{"id":795400,"date":"2026-03-06T05:33:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T05:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/795400\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T05:33:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T05:33:15","slug":"deandre-hopkins-responds-to-kyler-murrays-emotional-goodbye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/795400\/","title":{"rendered":"DeAndre Hopkins responds to Kyler Murray&#8217;s emotional goodbye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"1\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nfl\/players\/c3f009e2\/kyler-murray\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kyler Murray<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nfl\/arizona-cardinals\/cardinals-news-kyler-murray-goodbye-arizona-release\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">era in Arizona is officially a memory<\/a>, and nobody felt the weight of that goodbye more than his former favorite target, <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nfl\/players\/aca60932\/deandre-hopkins\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DeAndre Hopkins<\/a>. After seven seasons with the <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nfl\/arizona-cardinals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arizona Cardinals<\/a>, the organization has reportedly informed Murray of his release, prompting the quarterback to pen a heart-wrenching farewell to the fans who once viewed him as the desert\u2019s savior.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">\u201cI never wanted things to end like this,\u201d Murray wrote in a lengthy Instagram post. \u201cI wanted nothing more than to be the one to end the 77-year drought for this organization\u2026 I am sorry I failed us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">It didn&#8217;t take long for his old running mate to weigh in. DeAndre Hopkins, who spent the 2025 season with the Baltimore Ravens but remains deeply linked to Murray through their highlight-reel history, kept his response brief but powerful: \u201cGlory!!! The legacy still being written.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nfl\/arizona-cardinals\/cardinals-news-deandre-hopkins-kyler-murray-concerned-about-safety-ahead-of-training-camp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bond between Kyler Murray and Hopkins<\/a> was forged in the \u201cHail Murray\u201d fire of 2020, a play that remains the peak of recent Cardinals history. While injuries and roster shifts eventually pulled the duo apart, the mutual respect clearly hasn&#8217;t wavered.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">Even as Murray dealt with a tumultuous 2025 campaign, he showed flashes of that elite playmaking ability before a midfoot sprain ended his season in October.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">A Week 5 heartbreaker against the Tennessee Titans proved to be his final act in a Cardinals uniform. Murray injured his foot late in that 22-21 defeat, finishing the day with 220 passing yards. He ended his final season in Arizona with 962 yards, six touchdowns, and three interceptions across five starts.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/editorials\/2-teams-kyler-murray-should-avoid-on-free-agent-market-after-cardinals-exit\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Murray\u2019s departure signals<\/a> a total reset for Arizona under head coach Mike LaFleur. The dual-threat star leaves with 20,460 passing yards and 121 touchdowns, but a 38-48-1 career record and a hefty $54 million dead cap hit ultimately sealed his fate. Now a free agent, the former No. 1 overall pick is searching for a fresh start, and based on Hopkins\u2019 reaction, the league hasn&#8217;t seen the last of Murray\u2019s magic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kyler Murray era in Arizona is officially a memory, and nobody felt the weight of that goodbye&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":795401,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2078],"tags":[375,390,2604,1327,4695,7,4827,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-795400","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-deandre-hopkins","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-kyler-murray","15":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795400","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=795400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/795401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=795400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=795400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=795400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}