Arizona Cardinals teammate slams Kyler Murray’s agreement extension: ‘Created a monster’

Bear in mind when the Arizona Cardinals eradicated the “homework” clause from quarterback Kyler Murray’s deal after the clause was claimed by the media?

The staff should really have kept it in accordance to some comments from a teammate of Murray’s.

An anonymous teammate of Murray’s recently explained to Michael Silver, writing for Bally Sporting activities, that “it was like they produced a monster,” soon after the quarterback signed his five-calendar year, $230.5 million extension with Arizona in excess of the summer time.

The teammate, named a “Cardinals veteran” in Silver’s story, was not performed.

Silver wrote in the tale: “The moment paid out, the veteran claimed, Murray felt less compulsion to study his recreation system or to satisfy the expectations of the franchise QB situation than he had in the earlier, and the Cardinals’ collapse felt predictable.”

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Murray’s offer built him a single of the optimum paid quarterbacks, and gamers, in the NFL.

It was not without the need of controversy, having said that.

The contract provided an addendum that necessary at minimum four hrs for each 7 days of studying the team’s opponent every week of the year, according to reviews.

The clause was slammed all through the league right before, and just after, it was taken out from his agreement.

“Immediately after viewing the distraction it created, we taken off the addendum from the deal,” a Cardinals statement explained. “It was plainly perceived in means that were hardly ever supposed. Our self-assurance in Kyler Murray is as significant as it is at any time been and absolutely nothing demonstrates our belief in his capacity to guide this workforce much more than the dedication mirrored in this agreement.”

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Murray responded to the clause after the workforce eradicated it.

“To feel that I can accomplish all the things that I’ve achieved in my profession, and not be a scholar of the sport and not have that passion and not take this major is disrespectful,” Murray instructed the media. “And it can be almost a joke. To me, I’m flattered… that you all think that at my dimensions, I can go out there and not get ready for the activity and not choose it critical. It is really disrespectful, I truly feel like, to my friends, to all the great athletes and great gamers that are in this league. This sport is also really hard to play the position that I perform in this league. It is too hard.”

Tale proceeds

He continued: “I’m not 6-7, 230 (kilos). I you should not toss the ball 85 yards. I’m by now at the rear of the 8 ball. And I won’t be able to find the money for to take any shortcuts, no pun supposed. But individuals things you are not able to execute if you will not get the sport critical, if you you should not prepare the appropriate way. And, you know, it can be like I claimed, it can be laughable.”

He wasn’t performed.

“I refuse to allow my do the job ethic, my preparing be questioned. I’ve set an incomprehensible quantity of time and blood, sweat, tears and perform into what I do,” Murray stated. “To those of you out there that imagine that I’d be standing in this article these days in entrance of you all without the need of obtaining a operate ethic … I’m honored that you imagine that, but it doesn’t exist. It truly is not probable.”

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Murray just lately had operation for a torn ACL and its unsure regardless of whether he will be back for the begin of the Cardinals’ 2023 season.

Cardinals operator Michael Bidwill a short while ago mentioned that the QB would have “enter” in the team’s research for a new mentor, a comment that came below scrutiny.

Just like Murray evidently is less than for his get the job done ethic after all over again.

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Achieve Jeremy Cluff at jeremy.cluff@arizonarepublic.com. Follow him on Twitter @Jeremy_Cluff.

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