Where Have I Been?
Having worked late nights in my previous job I lacked time to enjoy my football-related hobbies such as the 9K Football Blog and my Power Rankings on Twitter. Over the past year, my life has propelled forward significantly and here I am now returning to personal activities that I can use to fill my free time. Since my last post, I have switched jobs thrice, gotten engaged, and became a father. Switching to a day job and having daddy duty while my fiancee works late has given me plenty of free time to share my football thoughts with my small audience of close friends and lurking mutuals on my socials. So welcome back to 9K Football, let's get back into it.
QB Kyler Murray Signs 5-Year, $230.5 Million Dollar Contract Extension with Cardinals
In my absence did Murray win MVP or make a deep playoff run? It is beyond my reasoning that the Cardinals decide to make Kyler Murray the second highest-paid player in the league. Putting him above the likes of Patrick Mahomes ( Superbowl Champion & MVP, League MVP, 2018 MVP, 2x All-Pro, 4x Pro Bowl), Josh Allen ( All-Pro, Pro Bowler, 2x Division Champion), and Deshaun Watson ( 3x Pro Bowl, 2020 Passing Leader, 24x Sexual Predator). Kyler Murray is an average-performing QB with a sub .500 career record. In his career, he has definitely progressed in terms of QB play, but I believe it is premature of Arizona to throw a lump sum of money to Murray without earning it. At a whopping $46.1 million per year, it is hard to see how they can afford to build a team around him especially when they have GM Steve Keim at the helm who also is living in the past with frequent signings of ancient veterans like the ghost of A.J. Green and half of J.J. Watt. With a loaded NFC, I feel like this is a dooming for the Cardinals that they will be forced into mediocrity with an expensive and questionable QB that they will be stuck with until someone in the front office comes along and hits the reboot button on the roster a la the early 10s Raiders with the then record-breaking contract for Derek Carr (still waiting on that reboot). Perhaps Murray will not be as lucky as Carr, but provided he is smart with his money, he will be set for life.
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