SEATTLE — Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray left Sunday’s 27-13 win over the Seattle Seahawks with a hamstring injury in the third quarter.
Murray appeared to injure his right hamstring on a 4-yard run less than three minutes into the second half, with Arizona leading 17-7. He scrambled left on a third-and-12 play and was pushed out of bounds near the Seahawks’ sideline.
“I felt tightness,” Murray said. “I wouldn’t put myself in any situation where I couldn’t be myself and play my game. I didn’t want to put the team in jeopardy and put myself out there like that.”
Murray was walking with a slight limp on the sideline in the fourth quarter and eventually had the hamstring wrapped.
“We didn’t want to put him in harm’s way if he couldn’t be him, so we decided to sit him,” Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury said.
Brett Hundley replaced Murray and completed 4 of 9 passes for 49 yards and ran for 35 yards on six carries. He led a touchdown drive late in the fourth quarter to put the game out of Seattle’s reach.
“I feel like anybody in that situation,” Murray said. “I want to play. Everyone out there wants to play. I’m just glad we got the win. I woke up this morning and felt like we were gonna get the win.
Murray said he had no idea if he would be able to play next week against the Los Angeles Rams, and Kingsbury echoed that.
“I couldn’t make a guess,” the coach said. “We obviously won’t put him out there if he wasn’t a hundred percent.”
Murray had looked commanding before his injury, going 11-for-18 passing for 118 yards and a touchdown, and running six times for 40 yards.
The rookie showed his versatility time and time again against the Seahawks, evading sacks and tacklers by scrambling, which led to his making plays with his arm, as well.
Murray put the Cardinals ahead in the second quarter with a dynamic play that highlighted his mobility and throwing ability. He scrambled left, away from pressure, and then cut left, running parallel to the line of scrimmage. He then hit wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald on a sidearm pass, and Fitzgerald powered his way to the end zone for the touchdown, to put Arizona up 14-7.
Hundley, a former Seahawk, had attempted one pass this season before Sunday’s game. He was 0-for-1 in three snaps in the Cardinals’ loss to the New Orleans Saints on Oct. 27.