For a long time toward the end of the college season, Ohio State pass-rusher Nick Bosa was the favorite to go first overall in the 2019 draft. But ever since Kliff Kingsbury got the head coaching job with the Cardinals, momentum has steadily shifted toward Kyler Murray. The current conventional wisdom is that Arizona is leaning toward taking Murray with the first pick, and shopping Josh Rosen. But they won’t admit it publicly, and there are reasons to believe they haven’t actually made up their minds yet.
The Cardinals are having dinner with Bosa tonight, a source told Adam Schefter of ESPN.com (Twitter link). Bosa, the younger brother of Chargers defensive end Joey Bosa, dominated in the Big Ten. The Cardinals have been not so subtle with their interest in Murray, but it’s still possible that it’s all been a smokescreen to try and distract from their true intentions with the pick. If the Cardinals pass on him, Bosa is still a lock to go within the first couple of picks. We heard earlier this week that the 49ers were targeting him at second overall.
Here’s more from around the league:
- Free agent linebacker Deiontrez Mount has been accused of assaulting an Uber driver, as Stephanie Butzer of The Denver Channel writes. The incident, which took place early Sunday morning, left Mount with a bloodied nose when the Uber driver fought back. Mount was cited for simple assault and released, but this may not bode well for his stock on the open market. Mount missed the entire 2018 season with a torn Achilles and has just 12 career appearances to his credit between the Broncos, Colts and Titans.
- Another day, more confirmation that we could be headed for a work stoppage or prolonged battle when a new CBA needs to be negotiated between the league and the NFLPA. There are “plenty of issues that will need to be resolved before a new labor deal can be finalized,” a source told Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com, who writes that it’s “highly unlikely” there will be a quick deal. In addition to the widely-known issues about contracts and player compensation, Florio writes that there are other more under the radar issues that will be sticking points, like “the extent to which the NFL wants to expand stadium credits under the current league-union revenue split, with the new Rams’ stadium expected to be” hotly debated. Florio also thinks it’ll be the owners, not necessarily the players, wielding the threat of a lockout in order to try and get a better deal.
- In case you missed it, Bill Belichick could take over as the Patriots’ defensive coordinator after Greg Schiano stepped down.
The Cards have 100% made up their mind they want Murray however it comes down to if they can find a team to take Rosen. I could see the Packers having interest, Rodgers isn’t getting younger, and if he gets injured again it’d probably be nice to have a solid backup
Brady is 8 years older than Rodgers. I see it far more likely a team like the patriots, Steelers, giants or chargers making a move for a young quarterback than the packers who have Kiser. All these teams have starting qb’s older than Rodgers and nothing to back the starter up.
Kizer isn’t a real heir apparent to rodgers. But the packers won’t trade for Rosen bc Rodgers is already under contract for another 4 years.
Remind me when’s the last time Brady got injured? Also Hoyer was the mastermind of the super bowl much rather have him than Rosen. And the chargers have Taylor, but the fact you think Kiser is a good option says it all!
Exactly just because Tom Brady is still going strong doesn’t mean every QB will do so as long he is the outliner. Add in Rodgers has been injured a lot the last few years and it doesn’t bode well for him to keep playing 8 more years. Injuries don’t stop as you get older but get worse just look at Peyton Manning as a prime example
How was Hoyer the mastermind of the Super Bowl? That sentence makes no sense
Hey, if the Truth said the Packers are interested, they are interested! And that 100% the Cards have made up their mind!
I see Rosen to the Giants. They have the draft picks to make the move, and need the QB.
Kingsbury wants Murray. I’m not sure everyone else in the organization is 100% on board with that. I’m not the biggest Rosen fan, but I think it is hard to judge him after one season that was played behind a bad offensive line. The Cardinals have a lot of holes on their team. Taking a QB in the first round two years in a row might not be the best move to build up your team. It might be smarter to build a team instead of continuously changing the quarterback. Murray isn’t going to succeed with a bad line & a thin receiver corps either.
“Florio also thinks it’ll be the owners, not necessarily the players, wielding the threat of a lockout in order to try and get a better deal.”
This has always been the case. Owners don’t care about age impacting their skills but players (particularly those at their peak) never benefit from a prolonged period of inactivity.
There won’t be a work stoppage. The owners have other revenue streams, hence being self made billionaires. The players need the checks. No more complicated than that.
But yes, working through billions of dollars on multiple sides is complicated. So there will be long discussions.
I know dee mount personally and this article regarding his actions with an Uber driver last Night just doesn’t add up. This article was post virtually right after the incident happened and there is no clear detail as to what happened. All I know is Dee has been portrayed as the aggressor and I think this hurts his free agent stock without allowing the full story to be told.