If he works out..... we will all be happy. If not, we will all be said. In the end, someone will be shouting "I TOLD YOU SO!!!"
Or he can turn out to be Michael Vick 2.0 - a polarizing player that tantalizes many with occasional brilliance, but never accomplishes our actual goals.
I think you are missing the point. Height is overrated.
Measurables don't matter! Football is just Madden! Murray has a speed rating of 96 because of reasons! Come on, even the biggest Murray fans have to admit that measurables exist for a reason.
Ever draft or two there is an explosive player who has some warts that scares of teams from drafting them. When that player hits, everybody always goes back, looks at the tape and they wonder how they missed on the guy.
Teams also consistently draft players who are dynamic but undersized, to watch them get outclassed. Heisman winners alone, the supposed "best players in college football," what have Derrick Henry, Mariota, Winston, Manziel, RG3, Ingram, Bradford, Troy Smith, Reggie Bush, and Matt Leinart done? I'm not even going to keep going, but no one besides Cam Newton has elevated his team.
From this draft I think Murray is the guy. He's so explosive. He's been raised for this moment from a small child. He might be quiet and humble, but he is super competitive from all accounts.
Man, "raised for this moment" only makes me think of guys like Marinovich. And where you see "quiet and humble," I see "unprepared."
He's a gamble, but few teams become great without gambling. The Cardinals have already gambled on a offensive genius from the college ranks who had a losing record. Double down on that bet and take a guy who will strike fear into defenses.
I think you and I wouldn't agree on gambles leading to Super Bowl teams in the past 20 years, but sure, there's some risks.
Imagine this play: Kirk comes on a jet sweep from the weakside. Murray fakes the handoff and runs to the weak side. The defense is confused all stops for a split second and Murray throws a middle screen to DJ who gets a 60 yard gain.
And imagine this play: Kirk comes on a jet sweep from the weakside. Murray fakes the handoff and... also runs to to the weak side. This play takes five full seconds to develop, and Marcus Gilbert, DJ Humphries, and Korey Cunningham are all injured, so the guy we signed from the Lions to start on Friday doesn't know the play is designed for them to break contain. Murray gets crushed by either Nick Bosa or Dee Ford, and Brett Hundley is now the starting QB.
Instead of maybe just like, an accurate pass to gain the 5 yards needed for the first down.
If Josh Rosen AND Murray hit their max potential, which player would scare a team more???
Josh Rosen's max potential is Aaron Rodgers, a guy who places the ball in brilliant areas for his receivers to make plays. Rodgers has been fundamentally the scariest, most clutch guy in the game for a while, and I'd pick him over Russel Wilson, who most Murray supporters seem to think he's already equal or better than... so, Rosen.
Krang, your opinions are normally sharp, I don't want you to think I'm killing ya here. At the end of the day I see this actually as more of a Joe Flacco vs. Marcus Mariota thing. One guy who could win it all with a fundamentally sound defense and a couple of mind-blowing throws, and one who is going to struggle when injury costs him his mobility.