INDIANAPOLIS– The Arizona Cardinals are spending part of their time at the NFL Scouting Combine engaging with other teams about trading Kyler Murray, according to an NFL source familiar with the matter. That strongly suggests the quarterback's days with the franchise will be ending this offseason.
And this: The New York Jets make a lot of sense as a Murray landing spot. They need a starting quarterback. They're not finding one with the No. 2 overall pick in the draft. And coach Aaron Glenn needs to win after delivering a 3-14 record in his first season.
The Jets also have the cap space to make a Murray trade possible.
TheCardinalsare not denying the trade talk aspect of this. In fact, they are coming right up to the line of confirming it.
Arizona Cardinals general manager Monti Ossenfort. Photo: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
"I'd say all options are on the table for us," general manager Monti Ossenfort said in addressing Murray's future with the team during his national interview session at the Combine. "We've got Kyler, Jacoby [Brissett], Kedon [Slovis] all under contract.
"As it pertains to that position, as it pertains to every position on our team, we're gonna look at every avenue to improve, and we're gonna continue and go through our process with that. So we're gonna do that as we go through our roster building."
Allow me to translate this word salad: When an NFL general manager is asked about his presumptive starting quarterback, who signed a $230.5 million contract and has three years remaining on the deal, but doesn't embrace that quarterback as even being on the team, much less being his starter, well, that player is all but gone.
Because it's practically impossible to have all options on the table, including a trade, and then pulling back from that while expecting the player to not feel betrayed on some level.
(And quarterbacks feeling betrayed don't normally make great leaders).
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