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[StickierBuns]

[MaroonBells]

Check out the burst at 3:30. Just unreal.

[Chuckf]

Check out the burst at 3:30. Just unreal.

WOW!  People who say he does not have long ball accuracy have NOT been paying attention!  Whether they trade Greenard or not this is going to be a fun draft!

[JimmyinSD]

WOW!  People who say he does not have long ball accuracy have NOT been paying attention!  Whether they trade Greenard or not this is going to be a fun draft!

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I think the stat I saw on his downfield accuracy was around 25%, the top throwers hit around 40%,  average is 33%,  so Murray is considered below average on throws over 25 yards.

[purplefaithful]

You will read plenty about Kyler Murray’s football acumen and his fit with the Vikings in the coming days, weeks and months even. Here’s a few fun facts to know about the 28-year-old quarterback.

He’s a Vikings fan
Murray said he has been a Vikings fan since he was 7 years old, when he grew up playing for a Texas youth team called the Vikings.
“Ever since I started playing tackle football,” Murray told local reporters in a video call. “Genuine, genuine fandom — ran deep, Vikings gear through and through. A lot of purple in my household. I don’t want to bring it up right now maybe another day ... I’ll bring it up right now anyways, whatever:

“I cried real tears whenever Brett threw that interception. I cried real tears that day.”
Murray didn’t say which of Favre’s 28 interceptions he threw over two Vikings seasons, but he was surely referring to the 2009 NFC Championship Game in New Orleans.

He comes from a football family
His father, Kevin Murray, was a star high school quarterback in the Dallas area and went on to start at Texas A&M in the 1980s. Among his cousins is Bears wide receiver and returner Devin Duvernay. (His uncle Calvin Murray was a Major League Baseball player for five seasons.)

He and KOC go way back
Well, to Murray’s high school years, at least. Murray also shared during his presser that he’s known Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell since his days competing in Elite 11, a well-known national quarterback competition for high schoolers. O’Connell also pulled Murray aside and spoke to him following an NFL combine meeting when O’Connell was the offensive coordinator for Washington.

“Ever since then, our relationship, he’s always made sure to check in on me whether it was after a game, things like that,” Murray said. ”I always respected that, always appreciated his opinion of me and the support that he’s given me. For now, getting to play for him and have that relationship with him means the world.”

He won the Heisman Trophy
Murray was born in Bedford, Texas, and went to high school in Allen, Texas. He started his collegiate career at Texas A&M. After one season, he transferred to Oklahoma and had to sit out the 2016 season due to the transfer rules of the time. Murray won the Heisman Trophy with the Sooners in 2018, when he threw for 4,361 yards and 42 touchdowns and ran for 1,001 yards and 12 more TDs.

He was a two-sport star
Murray was the first athlete to be selected in the first round of both the MLB and NFL drafts. The Oakland Athletics picked him No. 9 overall in the 2018 MLB draft, but after his Heisman Trophy season that fall with Oklahoma, Murray announced Feb. 11, 2019, that he would give up baseball to pursue an NFL career. He was drafted No. 1 overall by the Cardinals later that spring. A’s General Manager David Forst said last week that if Murray wanted to return the baseball, the team remained open to it.

He was Offensive Rookie of the Year
Murray won the award following the 2019 NFL season, in which he threw for 3,722 yards and 20 touchdowns with a 64.4% completion percentage with 12 interceptions with the Cardinals and also ran for 544 yards and four touchdowns. Raiders running back Josh Jacobs, Titans wide receiver A.J. Brown and Eagles running back Miles Sanders were runner-ups for the honor.

He plays chess
If you consider chess a sport, Murray is actually a three-sport star. Murray is a frequent competitor and started playing when he was in elementary school. A photo of Murray playing wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald Jr. during Cardinals training camp in 2020 first put his chess passion on display to the football world.

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[StickierBuns]

The only one worth a damn on this show is Smalls.....

[purplefaithful]

When is Kyler Murray at his best?
Kyler Murray’s first three NFL seasons showcased his potential. He was named the AP’s Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2019, throwing for 3,722 yards, 20 touchdowns and 12 interceptions while running for another 500-plus yards and four touchdowns. Arizona improved each of those years with then-coach Kliff Kingsbury; the Cardinals acquired receiver DeAndre Hopkins in 2020, when Murray threw for a career-high 3,971 yards and 26 touchdown passes.

Can feed a No. 1 target: Tight end Trey McBride’s breakout 2024, Murray’s last full season, included 111 catches for 1,146 yards and two touchdowns. Murray also connected well with Hopkins, who caught 115 of 160 targets for 1,407 yards and six scores while Murray started all 16 games in 2020.

Off-schedule playmaker: This is where the elusive, 5-foot-10 Murray has excelled, which the Vikings saw firsthand in 2021; Murray spun away from an unblocked Vikings pass rusher and flicked a 40-yard pass to the late Rondale Moore for a 77-yard touchdown during a Week 2 game. Murray’s legs are a critical component to his game. Only the Ravens’ Lamar Jackson and the Eagles’ Jalen Hurts have played more games and averaged more rushing yards than Murray’s 36.7-yard average since 2019.

Designed runner: According to Sports Info Solutions, Murray’s career-high 819 rushing yards in 2020 were split almost evenly between designed QB runs and improvised scrambles.

When is Kyler Murray at his worst?
The last time Kyler Murray played, he struggled downfield despite a talented collection of targets that included tight end Trey McBride and receivers Michael Wilson and Marvin Harrison Jr. A foot injury in Week 5 opened the door for Cardinals quarterback Jacoby Brissett, and Brissett immediately outproduced Murray as a passer.

While Murray limited his turnover-worthy plays with offensive coordinator Drew Petzing, he did not have the same efficiency or volume as he did with former coach Kliff Kingsbury. Murray eclipsed 250 passing yards in just 9 of 30 games with Petzing; he had nine 250-plus yard passing games in 2021 alone with Kingsbury.

Like Kirk Cousins and Sam Darnold before him, Murray fumbles a lot. Only seven quarterbacks have more than Murray’s 51 fumbles since 2019, including Cousins (61) and Darnold (52).

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[Zanary]

The only one worth a damn on this show is Smalls.....

That was a s*** piece, I saw it this morning.

They basically talked up Kyler (only good points) and only talked about JJM's worst points (with a few missed passes/ints shown), no balance at all.

It was lazy and had the depth of industrial facial tissue.

[JimmyinSD]

You will read plenty about Kyler Murray’s football acumen and his fit with the Vikings in the coming days, weeks and months even. Here’s a few fun facts to know about the 28-year-old quarterback.

He’s a Vikings fan
Murray said he has been a Vikings fan since he was 7 years old, when he grew up playing for a Texas youth team called the Vikings.
“Ever since I started playing tackle football,” Murray told local reporters in a video call. “Genuine, genuine fandom — ran deep, Vikings gear through and through. A lot of purple in my household. I don’t want to bring it up right now maybe another day ... I’ll bring it up right now anyways, whatever:

“I cried real tears whenever Brett threw that interception. I cried real tears that day.”
Murray didn’t say which of Favre’s 28 interceptions he threw over two Vikings seasons, but he was surely referring to the 2009 NFC Championship Game in New Orleans.

He comes from a football family
His father, Kevin Murray, was a star high school quarterback in the Dallas area and went on to start at Texas A&M in the 1980s. Among his cousins is Bears wide receiver and returner Devin Duvernay. (His uncle Calvin Murray was a Major League Baseball player for five seasons.)

He and KOC go way back
Well, to Murray’s high school years, at least. Murray also shared during his presser that he’s known Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell since his days competing in Elite 11, a well-known national quarterback competition for high schoolers. O’Connell also pulled Murray aside and spoke to him following an NFL combine meeting when O’Connell was the offensive coordinator for Washington.

“Ever since then, our relationship, he’s always made sure to check in on me whether it was after a game, things like that,” Murray said. ”I always respected that, always appreciated his opinion of me and the support that he’s given me. For now, getting to play for him and have that relationship with him means the world.”

He won the Heisman Trophy
Murray was born in Bedford, Texas, and went to high school in Allen, Texas. He started his collegiate career at Texas A&M. After one season, he transferred to Oklahoma and had to sit out the 2016 season due to the transfer rules of the time. Murray won the Heisman Trophy with the Sooners in 2018, when he threw for 4,361 yards and 42 touchdowns and ran for 1,001 yards and 12 more TDs.

He was a two-sport star
Murray was the first athlete to be selected in the first round of both the MLB and NFL drafts. The Oakland Athletics picked him No. 9 overall in the 2018 MLB draft, but after his Heisman Trophy season that fall with Oklahoma, Murray announced Feb. 11, 2019, that he would give up baseball to pursue an NFL career. He was drafted No. 1 overall by the Cardinals later that spring. A’s General Manager David Forst said last week that if Murray wanted to return the baseball, the team remained open to it.

He was Offensive Rookie of the Year
Murray won the award following the 2019 NFL season, in which he threw for 3,722 yards and 20 touchdowns with a 64.4% completion percentage with 12 interceptions with the Cardinals and also ran for 544 yards and four touchdowns. Raiders running back Josh Jacobs, Titans wide receiver A.J. Brown and Eagles running back Miles Sanders were runner-ups for the honor.

He plays chess
If you consider chess a sport, Murray is actually a three-sport star. Murray is a frequent competitor and started playing when he was in elementary school. A photo of Murray playing wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald Jr. during Cardinals training camp in 2020 first put his chess passion on display to the football world.

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i found myself wondering why they werent sitting at a table instead of on the floor, then I realized that they likely couldnt find a booster seat in the locker room.

[pattersaur]

That was a s*** piece, I saw it this morning.

They basically talked up Kyler (only good points) and only talked about JJM's worst points (with a few missed passes/ints shown), no balance at all.

It was lazy and had the depth of industrial facial tissue.

Every article I stumble onto is doing this. While it's annoying, it does serve the purpose of hyping up our fans who might be on the fence about the move. So, okay. Fine. 

But it's hilarious and bizarre reading PF's post above yours and feeling like the only one who sees the emperor is not wearing clothes.

When Kyler is at his best- 2021
When Kyler is at his worst- 2025

... nice