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Streveler had the Cardinals on the move again in the third quarter, and chucked a deep pass to DeAndre Hopkins on first down. Hopkins caught it inside the Los Angeles 10, but was called for offensive pass interference. He then drew an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, resulting in a first-and-35 to effectively end the drive.
Murray returned to the game early in the fourth quarter before Streveler finished things off in garbage time.
"For me, I'm just going to use this experience and learn from it, use it to motivate me through the offseason and come back a better player because of it," Streveler said.
Coach Kliff Kingsbury went with Streveler over the more experienced Brett Hundley as the backup. Hundley helped the Cardinals upset the Seahawks last season after Murray left that game with a hamstring injury.
When asked if he had any regrets in choosing Streveler over Hundley in a game of this magnitude, Kingsbury said "not at all." Hundley was inactive, and Kingsbury felt comfortable with that because Murray, who hurt his leg against the 49ers last week, was fine in practice.
"We felt Kyler was good to go," Kingsbury said. "He had a good week of practice. It wasn't the same injury."
Wolford had a better setup entering the game, as he was able to practice all week with the Rams' starters. Streveler was thrown into the mix when Murray was injured on the first series.
"As the backup, you don't get a ton of reps with the first-string offense, but I do get a lot of reps on scout team," Streveler said. "For me, I tried to take those reps as serious as possible. Make them as game-like, going through my reads."
Wolford and Streveler both have mobility, but Los Angeles was able to take better advantage of its quarterback's legs. Wolford had a few critical first down runs, including on a zone read to effectively ice the win in the fourth quarter.
"I thought he played tough," Kingsbury said of Wolford. "He made enough plays to win the game."
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