Ex-Texas football QB Colt McCoy leads Cardinals in domination vs. 49ers

A game that was expected to turn out to be a lot closer than it looked to be through three quarters saw former Texas football star quarterback and NFL veteran Colt McCoy lead the way for the Arizona Cardinals against the San Francisco 49ers. McCoy replaced the former Oklahoma Sooners and Texas A&M Aggies quarterback Kyler Murray to get the start for the Cardinals on this day against fellow Texas Ex and Niners head coach Kyle Shanahan.

Big news surfaced prior to the kickoff of this game between the Cardinals and 49ers that Murray and star wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins would be out. This news also gave the 49ers a pretty solid edge in the spread of the betting line prior to kickoff. For most of the week, the Cardinals were the favorite.

But just hours ahead of the kickoff of this game, the news surfaced of Murray and Hopkins missing for the Cardinals, thus the 49ers got the edge in the betting lines.

Former Texas football star QB Colt McCoy gets the call for the Cardinals who hold a big lead over the 49ers

In place of the absent Murray, former Texas Tech Red Raiders head coach Kliff Kingsbury gave the veteran former Longhorn McCoy the call at the quarterback position. The Cardinals have a lot on the line in this NFC West meeting too.

McCoy played an important role for Kingsbury and the Cardinals to try and manage this win over the Niners. And he came out firing with this offense in a key division matchup.

Nearly at the end of the game at this point, McCoy completed 22-of-26 passing attempts for nearly 250 passing yards, one passing touchdown, and no interceptions. He also managed another 17 rushing yards on six carries, with no rushing scores.

As McCoy was looking for his first win as a starting quarterback since the 2020 season, he came through in the exact role the Cardinals needed him to. McCoy and running back James Conner put together a nice performance for the Cardinals offense, who has given this team a two-possession edge currently over the Niners.

This is the 31st career start for McCoy in his more than one-decade-long NFL career. And he’s now looking to get his ninth career win as an NFL starting quarterback. He currently holds a record of 8-22-0 in his 30 starts heading into the Cardinals meeting with the Niners.