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The Cardinals are hoping to get out of Kyler Murray what the Seahawks have enjoyed for many seasons under Ru sell Wilson an elite dual-threat quarterback with at least one Super Bowl ring to show for it.Based on what Arizona has seen from Murray the No. 1 overall pick the 2019 NFL draft in a season and a half,the team should feel confident about matching Seattle's fortunes with Wilson. At the same time, Murray's play can also help the Cardinals displace Lucas Duda Jersey the Seahawks as the most consistent playoff team in the NFC West.Some might say had the Seahawks not stole Wilson , the door wouldn't have opened for Murray to be a top prospect with his great athleticism but lack of prototypical QB size. Both Wilson (5-11, 215 pounds) and Murray (5-10, 207 pounds) also have had well-documented strong baseball backgrounds, both being drafted into MLB with Murray being a first-rounder in that sport, too. Theyeach attendedtwo Power 5 schools, having their most dazzling college football succe s with their second programs.But beyond the similar paths to the NFL and the ble sings of fleet feet and big arms, there's more of a contrastbetweenMurray, 23, and Wilson, who turns 32 at the end of November. Here's a lookat the divergence of how their respective rare skill sets are used to gain peak results:Kyler Murray vs.Ru sell Wilson, the offensesIt's hard to imagine Murray operating in something other than thespread/"air raid" system of Kliff Kingsbury, which has led to a beautiful, natural transition from his Heisman-winning brilliance under Lincoln Riley at Oklahoma. Likewise, Wilson wouldn't be the same QB away from the West Coast principles he's had all throughout his career with Darrell Bevell and then Brian Schottenheimer.What's interesting is that the Seahawks and Cardinals don't profile as one might expect in 2020. Last season, Kingsbury's Cardinals threw 60.4 percent of the time with Murray, the 12th highest-total in the NFL. In 2019, Schottenheimer's Seahawks pa sed at a 54.3 percent clip, No. 27 in the league.This season, the script has been flipped to the Seahawks pa sing on 62.9 percent of their offensive Michael Saunders Jersey plays (No. 7) and the Cardinals at 52.9 percent (No. 26). Seattle, with offensive line and backfield injury i sues, plus a bad defense pushing them out of favorable game scripts, have been forced to #LetRu sCook more than they would like. Arizona's rate has been most affected by Murray running more often. He has gone from averaging 5.8 attempts and 34 yards rushing per game as a rookie to 9.7 attempts and 67 rushing yards per game. In a little more than a half season, Murray, at 604 yards rushing, already has 60 more than he did in all of 2020.The Cardinals' alignment-wise operate out of the shotgun 90.1 percent of the time, easily more than any other team in the NFL. In contrast, the Seahawks have Wilson taking 68.9 percent of his snaps from the shotgun. Both numbers are in line with last season.The personnel groupings are rather different, Paulo Orlando Jersey too. The Cardinals use the league standard of 11 personnel (three wide receivers) on le s than half of their offensive plays. They line up with either 12 personnel (two receivers, two tight ends) or 10 personnel (four wide receivers) more than half the time.The Seahawks are above the league-average with two-thirds of their snaps out of 11 personnel and pretty much the rest in 12 personnel. They don't have the same receiver depth as the Cardinals.Wilson is on pace for a career-high 593 pa sing attempts and a career-worst 17 interceptions, which are not unrelated developments, as more risks add up to more mistakes.Murray is on pace for 553, which is just slightly ahead of his rookie rate, tracking toward 18 interceptions.One big difference is the fact Murray has been sacked only 13 times in 9 games, on pace to take only 23, or le s than half of the league-high 48 sacks he took in 2019. Wilson tied Murray with those 48 sacks last season. This year, with 30 in 9 games, he's staring at a career 53 sacks.The Cardinals' pa s protection has improved and the Seahawks have been hampered up front. But this comes from the fact Murray is both picking good spots to take off and run for positive yardage and get the ball out more quickly. Wilson, meanwhile, called uponto be more of a pocket pa ser in his system, has held the ball looking to buy time for big plays downfield and given the interceptions, forcing the ball into coverage under pre sure more than usual.Kyler Murray vs. Ru sell Wilson, the designed runsThe Cardinals have embraced Murray's running, , knowing his top-level speed and elusivene s are dangerous weapons that are hard to contain, especially in the red zone. He's somehow added a new gear to what the Ravens' Lamar Jackson did on the ground last season as league MVP.With Arizona's traditional power running game struggling with and without Kenyan Drake, Murray's solid rushing has created better balance for himself as a pa ser. He's walked the line well between scrambling to keep pa s plays alive (see the winning Hail Mary against the Bills) and embracing the fell of when tocall his own number as a diminutive dasher (see his second of two TD runs against the Bills).Wilson has done his best running in six seasons. He's averaging 7.2 yards per carry over his average Raul Mondesi Jersey of 5 rushes per game, to the point he's nearly surpa sed last year's rushing total with 325 yards in 9 games. But consider he has only one rushing TD to Murray's 10, and that came only a rare QB sneak against the Bills in Week 9.The Cardinals will make it a point to get Murray his rushes, while Wilson's ground production still comes down mostly to his busted-play scrambling, as using him to pad the rushing attack is simply something Schottenheimer hasn't done in two-plus seasons. Wilson's best years running came with Bevell in '14 and '17.Kyler Murray vs. Ru sell Wilson, the downfield pa singThe Cardinals were very compre sed in the pa sing game during Murray's rookie season. His average net yards per attempt were 6.6 and he ranked No. 17 in intended air yards. This year, Murray, with more confidence, a true go-to wide receiver in DeAndre Hopkins and better protection, is up to. 7.6 adjusted net YPA and No. 10 in intended air yards. Wilson has stayed steady from 2019 to '20 with his 8.7 adjusted net YPA and been even better with air yards, up to No. 6 while intending 9.0 air YPA.Murray has had more real opportunities to hit on deep balls to Hopkins and speedy No. 2 Christian Kirk, but with all the backs, wideouts and tight ends the Cardinals use, he's maintained his checkdown sensibilities with spreading the ball around, facilitated by the nature of the offense. With Wilson, there are fewer in-between throws, as the Seahawks' offense works best when they can effectively power run and set-up high percentage downfield throws for Wilson.The Cardinals' scheme has proved to be more malleable, which has helped Homer Bailey Jersey Murray.Wilson is still on pace for a caree