Bickley Blast: Arizona Cardinals’ Kyler Murray has never been under a microscope like this

Bickley Blast: Arizona Cardinals’ Kyler Murray has never been under a microscope like this

Kyler Murray has been ridiculed, celebrated, mocked, measured, and memorialized by a statue at his alma mater, but he has never been under a microscope like this. When Murray returns to the starting lineup on Monday Night Football in Dallas, and that is only an assumption at this point, he must prove he is better than Jacobe Brassette. And that’s a tall order for a short quarterback who cannot see the field like his 6’4 backup. And then there’s the stress and what Murray might be feeling internally because for the first time in his football life, somebody is coming for his job. And that’s because Murray’s shortcomings have been laid bare by the veteran Brassette. And when he returns, he needs to stay in the pocket. He does. He can’t bail at the first sign of trouble. He needs to accept contact in the really big moments when absolutely necessary. He needs to feed his wide receivers down the field and Trey McBride in the red zone. He needs to keep this offense looking the way it has the past two weeks. And that folks will require more than his trademark twitchy elusiveness, off-schedule brilliance, and electrifying athletic ability. That will demand real courage. That means playing the position and now not outrunning the position. A time when Murray must stand and deliver or we all move on.

Dan Bickley breaks down what the Arizona Cardinals should do with Kyler Murray after the team’s bye week on his Bickley blast.