If Kyler Murray is sending a message to the Arizona Cardinals, the franchise will certainly be paying attention after social media started buzzing over him unfollowing the Cardinals on social media and removed all photos affiliated with the team on his Instagram account.
Despite the frenzy, prominent quarterbacks coach Quincy Avery doesn’t think the social media activity is something to be concerned about.
“I think people have a really difficult time understanding how often things like this mean absolutely nothing,” said Avery.
NFL insider Benjamin Albright chimed in with even more information.
“Every time a marketing team gets ahold of one of these accounts and starts unfollowing and changing things the fans freak out,” Albright said.
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A 4-7 finish to the season with a wild card playoff loss left a bad taste in the mouth of everybody, but it shouldn’t be something that would lead to a divorce.
Murray has played out the first three years of his rookie contract with the Cardinals and has a fifth-year option by the team that is expected to be exercised prior to the final year of his rookie deal. He has a cap hit of $11,386,841 for the 2022 season.
The Cardinals were a 3-13 team when he arrived and the team’s win total has improved every year he’s been with the franchise. His eventual ontract extension is expected to be enormous.
Murray has completed 66.9% of his passes for 11,480 yards and 70 touchdowns to 34 interceptions in three seasons with the Cardinals. The dual threat has also rushed for 1,786 yards and 20 touchdowns.
