Some time ago, the Arizona Cardinals and the 2019 quarterback, the 2019 Keller Murray storm was boiling, Murray once deleted his social media to only two photos without cardinal elements, the Cardinals counterattacked, deleting the team's social account to only two Murray photos.
The Cardinals went high and low this season and started 7-0 as the only unbeaten team in the league. Facing the Green Bay Packers at home in the eighth week, Murray was about to reverse success in the final moments, but Murray miscommunicated with his successor AJ Green sent a copy. Before this fatal interception, he also suffered an ankle contusion, for which he was suspended for three games.
The Cardinals then fell into a slump, and counting the 11-34 defeat in the playoff division round, which was torn apart by the Rams, Murray returned to the court with a dismal 2-5 record. According to media reports, Murray may feel like he is being used as a scapegoat for this humiliating fiasco. The team also had a negative comment, saying that "Murray is too self-centered, immature enough and likes to throw the pot." ”
Given the success of the Tampa Bay Pirates and Los Angeles Rams, the team-building path of bringing in reliable veteran quarterbacks rather than cultivating young quarterbacks themselves may be becoming more popular. Coupled with the fact that some candidates (to put it to you, Aaron Rogers) seem to want to change places to breathe, the industry can't help but start to make some big news.
Just after sucking enough eyeballs, the relationship between cardinals and Murray quickly calmed down, and Murray posted on the social media: "All the false news has nothing to do with me, I have never been such a person, and I will not be in the future, and everyone around me knows how hard I work." Praise or criticism, I will continue to grow and continue to improve. The accompanying picture is of him wearing a Cardinal jersey, suggesting he is not in a stalemate with the team.
The team also immediately issued a statement that "our position and high opinion of Keller Murray has never changed", and boss Michael Bidwell mentioned on Friday's radio show that he spoke with Murray on Thursday night: "(Please) see me as a supporter of Murray, I believe he will continue to improve, he is our long-term plan." ”
As the first round enters its fourth year, teams need to decide whether to implement the fifth-year option. For those players who have done well, this is the time to reach out and ask the team to renew their contracts, and the quarterback with the highest negotiating leverage in all positions has to strike a lever. So should the Cardinals routinely offer Murray a large contract extension?
The more scathing view points out that Murray has become a ceiling to stop the Cardinals from flying higher, and his sharp cross against the Rams is indeed too disappointing. Super Bowl-defiant Cincinnati Mon Tigers quarterback Joe Polo also did not have reliable offensive front protection, but the late Murray-one quarterback at least stood and lost the game.
To be fair, the ball was Murray's playoff debut after all, and the Rams consistently ate the Cardinals to death, with Murray winning just one of all seven games against this team. When a team's management selects a long-term quarterback, it must not only consider the upper limit, but also the lower limit. It's an indisputable fact that Murray was able to help the Cardinals win in the inner-rolled Nations, and many quarterbacks may not be good enough, but they are better than bad quarterbacks.
After selecting Josh Rosen in the first round of 2018 and hiring Steve Wilkes as head coach, the Cardinals experienced a brutal 3-13 season. The following year they liquidated, chose Murray, hired a young college coach Cliff Kingsbury, and after making such a huge investment, it is hard to imagine that general manager Steve Kem and boss Bidwell would choose to slap themselves and go out to pursue Rogers.
Because of tactical design adjustments and his own improvements, the 24-year-old Pass success rate last season was 69.2%, a new career high, passing 3787 yards, 24 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and each pass attempt was 7.87 yards. Murray's stress fluster in the playoffs is not his norm, he played a lot of good balls, dodged a lot of tackles, don't forget that the First defeat of the Rams this season was to lose at home to the Cardinals.
Whether the Cardinals and Murray can achieve the first Super Bowl title in team history will take time to answer, at least from multiple dimensions, this is the only choice for both sides today.