The Arizona Cardinals pulled off one of the biggest stunners of Week 1, beating the Los Angeles Chargers on the road 26-14 in what looked like the perfect blueprint for coach Mike LaFleur's team going forward. The offense wasn't perfect, but it had its fair share of strong performances, including a big game from Trey McBride that pulled him close to a Jimmy Graham tight end record.
The team's new coach, LaFleur, put his team's win into words afterward as fans began to make sense of the surprising performance. The game included a solid but unspectacular effort from rookie running back Jeremiyah Love, who nevertheless made his presence felt in his first-ever NFL game. Afterward, Cardinals quarterback Jacoby Brissett described Love in glowing terms that bodes well for Week 2.
“Yeah, I mean the touchdown was all him, I don't think he was supposed to go that way,” Brissett said about Love's first-ever career score. “But, I mean, it's, you hand him the ball, and you watch, you know? And that was my first time seeing it, like, ‘Oh, yeah, okay, yeah.'
“I mean, I thought he played well in the pass game and in the run game and getting some gritty runs…I thought he did a really good job.”
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