{"id":939213,"date":"2026-07-07T15:39:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T15:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/939213\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T15:39:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T15:39:19","slug":"peterson-says-kyler-murray-found-his-last-best-chance-with-vikings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/939213\/","title":{"rendered":"Peterson says Kyler Murray found his last best chance with Vikings"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NFL<\/a> is a league where opportunities aren\u2019t guaranteed. For first-round quarterbacks, however, those chances tend to come more often than not.<\/p>\n

For Kyler Murray, that opportunity has arrived with a loaded Minnesota Vikings offense. His former teammate believes Murray has landed in an ideal situation, one that mirrors the circumstances of a recent Super Bowl champion.<\/p>\n

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Former Arizona Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson recently spoke with Casino.CA<\/a> about Murray\u2019s outlook. He believes Murray, unlike many quarterbacks getting a second chance, has all the pieces in place to succeed.<\/p>\n

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May 22, 2026; San Antonio, Texas, USA; Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kyler Murray watches the game in the first half during game three of the western conference finals for the 2026 NBA playoffs at Frost Bank Center. Mandatory Credit: Scott Wachter-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think this is his last, last chance. This might be his last best chance, as far as with the team that he has around him. Most teams that are quarterback-needy are bad teams for the most part, so they\u2019re going to need more pieces to fit around them again. He\u2019s in a very fortunate situation to be going to a quarterback-needy team that has everything already around him.\u201d Patrick Peterson told D.J. Siddiqi.<\/p>\n

One recent success story from the Minnesota Vikings is this year\u2019s Super Bowl-winning quarterback, Sam Darnold. Darnold revitalized his career under head coach Kevin O\u2019Connell, and Peterson believes Murray could follow a similar path. Even if things don\u2019t work out with the Vikings, Peterson expects Murray to receive another opportunity, just as Darnold did.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t think this will be his last opportunity, just because you got to go back to Sam Darnold. Now he\u2019s on his fifth team, but he did make the best of his opportunity in Minnesota.\u201d Peterson said.<\/p>\n

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Arizona Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson (21) intercepted a Kyler Murray pass during training camp on July 26, 2019 in Glendale, Ariz. Cardinals Training Camp 2019<\/p>\n

Murray remains one of the league\u2019s most gifted quarterbacks. He combines elite athleticism with outstanding arm talent and the ability to create explosive plays outside the pocket. At the same time, many evaluators believe his smaller frame limits some aspects of his pocket play.<\/p>\n

If there\u2019s a coach capable of maximizing Murray\u2019s talent, it\u2019s O\u2019Connell. He helped revive Darnold\u2019s career and previously got the most out of Kirk Cousins. This time, however, the Vikings likely won\u2019t turn to J.J. McCarthy if Murray delivers a season similar to Darnold\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Murray enters training camp as the clear favorite to win the starting job and is widely expected to open the season as Minnesota\u2019s Week 1 quarterback. McCarthy, however, won\u2019t back down without a fight, setting the stage for an intriguing quarterback competition this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NFL is a league where opportunities aren\u2019t guaranteed. For first-round quarterbacks, however, those chances tend to come…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":939214,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2073],"tags":[7,4827,233,259,2529,6,10229,234],"class_list":["post-939213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-minnesota-vikings","tag-football","tag-kyler-murray","tag-minnesota","tag-minnesota-vikings","tag-minnesotavikings","tag-nfl","tag-patrick-peterson","tag-vikings"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116879449690331550","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939213","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=939213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/939214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=939213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=939213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=939213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}