Teams Arizona Cardinals - The Buzzsaw

[Exe Gesis]

So basically when he gets fired in a couple of seasons his becoming a commentator for Amazon for thursday night football.

Either that or OC or even QB Coach.

 

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Kyler Murray returns Cardinals images to Instagram, as latest olive branch​

Posted by Mike Florio on March 8, 2022, 10:40 PM EST

The questions regarding Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray‘s future with the team first emerged four weeks ago, when he removed all references to the Cardinals from his social-media accounts. After some periodic awkwardness, a few Cardinals images recently have returned to his Instagram page.

So what does that mean?

Per a source with knowledge of the situation, not much. It was the latest olive branch that Murray has extended at a time when the relationship is frayed. He has made several such efforts since the situation got a little out of hand last month.

In return, it’s unclear what the Cardinals have done. He clearly wants his long-term contract now. Albert Breer of SI.com recently reported that Murray wants his contract situation resolved before the draft. The urgency comes from the fact that, if the Cardinals won’t be giving him what he wants, he’ll be looking for a trade to a new team before teams lock in their plans for 2022.

This can all be avoided if the Cardinals simply pay Murray. As Burkhardt tweeted on Tuesday after news surfaced of the trade that will send Russell Wilson from Seattle to Denver, “Again, you either have a franchise QB, or you don’t. And if you don’t, none of the other pieces matter much in the end.”

The Cardinals have a franchise quarterback. He wants to be paid franchise-quarterback money. Will the Cardinals do it?

This contract tug-of-war will be a test of whether the Cardinals are current. The team has a history of being extremely careful with money. More than a decade ago, they reportedly deducted the cost of a FedEx envelope from safety Robert Griffith’s signing bonus. According to Griffith, the Cardinals also locked the Gatorade fridge on Tuesdays, when the players were off.

The organization has paid out plenty of major contracts since then. But this is the biggest test. A true franchise quarterback, eligible for a second contract and anxious to be given a contract that reflects not only where the current market is but where it’s going.

The most fair approach would be to give Murray a fixed percentage of the cap, each and every year of the deal. That would protect him against the contract becoming obsolete. If the Cardinals won’t do that (and no team ever has), the Cardinals may simply need to give Murray a market-value deal, realizing that the passage of time will make the deal more palatable, given the ongoing increases in the cap.

And they definitely shouldn’t deduct the cost of the FedEx envelope from his signing bonus.

 

[Constantgin]

I am not paying Kyler too he grows up. His a solid qb so far if he wants to be paid needs to prove it.

 

[AJ_2000]

I am not paying Kyler too he grows up. His a solid qb so far if he wants to be paid needs to prove it.

It's a good time to be a QB with a booming cap. I'd like to see more from KM, a reasonably good season, but he's not top tier yet. But hey when you've got any leverage best you use it cause teams are extremely cutthroat.

Locking the Gatorade fridge, classic move

 

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Great news



A few others to watch. Chandler Jones I assume is going.

Running backs Conner and Edmonds?

TE Maxx Williams?

Christian Kirk?

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

The dominoes starting to fall

Christian Kirk to Jags on BIG money

Chase Edmonds to Dolphins

James Conner coming back though, three year deal

 

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[Exe Gesis]

I like this Cardinals redesign by someone....

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

The key is to break up the colours

Red on white

Or white on red

The all red uniform looks garish

 

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[The_Todd07]

So... Dhop has been suspended for the first 6 games for a PED policy breach

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Some whispers that Rodney Hudson was considering retirement after not turning up for mini camp

But apparently he's good to go and will be at training camp

A relief

 

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Cardinals acquired CB Trayvon Mullen from the Raiders.​

The Raiders get a conditional late-round pick. Mullen was the 40th overall pick out of Clemson in 2019 and was one of the rare semi-hits by ex-Raiders GM Mike Mayock. But he's apparently not a fit under new coach Josh McDaniels while entering the final year of his rookie deal. Mullen has started 31 games across three seasons and gives the Cardinals a much-needed veteran to team with CBs Marco Wilson and Byron Murphy. He missed most of 2021 with foot and toe injuries.
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Cardinals signed S Jalen Thompson to a three-year, $40 million contract extension.​

The contract includes $24.6 million guaranteed. Thompson was set to hit free agency at the end of the season. His new deal keeps him in Arizona through the 2025 season. Originally selected by the Cardinals in the fifth round of the supplemental draft, Thompson emerged as an every-down player last year. He played on 91 percent of the Cardinals' defensive snaps and was credited with 12 starts. He leveraged the expanded role into 121 tackles, three interceptions, and seven pass defenses.

 

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Cooking accident....