If nothing else, the Arizona Cardinals are a very funny franchise. They gave Kyler Murray a five-year, $230.5 million deal this offseason with a provision that required him to study, before removing it after public backlash.
There are also hilarious theories that Murray, a fan of the Call of Duty franchise, performs significantly worse when the game has double experience points weekends.
Murray, by the way, pulled himself from the team’s embarrassing 34-11 Wild Card loss last year after pouting on the sidelines. The team had to put out a statement expressing their faith in him.
Kliff Kingsbury, who was hired after a losing record at Texas Tech (35-40 overall, 19-35 in-conference and a losing record each of his final three seasons), was just extended along with executive Steve Keim this offseason despite any meaningful success or indications they have a long-term plan likely to work.
Their entire approach seems to be based around winging it. That also includes a seeming obsession with acquiring as many receivers as possible to run their hit or miss air raid offense.
It continued Monday, when the team traded a 2024 sixth and 2025 seventh-round pick for Robbie Anderson. Anderson was kicked out of the game by Carolina Panthers interim head coach Steve Wilks on Sunday.
“I was honestly confused because I want to be in the game,” Anderson said. “I’ve never been told in X amount of years to get out the game in the fourth quarter. I was honestly confused and upset by it as I should be. I don’t see nobody that’s a true competitor that knows the value they bring and has a true passion towards the game that would be OK with being taken out when they didn’t do nothing wrong.”
The move comes in the wake of a potentially season-ending foot injury for Hollywood Brown, per Adam Schefter.
Arizona will get back star receiver DeAndre Hopkins on Thursday. Hopkins had been suspended six games for a violation of the NFL’s performance-enhancing drug policy.