Here’s What NFL Executives Think Kyler Murray’s Contract Will Look Like
Although the trade rumors have faded away, the situation involving Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray remains unsettled heading toward the new season.
Per ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, if the two-time Pro Bowler were to get a new deal, it would be somewhere in the range of where Derek Carr is right now.
“Kyler Murray ‘won’t be too eager to play this season’ under his current deal set to pay him $11.4 million.
League executives see [Kyler Murray] seeking an extension a little north of the three-year, $121.5 million deal signed by the Las Vegas Raiders’ Derek Carr in April.”
Murray generated headlines in February when he removed references to the Cardinals on social media. However, he has since returned all of those pictures.
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The 2019 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year downplayed the meaning behind that in March.
“If you’re a kid my age, you’re used to like—people take off—that’s just a thing,” Murray told reporters. “Honestly, like I said, I took everything off of it except for one picture. It had nothing to do with the Cardinals or anything like that.”
Arizona general manager Steve Keim said in April there was “zero chance” Murray would be traded before the new season.
“Nothing has changed in terms of him being our long-term and short-term quarterback,” Keim said.
The QB is coming off a 2021 campaign where he threw for 3,787 yards with 24 touchdowns and 10 interceptions across 14 appearances. He added 423 rushing yards and five scores on the ground.
The team”s strong and undefeated start to the season ended badly towards the end of the year in the playoffs. Murray threw two interceptions and anbd failed to record a touchdown in the Cards’ 34-11 wild-card loss to the eventual Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams.
It was Murray’s first postseason start in his third NFL campaign.
