The Cardinals completely revamped their quarterback room this offseason by drafting Kyler Murray No. 1 overall. Drafting Murray meant ditching another talented young quarterback in Josh Rosen, which raised some eyebrows around the NFL.
Here’s a look at Keim’s thoughts on that situation, and more, via The Ringer’s Robert Mays:
On drafting Murray and dealing Rosen:
“You have to make the tough decisions and avoid the outside noise— ‘Why’d you give up on this guy? Why would you trade this guy?‘…It’s unprecedented. I took [Rosen] in the top 10. I just felt that [Murray] was a generational talent that I just couldn’t pass up.”
On Murray’s game tape from Oklahoma:
“Every game, it was the same thing. He did something multiple times that you either said, ‘Wow’ or [I] had seen very few times in my scouting career….“For a lot of reasons, I didn’t want to like [him, but I did].”
On new head coach Kliff Kingsbury:
“They thought he was a guy that had enough of a swag to him that the players respected him. [The Texas Tech team] looked to him for advice. He didn’t just concentrate on the offensive side of the ball.”
On Murray’s progress, so far:
“I guess time will tell. But I certainly like the early returns.”
Didn’t they trade Rosen to Miami?
They sure did. Coffee hasn’t kicked in yet, apologies.
S’all good, sir.
Coca tea is better!
Start the day off right with Purple Drank…lol.
This makes it sound like they have Murray and Rosen both on the team but they drafted Murray and traded away Rosen so maybe you could reword it a little bit cuz I got confused at first
Also maybe describe who Keim is
Did Keim say this before or after Happy Hour?