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Kyler Murray could come out, throw for 400 yards and five touchdowns on Sunday, and it wouldn't surprise anyone. He also could throw for like 180, a touchdown, and two picks. Forness cited Murray's 2024 split: 0.08 EPA per play in the pocket, 0.16 outside it. Expect bootlegs, floods, and half-rolls so Kevin O'Connell can 'get him those confident reps.'
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Murray's debut carries 400-yard upside or 180-yard downside; Vikings plan bootlegs to maximize his mobility.

Murray's Week 1 debut against former Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon carries extreme variance; Forness projects a wide range of outcomes: 400 yards and 5 TDs on the high end, or 180 yards, 1 TD, and 2 INTs on the low end. The Vikings' offensive plan is incremental rather than aggressive, leveraging Murray's 2024 EPA splits (0.08 in pocket, 0.16 outside) through bootlegs, floods, and half-rolls to generate confident reps; Frank Smith's Dolphins-style motions and wide zone blocking are designed to exploit a Packers edge group missing Micah Parsons.

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