All the highs and lows we thought we’d see from Kyler Murray and Kliff Kingsbury’s offense in Year One happened in Week 1. All summer, discussions of the Cardinals centered around speculation regarding their new, mystery offense. Having never faced Kingsbury, the NFL had no idea what to expect. But we forgot that Kingsbury’s offense, which was kept behind the curtain all preseason, had never faced the NFL, either.
And so as much as we fantasized about the college coach’s offense bursting onto the NFL scene a la Chip Kelly’s Eagles on a Monday night in Washington six years ago, it was equally plausible that Arizona’s offense would sputter.