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Vikings, Chiefs and Cowboys beaten - NFL week eight

Vikings, Chiefs and Cowboys beaten - NFL week eight
Image caption, Kyler Murray became Minnesota's starting quarterback after leaving Arizona while Gardner Minshew was signed to be the Cardinals' back-up

Tyler Allgeier was the running back who starred for the Arizona Cardinals, rushing for 147 yards at the Dallas Cowboys.

But it was eccentric back-up quarterback Gardner Minshew who helped turn the game in Arizona's favour after replacing an ineffective Jacoby Brissett with the Cardinals trailing 17-3 late in the third quarter.

After being a late draft pick by Jacksonville in 2019, Minshew has spent most of his career as a back-up and in the off-season Arizona became his sixth team in eight years.

He made a thrilling debut, though, becoming the first quarterback this season to throw three touchdown passes in a fourth quarter.

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