It’s looking more and more like Kyler Murray’s deletion of the Arizona Cardinals from his social media may have been meant to send a message after all. Chris Mortensen of ESPN reported there is “acrimony” between Murray and the Cardinals, with the quarterback “frustrated” that he’s been targeted as the “scapegoat” after Arizona’s playoff loss to the Los Angeles Rams.
Behind the scenes, Murray has reportedly been described as “self-centered, immature and finger pointer.”
The Arizona Cardinals have since issued the following statement via Pro Football Talk regarding the earlier report from ESPN:
“Nothing has changed regarding our opinion and high regard for Kyler Murray. We as a team and Kyler individually have improved each year he’s been in the league. We are excited to continue that improvement in 2022 and are excited that Kyler Murray is the quarterback leading us.”
Murray has been in the enws ever since he hinted at issues with the franchise after wiping his social media clean after the 2022 Pro Bowl. All that remains on his Instagram are two posts: one from 2018 when he won the Heisman at Oklahoma and a photo dump from this year’s Pro Bowl.
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Arizona went 11-6 during the regular season to make the playoffs for the first time since 2015, but their season came to a close with losses in five of its last six games, including a 34-11 blowout loss to the Rams in the Wild Card Round.
Murray likely had one of his worst performances as he threw for 137 yards and two interceptions while rushing for only six yards on two carries. His QBR of 8.0 was the second-worst single-game effort of his career.
The Cardinals have Murray under team control through the next two seasons under his rookie contract and could stretch it out to four by using their franchise tag.
