Has Kyler Murray’s run with Arizona Cardinals come to an end? | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

SAUCE GARDENERS WAS DURING UH, QUESTION. AND THIS IS NOT SPARKED BY ANYTHING, YOU’VE INTO MY BRAIN. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THE WEEK 5 DEBACLE AGAINST THE TITANS? WHERE THE CARDINALS WERE ABOUT TO PUT THE GAME AWAY. AMARI D MARCADO DROPS THE BALL AND THEN THEY HAVE THAT WEIRD BIZARRE, KICK DRILL. THAT GIVES THE TITANS THE WIN. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT, THAT WILL HAVE BEEN THE LAST TIME? KYLER MURRAY WORE IN ARIZONA CARDINALS UNIFORM WHEN THEY PUT HIM ON IR. I THAT’S THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT WAS THIS IS IT LIKE IT’S THESE UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN I WILL GO BACK TO THE FACT THAT THERE’S A LOT OF FOOTBALL TO BE PLAYED, YOU KNOW, JACOBY PRESET COULD ABSOLUTELY FACE PLANT AT SOME POINT. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, GM, MANNY AUSTIN FOR IT AND HEAD COACH. JONATHAN GANON ARE SITTING THERE ONCE AGAIN, DELIBERATING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WAS THIS A REFERENDUM OR NOT THE SAME WAY THEY DELIBERATED ABOUT 2024 WITH KYLER, I WOULD TELL YOU THIS, I’VE GONE THROUGH THAT FRANCHISE A COUPLE OF TIMES THE LAST YOU KNOW, 2 YEARS AND EVERYTHING. I HEARD FROM BOTH MONTE AUSTIN FOR AND JONATHAN GAN ABOUT KYLER MURRAY IS WE NEED HIM TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP. WE’RE CONFIDENT THAT HE CAN. WE NEED HIM TO BE HEALTHY. WE’RE CONFIDENT THAT HE CAN BE HEALTHY, AND THAT’S WHAT’S GOING TO ULTIMATELY TAKE THIS OFFENSE TO THE NEXT LEVEL. I, I WAS TALKING TO OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, DREW PETZING. UM, IN THE PRESEASON IN JUNE SAID TO ME, HE SAID, LOOK AT THE OFFENSE, WE DIDN’T CHANGE A LOT OF PIECES. WE BASICALLY HAVE THE SAME 2025, OUR OUR 2025 OFFENSE IS OUR 2024 OFFENSE, BUT THE GROWTH YOU’LL SEE, HOPEFULLY IS THAT KYLER WILL BE HEALTHY AND TAKE THE STEP FORWARD THAT WE NEED IN THE SCHEME AND HE WILL HELP TO GROW. MARVIN HARRISON’S GAME. THE JACOBE BETS ON THAT. AND THAT’S, I THINK WHY JACOBE BET IS THE STARTING QUARTERBACK THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON OR AT LEAST FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. AND SO YEAH I I BELIEVE WITH AN ASTERISK, A LITTLE CAVEAT HERE BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING ALWAYS FEELS LIKE, OKAY, NOVEMBER 6TH. IT’S GOING TO FEEL LIKE THIS ON, DECEMBER 6TH AND JANUARY 6TH, AND THEN IT NEVER DOES. UM, I DO THINK THAT THEY’VE GROWN BEYOND THEIR THEIR RED LINE OF FRUSTRATION WITH KYLER MURRAY AND FEEL LIKE THERE’S GOT TO BE A CHANGE HERE AT THIS POINT. AND LOOK NOTHING AGAINST KYLER MURRAY. I’VE ALWAYS LIKED HIM. I THINK GOOD KID. HE’S GENUINE, HE’S INCREDIBLY TALENTED. I ADMIRE ANYBODY THAT PLAYS IN THE NFL ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE SHORTER THAN ME. BUT AND I BELIEVE THIS BEFORE MARVIN HARRISON SENIOR WENT SCORCHED EARTH ON THE CARDINALS IN THAT ESPN.COM ARTICLE ON MONDAY BECAUSE I THINK THAT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH MARVIN JUNIOR. HAVING MONDAY NIGHT. BUT I SAID EARLY ON, WHEN IT JUST DIDN’T SEEM TO BE CLICKING BETWEEN KYLER AND MARVIN, JUNIOR. CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT KYLER OR KNOW WHAT? MARVIN JUNIOR IS HEARING FROM MARVIN SENIOR ABOUT PEYTON MANNING AND HOW PEYTON MANNING WORKED AND HOW PEYTON MANNING WAS OBSESSIVE. WHERE THEY HAD TO PUT A HOME. WAS IN HIS CONTRACT. THEY JUST DIDN’T RANDOMLY PULL THAT OUT. THEY DIDN’T SPIN A WHEEL OF STUPID ASS CONTRACT CLAUSES, WE CAN TRY TO PUT IN THIS, THEY HAD A REASON FOR IT AS MISGUIDED AS IT WAS. SO WHEN YOU’RE CONSTANTLY HEARING, THIS IS HOW DETERMINED AND COMMITTED AND, AND DEMANDING MY QUARTERBACK WAS, I THINK THAT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THIS TOO. YEAH, I DON’T. OH LOOK, HE’S NEVER GOING TO ESCAPE THE MOMENT WHERE WHEN STEVE TIMES THE GENERAL MANAGER AND WE HEAR. HEY, WAIT A MINUTE, THERE’S LIKE WORK CLAUSES, YOU KNOW, BEING WRITTEN INTO INTO HIS, UM, CONTRACT AND, AND INSTANTLY WHEN THAT GETS OUT ALL YOU THINK IS WELL OKAY THERE YOU GO IT’S THE CRUX OF THE PROBLEM IS THE GUY NOT WORKING, IS HE NOT SPENDING TIME? YOU KNOW, WE GET INTO ALL THE EVER SINCE THEN I THINK THAT’S SORT OF THAT BRAIN BUG THAT GETS IN THERE AND YOU CAN NEVER GET IT OUT. BUT YOU’RE THAT’S A GREAT POINT ABOUT MARVIN HARRISON SENIOR BECAUSE I 1 OF THE THINGS THAT HAS ALWAYS STUCK OUT. IN MY MIND, ANYBODY THAT PLAYED ON THOSE COLTS TEAMS? I REMEMBER I TALKED TO JOSEPH A DIE ONCE, THEY HAD DRAFTED HIM LATE IN THE FIRST ROUND YEARS AND YEARS AGO. AND HE TOLD ME THE STORY ABOUT HE GETS A CALL FROM PAYTON MANNING. UM, THE NIGHT HE GETS DRAFTED AND HE’S THINKING LIKE, OH, COOL, YOU KNOW, MY NEW QUARTERBACK IS YOU CALLING TO WELCOME ME ON THE TEAM AND HE WAS LIKE, PAYTON WANTED ME ON THE PRACTICE FIELD, THE NEXT MORNING, HE WANTED ME IN THE FACILITY THE NEXT MORNING. SO BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, GO OUT AND DO SOME DRILLS ON THE FIELD. I’M LIKE MY GOD THAT’S THAT’S LIKE OTHERWORLDLY. LIKE HE LITERALLY JUST GET DRAFTED TOWN TOMORROW? AND WE’LL, YOU KNOW, WE’LL GO THROUGH SOME REPS ON THE FIELD AND GET THIS MOVING. THAT’S THAT’S THE EXPECTATION MARVIS. MARVIN HARRISON YOU KNOW SENIOR HAD, I’M SURE HE PUTS THAT INTO HIS SON AND THEN HIS SON ENDS UP IN A SITUATION. WHERE THE BIG QUESTION ABOUT KYLER IS HOW HARD HE WORKS. SO I’LL ASK YOU THIS MIC, DO YOU THINK KYLER HAS THIS, WHAT IS KYLER’S VALUE OUTSIDE OF UH, THE ARIZONA CARDINALS? BECAUSE LAST YEAR, I HAD AN AFC GENERAL MANAGER TELLING ME LAST YEAR, HE STILL THOUGHT KYLER WAS A TRADABLE COMMODITY THAT HE STILL HAD A, YOU KNOW, THE THE ATHLETIC PROFILE, THE ARM TALENT WAS STILL WORTHY OF A TEAM ACTUALLY INVESTING. UM A PICK IN TRADING HIM, I DON’T KNOW THAT. THAT’S REAL ANYMORE, BUT I DO WONDER WHAT WHAT HIS VALUE WOULD BE NOW IF HE WAS ON THE MARKET. I THINK THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THIS AWKWARD DANCE. THAT THE CARDINALS ARE ENGAGED IN BECAUSE THEY DON’T WANT TO UNDERMINE A GUY THAT THEY’RE GOING TO BE TRYING TO TRADE. THEY DON’T WANT TO GET IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO EAT 39 MILLION MINUS 1.3 OR WHATEVER. THE MINIMUM SALARY IS GOING TO BE LIKE THE BRONCOS HAD TO DO WITH RUSSELL WILSON, SO I DON’T KNOW. AND I KNOW THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE’S A COUPLE TEAMS THAT I’VE HEARD THAT MAYBE HE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THE RAIDERS OF CHIP. KELLY’S, STILL WOULDN’T WANT TO GO TO THE VIKINGS IF THEY’RE LOOKING KNOWS, WHETHER THEY WILL BE THIS STILL 9 GAMES TO BE PLAYED THIS YEAR AND THERE’S A LOT MORE THAT JJ MCCARTHY NEEDS TO PROVE OR NOT PROVED, BUT I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE TOUGH. IT’S GOING TO BE TOUGH. HE’S GETTING OLDER, HE’S GOT 1, PLAYOFF APPEARANCE IN HIS CAREER, THE HEIGHT IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE AND WHEN YOU START LOSING THAT EXPLOSIVENESS AND YOU KNOW, YOU THINK ABOUT THESE GREAT PLAY DESIGNERS LIKE A KEVIN OCONELL, THEY DON’T WANT A QUARTERBACK. WHO’S GOING TO AND RUN? THEY WANT A QUARTERBACK WHO’S GOING TO MAKE THE PLAY THAT’S CALLED OPERATE. SO BE TOUGH. AND 19.5 MILLION IS THE MAGIC NUMBER ON THE FIFTH DAY OF THE 2020 6 LEAGUE YEAR. THAT IS WHEN THE WINDOW WILL CLOSE ON CUTTING HIM OR TRADING HIM. BECAUSE AFTER THAT THEY’RE ON THE HOOK. AND I THINK IT’S 1 OF THE REASONS WHY HE’S ON IR, THEY’RE GOING TO PUT HIM IN BUBBLE WRAP BECAUSE IF HE CAN’T PASS A PHYSICAL BY THE DAY, THAT MONEY COMES DUE, BOOM. IT’S ANOTHER 19.5 MILLION. ON TOP OF THE 39, THEY ALREADY OWN FOR NEXT YEAR. I, I THINK, IF THEY TRADE HIM, CHARLES, THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY A BIG CHUNK I DON’T THINK ANYBODY’S GOING TO TAKE ON THE 39 MILLION AND THEN, GIVE UP WHAT A THIRD ROUND PICK. I DON’T KNOW, I DON’T WHATEVER IT IS, IT’S NOT GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, A BLOCKBUSTER TYPE OF A DEAL OR ANYTHING CLOSE TO IT. YEAH, I MEAN PAYING DOWN PART OF THE SALARY I THINK IS AN ABSOLUTE MUST PARTICULARLY IF YOU’RE TO YOU’RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY DOWN A PORTION OF THAT SALARY, SO, AND AND THE SUITORS AGAIN ARE GOING TO BE VERY SPECIFIC AND SMALL. I DON’T KNOW IF CHIP KELLY IS GONNA BE A LAS VEGAS, RAIDER IN 2026 AS MUCH AS HE MIGHT WANT TO GO THERE. THE WAY THAT OFFENSE IS FUNCTIONING RIGHT NOW, UH, THAT MIGHT BE OFF THE TABLE. UH, YOU KNOW, MINNESOTA, I FEEL LIKE EVERY QUARTERBACK WANTS TO GET TO MINNESOTA AND KEVIN OCONNELL AT THIS POINT. SO HE’S GONNA HAVE TO GET IN LINE ON THAT 1. I’M SURE MAC JONES IS PROBABLY LIKE, HEY, IF I’M NOT IN SAN FRANCISCO IN 2026. I SURE LIKE TO BE IN MINNESOTA WITH WITH UH, KEVIN OCONELL. UM, HE, HE WILL NOT HAVE THE PICK OF OF THE LITTER. THAT IS CERTAINLY, UH, THE REALITY AND AND I THINK THE

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14 comments
  1. Finally! Someone is saying it! I'm out on Kyler Murray as a Franchise QB who can take a team to the promised land, maybe other people in the league value him & he gets another opportunity elsewhere. But to me Kyler & the Cards need a divorce.

  2. He was so injured and up and down when he did play I never ever ever understood why Arizona gave him this bloated contract. Much like Tua. They knew he didn't perform but were so bad at getting a rookie QB they just threw a boatload of money and cap space at them and hoped it would work when it never did before.

  3. On IR to make him feel better about the benching and to not completely diminish his trade value. Seems like a QB for the Jets Raiders or Steelers

  4. If you actually follow the Cardinals you know that Kyler works extremely hard. First guy in last guy out. Clearly Mike doesn't. Kyler just can't stay in the pocket and deliver balls on time. Jacoby walking out there and doing it is proof.

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