For all of the many questions that we could be asking ourselves about the Arizona Cardinals as the 2025 NFL season approaches, ultimately the success of this franchise will come down to just one question… is Kyler Murray telling the truth?
Murray has been the Cardinals starting quarterback since 2019, when Arizona made him the 1st overall pick in the NFL Draft, and in that time, he’s made the Pro Bowl twice, thrown for over 3,700 yards in all four seasons in which he’s played at least 14 games, and he ranks third in franchise history in both passing yards and passing touchdowns. On the flip side, Murray is just 36-45-1 record as the team’s starter, he’s been to the postseason only once, and he played one of the worst games of his career in his one and only start in the Playoffs.
But as Kyler Murray enters his seventh season in the NFL – and nears his 28th birthday in early August – he feels as though the prime of his career is just getting started.
“I feel great. Personally, I feel the best I’ve ever felt,” Murray said after Day 1 of minicamp, per Tyler Drake of ArizonaSports.com. “They say you’re hitting your prime around at, what, about to be 28 years old? I feel good.”
So, if Murray, who is already a few years deep into a $230 million contract extension, is indeed entering his prime, that should mean he’s entering the portion of his career where he’s going to be the catalyst of turning the Arizona Cardinals into a Super Bowl contender. And those are his words, not anyone else’s.
"Bowl. Ring. Rings,” Murray said when asked about what he expects to accomplish during the prime of his career.
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Now in fairness, this is the answer you’d expect from any player in Kyler Murray’s position. If Murray voiced anything other than aspirations of a Super Bowl, he’d be bashed for not caring about the stuff that really matters. But of course, if Murray doesn’t make the leap that everyone in Arizona hopes he will, or if the Cardinals fall short of the postseason despite Murray’s improvement, it will be Murray who becomes the scapegoat, whether that’s fair or unfair.
So, is Kyler Murray telling the truth? We only need to wait a few more months before we begin to piece this puzzle together.