Insider Reports: Cardinals Are Most Likely Moving On From Kyler Murray

The Arizona Cardinals are fully committed to attempting to win in 2023, but fans and pundits think they’ll start to make a splash in 2024 and beyond. But is this gonna be with or without the QB Murray?

Insider Reports: Cardinals Are Most Likely Moving On From Kyler Murray

Since the squad was put under the leadership of GM Monti Ossenfort and HC Jonathan Gannon, there has been a significant cultural shock. Guys with expiring contracts like Marquise Brown and Isaiah Simmons have no loyalty to the new head management.

The same is true for Kyler Murray, despite receiving a hefty five-year, $230.5 million contract during the previous offseason. Murray is striving to recover from a ruptured ACL and meniscus under the direction of a new offensive coordinator.

In fact, according to ESPN expert Dan Graziano, a trade for Murray in the summer is the most likely outcome.

Arizona may suffer greatly this season without Murray, according to Graziano.

The Cardinals could decide to play for a first-round selection if things don’t work out well for them. After all, they could get Caleb Williams or Drake Maye as a result.

“After Murray takes at least a little while (maybe even a long while) to come back, the Cardinals finish with one of the league’s worst records in 2023 and draft either Williams or UNC’s Drake Maye. They have to find a solution to the Murray contract problem next offseason, ideally convincing some other team to take him off their hands and help defray the dead-money cost as Arizona moves on to a future without him.”

There has been a lot of speculation about Murray’s future in the desert, but we won’t know for sure until we see how the Cardinals fare in the standings and how Murray appears when he eventually returns.

The most likely scenario, according to ESPN’s Dan Graziano, is that Murray leaves the team after 2023:

“The Cardinals are paying Murray $39 million this season, and $35.3 million of his 2024 salary is fully guaranteed. Additionally, if he’s on the roster at the start of the 2024 league year, another $29.9 million in 2025 salary and bonuses becomes guaranteed. So if he were to struggle — and/or if the Cardinals’ new management decided it wanted to move on from him after 2023 — it would have to make that decision before mid-March,” said Graziano.

The Cardinals finish with one of the worst records in the league in 2023 after Murray takes at least a little bit to recover, and one of Williams or Drake Maye from UNC gets selected in the draft. The Murray contract issue needs to be resolved next offseason, ideally by persuading another club to take him off their hands and contribute to covering the dead-money expense while Arizona moves on to a future without him.

 

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