TEMPE — “Nothing’s changed.”

That’s been head coach Jonathan Gannon’s go-to phrase when it comes to Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray and his status as the franchise’s starting signal caller.

When healthy, expect him back in the lineup, which could come as early as the Cardinals’ Week 9 Monday Night Football game against the Dallas Cowboys.

“It’s probably a little too early to be determined as we sit here now about two weeks away.”

Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon on if Kyler Murray will be back for the Cowboys game.

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“Probably a little too early to be determined as we sit here now about two weeks away,” Gannon told Arizona Sports’ Burns & Gambo on Monday. “Hoping he keeps trending along here and we’ll see where he’s at.”

A return to his home state for the primetime tilt could be just what the franchise signal caller needs to get himself and his team back on track.

In his two career games on the road against the Cowboys, Murray’s 2-0 as a starter. His completion percentage doesn’t jump off the page at 56.45%, but his 451 yards and four touchdowns to zero interceptions sure do.

He added another 118 yards and a score on 19 carries. He’s averaged 9.5 yards per attempt against Dallas.

Putting together another successful showing would not only give Arizona a real shot at kicking its five-game losing streak on a national stage, it would also seriously quiet a lot of the noise surrounding the Cardinals’ quarterback position.

With Murray sidelined these past two weeks, backup Jacoby Brissett has done more than served as a placeholder for the starter.

In two games, Brissett has helped lead a much more efficient offense. His ability to hang in the pocket and pushing the ball down the field have been two of the biggest pluses to the signal caller running the show.

And that’s all while getting completely beat up by opposing defenses.

Through two games, Brissett has been hit 24 times. He’s been taken down eight times for sacks and has been pressured 49 times.

Even with the added licks, the offense has looked better than it did with Murray at the helm the first five weeks.

“There was a reason we signed Jacoby. I don’t want to discredit anybody that’s a backup quarterback, but we felt really good about him giving us a chance to win if he had to go in and play,” Gannon said Monday. “And I think he’s done that.

“Honestly, through two weeks now, he’s played pretty good football and just like all of us, I know he’s hard on himself, wants some plays back … but I do think he’s done a good job.”

But at the end of the day, the end results have largely looked the same despite the uptick in offensive production behind back-to-back losses with Brissett running things.

How much is really going to change with Murray back in the lineup? We should find out soon enough.