At the Senior Bowl, 130 draft-eligible prospects are interviewed by teams in designated areas between practice sessions and at night after everyone has had their evening meal. Also, assistant coaches who are no longer employed show up and get interviews scheduled for possible open position coaching jobs, and a lot are hired during this event because everyone is in the same place at the same time.<\/p>\n
At the Combine, 319 players are in attendance. In addition to players being interviewed by NFL clubs, team head coaches and GMs are also interviewed. And a bevy of questions is always asked.<\/p>\n
Before any questions were asked, Arizona GM Monti Ossenfort addressed the media and got right into the quarterback situation. He stated:<\/p>\n
\u201cI know for a lot of you, at the top of your mind is our quarterback situation, so here\u2019s what I would say. All options are on the table for us. We\u2019ve got Kyler, Jacoby (Brissett), and Kedon (Slovis) all under contract. As it pertains to that position, as it pertains to every position on our team, we will look at every avenue to improve. We will continue our process with that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/p>\n Somebody did mention whether QB Malik Willis is an opportunity for the Cardinals to pursue. Ossenfort was with the Tennessee Titans when they drafted Willis, but Ossenfort did not give any information on where the franchise stood with him as a free agent target. No GM would ever divulge any pertinent information regarding a draft or free agent prospect, so the question was completely wasted.<\/p>\n What was Ossenfort\u2019s answer, though?<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s one of the quarterbacks available. I don\u2019t really want to get into evaluations of specific players.\u201d<\/p>\n The same goes for quarterback candidates in the upcoming draft, which, of course, another reporter asked about. Ossenfort isn\u2019t going to say where the franchise sits as far as who they like and don\u2019t like, or what round they have focused on. Stupid-ass question.<\/p>\n But ESPN Arizona\u2019s Josh Weinfuss is making a big deal about what Ossenfort stated regarding Kyler Murray. The question asked of Ossenfort was: \u201cYou sat down with Kyler to talk about last year and what he wanted?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, I\u2019ve always had a good dialogue with Kyler. And it wasn\u2019t up to what any of us wanted as a season as a whole. When you have the kind of year we had, there is a lot of room for improvement. We got to find a way to do that, not only at that position but all positions. That\u2019s what we\u2019re all focused on, is getting better and moving forward.\u201d <\/p>\n Understand this, the word \u201cyeah\u201d from Ossenfort is a habit of his. He starts with \u201cyeah\u201d quite a bit, but it does not mean you are correct, or he agrees, but yeah, I heard the question and here is my answer.<\/p>\n LINK: OSSENFORT COMBINE TUESDAY INTERVIEW<\/a><\/p>\n Weinfuss posted a video regarding the Ossenfort press conference. Weinfuss said:<\/p>\n \u201cI asked Ossenfort earlier today if he had talked to Kyler at any point this offseason. Just kind of about how last season went, and kind of what Murray wants out of his future. And Ossenfort said they had. However, a source told me that that was not true. In fact, they have not talked at all this offseason. Which should make for a very interesting three weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n The three weeks Weinfuss is referring to are if Murray is on the active roster on the fifth day of the new league year, or if Murray is omitted. If he remains a roster member, the Cardinals owe him a guaranteed bonus of $19.5 million for 2027, which is over and above the funds he is guaranteed for this year.<\/p>\n LINK: ESPN ARIZONA\u2019S PRESS CONFERENCE REPORT <\/a><\/p>\n Kyler Murray with Cardinals general manager Monti Ossenfort (Photo by Kathryn Riley\/Getty Images) Getty Images<\/p>\n Here\u2019s the rub, though. Weinfuss asked the first question of the press conference. He was inquiring about the roster bonus Murray might be owed in less than three weeks and how close the franchise was to deciding what to do. Ossenfort\u2019s response was:<\/p>\n \u201cI think Josh, those discussions happen and go on daily. There\u2019s not just Kyler; there\u2019s many of our players that have different structures of their contract that come up in that timeframe. And each one of those is an individual discussion, and those are going to continue here as we go forward and go into the free agency period and that leads into the draft. And those are discussions that are ongoing and we\u2019ll continue to have them.\u201d <\/p>\n Weinfuss is stating that Ossenfort said that he had talked to Murray this offseason. Then Weinfuss stated that \u201ca source\u201d he knows says that Ossenfort and Murray haven\u2019t had any talks since the season ended. Meaning, Ossenfort lied about the interaction.<\/p>\n However, Weinfuss asked the very first question of the presser, which pertained to Murray. And again, Ossenfort stated:<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, I\u2019ve always had a good dialogue with Kyler. And it wasn\u2019t up to what any of us wanted as a season as a whole. When you have the kind of year we had, there is a lot of room for improvement.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/imagn-28330972.jpg\"\/)
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