Cardinals OC discusses how QB Kyler Murray ‘gets better every day’

Arizona Cardinals offensive coordinator Drew Petzing believes one of the best is but to return from quarterback Kyler Murray.

“He’s the type of guy that gets better every day,” Petzing mentioned, per Michael Baca of the NFL’s web site. “Sometimes, it’s physically. Sometimes, it’s mentally. Sometimes, it’s a leadership perspective. But when you take the job and the sport as seriously as he does, I think you’re always going to see that growth. I think it’s something where he’s always looking to be a better player, be a better teammate, be a better leader. So the more opportunities he gets to do it, the more he learns from it, just like we do as coaches. I think you saw that throughout the spring.”

Murray spent this offseason working with Petzing and head coach Jonathan Gannon recovering from a severe knee damage he suffered in December 2022. The 26-year-old in the end returned to motion this previous November and accomplished 65.7 % of 268 passes for 1,799 yards with 10 touchdowns and 5 interceptions throughout eight begins. He additionally rushed for 244 yards and three scores.

The Cardinals selected Ohio State Buckeyes large receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. with the fourth total decide of this yr’s draft. Petzing indicated he would not need Murray to really feel any stress about focusing on Harrison early and infrequently, starting with Arizona’s Week 1 sport on the Buffalo Bills on Sept. 8.

“I said this to Kyler, actually I was joking, cause sometimes the quarterback can feel that pressure — ‘Oh, I gotta get this guy the ball’ — that’s not your job, that’s my job,” Petzing defined. “As a coach, we can dictate some of that and will try to. Your job is to play the play. Whatever the look is, go where the ball needs to go, make the decision that needs to be made — don’t worry about that stuff. I think, based on the character of the guys that we kind of talked about in this room, I don’t really worry about that.”

As of Friday morning, DraftKings Sportsbook had the Cardinals at +270 betting odds to win over 8.5 video games this coming season. Questions about Murray’s long-term future in Arizona will doubtless hover over the group subsequent winter if he fails to information the membership to not less than a successful file in his sixth professional marketing campaign.