ARIZONA – Arizona Cardinals QB Kyler Murray briefly left the game in the third quarter against the New England Patriots after being hit following a pass attempt.

Murray was hit late — resulting in a personal foul against New England — and immediately went to the blue medical tent.

He left the tent and stood on the sidelines. He came back into the game on Arizona’s ensuing drive.

Clayton Tune filled in for Murray while he was out and completed both of his pass attempts for eight yards.

The Cardinals currently lead 16-3 at the time of publication.

Earlier this week, Arizona’s three-game losing streak was brought up in Murray’s press conference, where he responded with the following:

“It’s difficult. The difficult part is understanding the chance we had. It kind of felt like we didn’t play our best at all on both occasions we had to play against them. Not only that “But also the implications that were part of the game,” he said.

“We didn’t think about that, but we understood what was at stake. Letting it go and not doing our best was the hard part. It hurts (and) hurts, but we have to get over it and give it our all. “Last year we were in a similar situation to them and then we went to Pittsburgh, Philly and (won).

“They’re going to come in here and play hard. We understand that and we have to be ready to get started.”

Murray also spoke about the importance of Jonathan Gannon in leading the team during the skid.

“Very important. Obviously he is our coach. He is the temperament of the team. Every morning he comes with juice. Every morning he comes with the right message. He can feel the energy of the team when we feel like we might let one go or be disappointed in ourselves, but at the end of the day we have another opportunity to go out and be great. Another opportunity to go out and win. If we want to do what we want to do, which we still have a chance to do, we have to worry about it this week and win this game.”