Can Kyler Murray reach another level with the Cardinals?
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What I see with Kyler Murray at this point?
Like, at some point, I think we've seen Kyler Murray.
I just don't think there's another level here.
Do you?
Like, I kind of wonder about that.
Every offseason, I've come in here for three straight years.
It's been like a referendum year for Kyler Murray.
It's like, OK, this is the year where, but I believe we're there now because this regime has said, OK, we're going to improve the town around him.
Give him the best possible offensive teammates as a unit to play with.
Marvin Harrison Jr., you know, I think he's up to like 220, he's gained weight.
He looks thicker, looks stronger.
I think they're confident in him taking another step as their number one wideout.
Trey McBride has the ability to be one of the, you know, elite tight ends.
He showed it last season.
He can be there with Kelsey, Kittle, Bowers, like he's in that group.
They're gonna run the ball a heck of a lot with James Conner and Trey Benson, but they've augmented the offense a little bit for Kyler too.
Like, OK, if the offensive line isn't perfect, we're gonna move the pocket more.
We're gonna try and roll out, you know, Kyler at times.
We're gonna give him an opportunity to make plays, not necessarily inside the box.
The running component of Kyler's game is gonna be accentuated.
So, is it a referendum season for Kyler?
Yeah, I think it is because they're like, Look, we're improving the pieces around you.
Jonathan Gannon said to me, he made a golf analogy.
He's like, look, we're giving him the whole bag of clubs.
We just need him to choose the right club for the right situation.
When he's making throws and decisions, that's ultimately gonna determine whether or not this is a make or break season, right?
I mean, cynically, I already think we've had the referendum season on Kyler Murray.
I think this is who he is.
If he shows another level, I'll re-evaluate, but I get that we kind of hear this every year at this time.
Like, oh, this is what we're doing for Kyler.
This is why he's gonna have a breakout.
By your seventh season, you kind of are who you are.
That's my opinion.
We'll see.
Go back and look at the Rams game last season.
I think it was, you know, early on in the season, and then the 49ers game to wrap the season I'll be against the 49ers team that didn't have a lot to play for, nothing to play for really at that point.
Nothing to play for really at that point.
His highs, his ceiling is so crazy and so much fulfilling of why he became the number one pick in the draft.
The problem is his lows are still way too low, and when you talk to people in the organization, what they tell you is our biggest thing is that can we raise the floor on him?
Can we raise the floor on him?
Can we raise those lows to adequate?
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