Cardinals snap losing streak, beat Cowboys in Dallas

ARLINGTON, Texas — It’s over. Finished. Done.

The Arizona Cardinals’ five-game losing streak was snapped in rather impressive fashion with a 27-10 win over the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium on «Monday Night Football.»

It wasn’t pretty toward the end, and it brought back memories from earlier in the season when Arizona gave away games in the fourth quarter.

But Monday’s victory did more than end a winning drought. It created a quarterback controversy.

Kyler Murray is the established, incumbent, bona fide starter with the $230.5 million contract, but the Cardinals’ offense looked better and more efficient, both statistically and to the naked eye, with Jacoby Brissett running it.

Brissett now owns the top three passing games of the season — and he has started three times. Arizona’s offense topped 300 yards for the third straight game after hitting the mark just once when Murray started the first five games.

It won’t be an easy choice one way or the other, but the Cardinals will face a decision.

Here are the most important things to know from Monday night, for both teams:

Most surprising performance: Marvin Harrison Jr. set a career high with seven catches for 96 yards. He had six receptions three times in his career heading into Monday. His eight targets in the first half also set a career high. Harrison had 80 yards in the first half, his most in a first half since Week 2 of last season.

Trend to watch: With his touchdown catch Monday night, Trey McBride has four receiving touchdowns in three career games in which Brissett has started. McBride has had five receiving touchdowns in 39 career games with Murray as the starting quarterback.

QB performance: Brissett turned in another productive start, passing for 261 yards and two touchdowns without throwing an interception. He now has thrown for six touchdowns and one interception in his three starts. — Josh Weinfuss

Next game: at Seattle Seahawks (Sunday, 4:05 p.m. ET, CBS)