On Monday Night Football, the New England Patriots beat the Arizona Cardinals to put another nail in the coffin of Arizona’s playoff dreams. To rub salt into the wounds, the Cardinals lost their starting quarterback, Kyler Murray, to a season-ending injury. It was only the third play of the game when Murray went down on the field with a possible knee injury before the medical team carted him off the field.
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After Murray left the field, backup quarterback Colt McCoy joined the field. His performance was not great, as he threw one interception in the third quarter, which gave advantage to the Patriots to get their 7th win of the season.
NFL fans react after Kyler Murray suffered a season-ending injury
Earlier, NFL insider Ian Rapoport reported that Murray suffered a torn ACL injury. According to him, an MRI confirmed this news, which eventually ended his season. Moreover, it will be hard for him to come back and start the season as well after suffering an ACL injury.
#AZCardinals QB Kyler Murray tore his ACL last night, the MRI confirmed today. His season is over. pic.twitter.com/Dd3IniVIga
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) December 13, 2022
After hearing the news about Murray’s ACL injury, NFL fans started posting some hilarious comments about him playing COD. It is worth noting that Murray has been an active Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II player and he streams on Twitch as well. He probably loves playing football as much as he loves playing COD.
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After his injury, fans started posting some hilarious jokes, as one fan wrote.
His Call of Duty game will be Strong. Speedy Recovery KM
— jose r garcia (@cutro4444) December 13, 2022
Another fan asked him to tweet his gamer tag so that he can play COD with the Cardinals QB.
Can he just tweet his gamer tag so I can send him invites to play call of duty?
— Jay (@jurena1722) December 13, 2022
Another fan joked that Murray might get more time to play COD now. Whereas, one Twitter user shared a hilarious GIF to describe Murray’s love for COD.
Kyler looking at COD right now pic.twitter.com/itRewIHgP6
— Goku (@DadBodGoKu) December 13, 2022
Another Twitter user posted a screenshot of Game Over from COD.
Kyler Murray: pic.twitter.com/50N9neFtkm
— shin_pats (@shin_pats) December 13, 2022
One more Twitter user talked about Murray playing COD for the next 6 months.
Bro bout to tear up warzone lobbies for 6 months 🔥🔥🔥
— mk (@m41653200) December 13, 2022
One fan shared a hilarious picture to describe Murray’s joy.
His cod account looking at him like pic.twitter.com/2ButUEM91y
— Stone Peters (@A_Real_Stone) December 13, 2022
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It is worth mentioning that Murray’s performance in COD was not all that great. One Twitter user posted the statistics, including his passer rating, which showed his terrible individual and team performances.
A user analyzed Kyler Murray’s performance on @CallofDuty 2XP/3XP weekends and it’s tough to see pic.twitter.com/SoalbvmdDu
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) August 2, 2022
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Meanwhile, Murray is unlikely to return for the Cardinals at the start of the season, as the ACL injury will take time to heal. On the other hand, Colt McCoy will take Murray’s place in the starting line-up. Despite losing against the Patriots, he looked promising in his plays.
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