{"id":279845,"date":"2025-11-08T18:54:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T18:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/279845\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T18:54:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T18:54:12","slug":"qb-kyler-murrays-future-with-cardinals-in-question-with-offseason-decision-looming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/279845\/","title":{"rendered":"QB Kyler Murray’s future with Cardinals in question with offseason decision looming"},"content":{"rendered":"

As for the offseason, it’s an open question about whether Murray returns. The former No. 1 overall pick signed<\/a> a five-year, $230.5 million contract in July of 2022, locking him in with Arizona for the long-term. Through this season, he’ll have earned $140.5 million of it, with another $36.835 million fully guaranteed for 2026.<\/p>\n

If they cut him, they’ll be on the hook for all of it. Additionally, there is a deadline because if he’s on the roster on the fifth day of the league year this March, $19.5 million in 2027 becomes fully guaranteed (a year early, essentially).<\/p>\n

Said simply, the Cardinals must cut him before March to not be on the hook for any of his 2027 salary. A release triggers a $57.7 million cap hit that can be split up between 2026 and 2027, while a trade triggers a manageable $17.9 million dead cap hit but saves $35.3 million.<\/p>\n

And a trade would no doubt be better for the Cardinals, escaping some money but also meaning they’d have to find another starter. That said, a trade would take coordination between three parties (Arizona, Murray and an interested team), an agreement that the Cardinals would take on some or all the money and then a mutually agreed upon trade partner. It’s possible. But it has proven in the past to be a challenge with so many moving parts.<\/p>\n

From Murray’s side, being released ahead of the 2026 league year — if he’s not going to be a member of the Cardinals — is preferable because his deal will be offset, similar to Russell Wilson<\/a>‘s recent situation with the Steelers. He’ll be able to sign with a team at the minimum, making Murray an incredible value for a playoff-ready team without a QB.<\/p>\n

With a variety of factors up in the air, Murray’s future will be a huge topic of discussion this offseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As for the offseason, it’s an open question about whether Murray returns. The former No. 1 overall pick…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[1829,118573,1830,3,6257,36315,99,103733],"class_list":["post-279845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-arizona-cardinals","tag-jacoby-brissett","tag-kyler-murray","tag-news","tag-no-minute","tag-regular-season","tag-sports","tag-the-insiders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}