Oh you absolutely said the agent would come back to see if the Cardinals would give a better offer. Myself and CBUS told you it is not the way it works.
Philly, it’s too early to say for sure what JG really thinks of Murray. If he wanted this job, he certainly had to come out in support of Kyler. But, until we know for sure, we have to assume he feels he can elevate Kyler’s play. No coach worth their salt doesn’t believe they can do just that. No one will ever convince me that KK wasn’t a millstone around Kyler’s neck. And for that reason alone, I’m confident that Kyler will improve dramatically under new tutelage. People have to keep in mind that Murray had one season under his belt in college, and then was forced to be Superman in his first season in the NFL. Has Murray really ever been given the time to hone the mental aspects of the NFL? Probably not. Now, he has all the time in the world to do just that. Gannon has said that he will stress his players during meetings. I fully expect that he will do that and probably even more with Murray. We will find out a lot about Murray in short order. And this injury may very well be exactly what he and this franchise needs. I personally think that if Murray stays healthy, and no one can predict he can or cannot, that he will be a difference maker in the future. If he doesn’t stay healthy, his success will be elsewhere.
Fair enough my brother! God willing, we will re-visit this issue, you and I in about 3 years!
FYI, love the avatar! I was a Sixers fan in the mid to late 60’s when Chamberlain & Hal Greer were kicking butt. When the Sixers traded Wilt & became irrelevant, I fell in love with the Knicks under Frazier, Reed, DeBusshere, Bradley, and Earl the Pearl. Still a Knicks fan to this day, but rooting for the Cardinals & Knicks all these years is as close to martyrdom as a person can be lol.Fair enough my brother! God willing, we will re-visit this issue, you and I in about 3 years!
This really sucks because I predicted he'd come back on a 1 year $10 million deal to reset his value. Maybe he felt his value would drop playing through a rebuild. If not, this is highly disappointing for Monti!
If they’re players that have an injury past, or they aren’t the right mental/physical makeup, then yes, stockpiling compensatory picks will be part of the process of losing players to other teams. And that’s fine with me. No one can dispute the fact that we brought in Sears to not only evaluate what we currently have in house, but to hit on the many draft picks that we will no doubt try to maximize. Not only are we going to trade out of three, but I would be surprised if we don’t trade down twice in the 1st round. And we will trade down as often as we can throughout the draft.
Why disappointing to Monti? As it pertains to Murphy, that’s on Keim for not signing him last year. And why do you want to re-sign a guy who’s had 2 back injuries? Take it from a guy who’s had back injuries, they stay the course for many years. When you’re a franchise that routinely incurs a crap load of injuries, and the current draft is loaded with outside CB’s, then it’s understandable to pass with Murphy.
Nope.
Many good points and very well written. KK and SK are the perfect storm sadly. I wonder why it took so long for someone to whisper to "the big man" hey you are sitting on a time bomb. I think the DUI really was the alarm clock that woke him up....even though I suspect MB had to sense something earlier.
Seems like we all need to face the cold hard reality that players just don't want to be here. Can't really blame them - why stay at a Motel 6 when you can stay at the Biltmore?
So 3rd choice GM is just a draft accountant?
Murphy publicly said he wanted to stay home. A report came out he was willing to do a reasonable 1 year deal to reset his value. If Murphy wanted to stay home and Monti didn't make an offer, then it's on Monti. Murphy missed 2 games prior to this season and it was said that if the Cardinals were in it, he would have returned and played through his back issue. A one year deal is perfect for a rebuild and for the Cardinals.
To antagonize and attack posters. That is all.
Murphy was different though. Home grown kid who didn't want to move. We'll never know the whole story, but this one seems off to me.
Do you think the Cards maybe used the same numbers, but wanted a longer deal with him, through the rebuild? Basically a longer term hometown discount, but Murphy always wanted a 1 year deal (which this essentially is) to reset his value for next year? I know it's next level spitballing...
That could be plausible for sure. If so, then I wouldn't be upset with either side.
