Happy New Year! Cardinals bring out the Boo Birds, shock Philadelphia

Arizona Cardinals tight end Trey McBride (85) (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

One team is heading to the postseason, and the other is picking up the U-Hual next week. It was hard to tell the difference between the Cardinals and Philadelphia on Sunday. The Cardinals(4-11) stunned the Eagles on their home-turf 35-31. 

This was a game in which the Cardinals found themselves down 21-6 at the half, but head coach Jonathan Gannon’s squad wouldn’t give up. 

Tied at 21, Philadelphia quarterback Jalen Hurts connected with his tight-end Dallas Goedert to retake the lead 28-21 with nine minutes left in the game, but the Cardinals offense came right back with Kyler Murray connecting with rookie Michael Wilson to even the score at 28.

Philadelphia would kick a field goal with 2:33 left to take a 31-28 lead.  

But the Cardinals would march back down the field and score on a James Connor short plunge, taking the lead for good. 

Notes

Murray threw for 232 yards and three touchdowns.

The Cardinals rushed for 228 yards, gave up a pick-6, and found a way to win.

 Four hundred forty-nine yards of offense for the Cardinals on the day.

The Arizona defense would allow the Eagles to just 275 yards of offense. 

The Cardinals will finish out the season next Sunday at home against Seattle.