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Arizona Cardinals exercise QB Kyler Murray’s 5th-year option
Kyler Murray #1 of the Arizona Cardinals warms-up earlier than the sport towards the Jacksonville Jaguars at TIAA Financial institution Subject on September 26, 2021 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Picture by Michael Reaves/Getty Photographs)
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The Arizona Cardinals picked up the fifth-year choice of quarterback Kyler Murray’s rookie contract on Wednesday, per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
Murray is ready to earn $29.9 million in 2023 after making $5.49 million this upcoming season, in keeping with Spotrac.
The 24-year-old is in search of a contract extension this offseason — as his agent Erik Burkhardt proclaimed in a an all-caps assertion again in February — and the Cardinals have been clear that he’s their desired quarterback going ahead.
It’s typical for groups to train their quarterback’s fifth-year choice earlier than extending them. The Buffalo Payments picked up Josh Allen’s after his third season and prolonged him the following summer season. The identical prevalence occurred with the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes.
The final time Arizona picked up a former first-round choose’s fifth-year choice was in 2018 with left deal with D.J. Humphries, who signed a three-year extension with the membership after his fifth 12 months.
The transfer additionally provides Arizona extra time to return to an settlement. The Baltimore Ravens exercised former MVP quarterback Lamar Jackson’s choice for 2022 and the 2 sides nonetheless haven’t agreed on an extension past this season.
Whereas reports have indicated that the negotiations haven’t been the smoothest with Burkhardt pulling their preliminary proposal off the desk, Murray has been vocal on social media about his need to win a Tremendous Bowl with the Cardinals.
I wanna win Tremendous Bowls with the Cardinals, AZ is house. https://t.co/xwEw42uDBl
— Kyler Murray (@K1) April 21, 2022
Murray didn’t attend voluntary exercises final week, however head coach Kliff Kingsbury stated he expects his quarterback to indicate up sooner or later this offseason.
Common supervisor Steve Keim explicitly stated there may be “zero probability” he trades Murray.
Murray has a 22-23-1 report as a beginning quarterback by way of three NFL seasons and two Professional Bowl choices.