Kyler Murray's Cardinals face inevitable rebuild, lost season becomes reality

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The team’s four wins have come from opponents and the team has an overall record of 13-29. Aside from an impressive 7-0 start last season, the Cardinals have been lackluster. Granted, Kingsbury inherited the worst roster in the league, but hasn’t seen sustainable improvement over the past four years. The opposite happened. Comeback starts on October 28th ) Thursday Night Football met the Green Bay Packers last year. From then to today, the Cardinals are 8-14. Just look at the roster and see how untalented Arizona really is. Starting with Murray, four legitimate building blocks appear to be in place. Wide receivers DeAndre Hopkins and Marquese Brown, along with safety Buda Baker, make up the team’s other pillars. About Murray and his commitment to play quarterback at the NFL level is moot because the Cardinals have had Signed the 25-year-old signal-caller to a five-year, $230.5 million extension in the offseason. Technically, that part of his current deal hasn’t even started yet. He’s the man for the foreseeable future, and he should be.

Movie fan or not, Murray should not let anyone overlook the fact that he is a gifted natural athlete who has scored offensively throughout his career .

Explosive arm talent coupled with awesome escape ability and exceptional open-field mobility make him difficult to play against opposing defenses. The 2019 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year is different from most athletes playing the position, and it shows. Is Murray perfect? Far from it. But the team is banking on his talent in a league where more players with similar skill sets than ever before more common all the time. The NFL is such a league right now that when a game is extended, the biggest damage is often outside the structure. Kingsbury hasn’t hand-picked a quarterback since making him the No. 1 pick three years ago Get the most out of it, mostly because he’s supposed to fit the coach’s system to the tee, talking more about the playmaker than his protégé. Of course, injuries played a role. Murray missed three games last year with an ankle injury. But the bigger problem appears to be a dissatisfaction between the quarterback and the team’s brain trust based on how the team performed last season. Maybe Murray is “self-centered” and “immature,” as ESPN’s Chris Mortensen said in 2 As stated in the month. Internal strife hasn’t stopped Bidwill from making the aforementioned mega-deal. In doing so, the choice becomes obvious. If the Cardinals were to make any changes, it would be with the staff, not the man behind center. To properly build around Murray, Arizona has to do better. Cam is terrible at this. Cam became the general manager of the Cardinals in 2013. Since then, he has drafted Jonathan Cooper, Deone Bucannon, DJ Humphries, Robert Nkemdiche, Haason Reddick, Josh Rosen, Murray, Isaiah Simmons and Zaven Collins in the first round. oops. This year’s top pick, tight end Trey McBride, barely made an impact. The GM’s batting average probably wouldn’t be that bad if this was Major League Baseball. In the NFL, it’s impossible for a team to boast multiple times in the opening game and not see its roster start to crumble.

Right now, Hopkins is the only real threat in the passing game. Since returning from a six-game layoff, the five-time Pro Bowler has caught 45 receptions for 487 yards in five games. After missing the final five games with a foot injury, Brown should be offered once fully designated to return from injured reserve further help. Those Murray blocks and his skill position players are messed up too. So far this year, Arizona has had seven different starting offensive line combinations. The instability in the trenches has been predictable, as Keim allowed an aging team to enter the season without adding massive reinforcements. Rodney Hudson, Justin Pugh and Kelvin Beachum Jr. are all 32 or older this season. Two of the three were on injured reserve, as was another starting linebacker, Will Hernandez. Development of coaching staff expectations.

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On the other side of the ball, the Cardinals have nothing against the 49ers Answer. San Francisco quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo looked as good as he has been all season, and he is trying to improve, even extending some games into big winners. Christian McCaffrey and his teammates averaged 5.7 yards per carry. JJ Watt may be a big guy, but he’s not the player he used to be. To be fair, the three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year set an impossible standard. Instead, Baker is the team’s tone-setter. “Budda is asking us all to reach a certain level, probably more than some coaches will,” Collins told The Athletic’s Doug Haller. The impassioned pleas of Baker et al. can only go so far. The Cardinals are out of favor for many of the remaining games. Should consider next week’s meeting with the Los Angeles Chargers, a toss-up if Murray is ready to play. After bye week, the Denver Broncos looked like the only game they could actually win. Buccaneers or Atlanta Falcons, but these two NFC South contenders have more of a shot at the division title. Six wins or fewer is a good threshold to know when it’s time. Kingsbury’s method didn’t work. Others leading the front office could have a big impact. As the face of the franchise, Murray has a duty to answer the call of duty. Brent Sobleski covers the NFL for Bleacher Report. Follow him on Twitter @brentsobleski.