close, but in Thursday's 33-26 loss to the Raiders, the starters were tested early. Here are five things we learned:
Kings of cool
Coach Kliff Kingsbury and quarterback Kyler Murray are both concise in news conferences to start with, so part of Thursday was learning how they would react to a loss at this level.
Murray was particularly nonchalant. It did not seem that he didn't care, but rather he was able to put the loss into context.
"Looking at the big picture, this isn't a big deal," Murray said.