{"id":775768,"date":"2026-02-25T16:18:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/775768\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T16:18:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:18:22","slug":"source-claims-gm-monti-ossenfort-lying-about-kyler-murray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/775768\/","title":{"rendered":"Source claims GM Monti Ossenfort lying about Kyler Murray"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Arizona Cardinals<\/a> face some important choices during the 2026 offseason. Arizona is starting a new regime under head coach Mike LaFleur<\/a>, which could lead to plenty of changes. Arguably the biggest question surrounding the team is the future of QB Kyler Murray in Arizona<\/a>. But recent reporting from ESPN adds fuel to the fire that Murray could be on the way out.<\/p>\n

Cardinals general manager Monti Ossenfort claimed to have sat down with<\/a>\u00a0Murray to talk about the 2025 during an interview at the NFL Scouting Combine.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, I’ve always had a good dialogue with Kyler,\u201d Ossenfort said on Tuesday, per ESPN’s Josh Weinfuss. \u201cAnd I’d say [last season] wasn’t up to what Kyler wanted. It wasn’t up to what any of us wanted as a season as a whole. And, so, when you have the kind of year that we had, there’s a lot of room for improvement, and so we got to find a way to do that, not only at that position, in all positions, but that’s what we’re all focused on, is getting better and moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, Weinfuss reported that one source countered Ossenfort’s claim about speaking with Murray.<\/p>\n

Arizona signed Murray to a five-year extension<\/a> worth $230.5 million back in 2022. Unfortunately, the veteran quarter has struggled to find success ever since signing that contract.<\/p>\n

2025 was a low point for Murray. The speedy quarterback suffered a season-ending foot injury<\/a> that landed him on injured reserve.<\/p>\n

Murray only managed 962 passing yards with six touchdowns and three interceptions in 2025. He also added 29 carries for 173 rushing yards and one touchdown.<\/p>\n

Kyler still has three years left on his current contract, but the Cardinals seem determined to move on from him.<\/p>\n

The Cardinals are even rumored to be interested in trading for Bears QB Tyson Bagent<\/a> as a bridge quarterback. Such a move would only make sense if Arizona gets rid of Murray.<\/p>\n

Arizona could easily cut Murray and move on, at least from a salary cap perspective. But it remains to be seen if the Cardinals are willing to make that choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Arizona Cardinals face some important choices during the 2026 offseason. Arizona is starting a new regime under…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":695009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2078],"tags":[375,390,2604,1327,7,4827,6,927,832],"class_list":{"0":"post-775768","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-cardinals","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-arizona-cardinals","10":"tag-arizonacardinals","11":"tag-cardinals","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-kyler-murray","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-nfl-combine","16":"tag-nfl-rumors"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116132179211103210","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=775768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/695009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}