{"id":510279,"date":"2026-03-08T01:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T01:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/510279\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T01:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T01:32:08","slug":"vikings-move-to-295-favorites-to-sign-kyler-murray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/510279\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikings move to -295 favorites to sign Kyler Murray"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, the Cardinals will release Kyler Murray, the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft. Those inclined to bet on propositions like a player\u2019s next team regard the Vikings as the clear favorites to sign him.<\/p>\n<p>On DraftKings, Murray\u2019s odds have moved <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/vikings-are-the-early-favorites-to-land-kyler-murray\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">from -110<\/a> to -295. The next team is the Jets at +350.<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins are at +550, with the Falcons at +650. The Browns are +800. The Steelers are +1300, the Colts are +1600. The Rams are +2000.<\/p>\n<p>The offensive rookie of the year and two-time Pro Bowler had three solid seasons in Arizona. The next four seasons, which were marred by an ill-advised homework clause and a torn ACL suffered in December 2022, did not go nearly as well. <\/p>\n<p>Making Murray more attractive is the possibility that he\u2019ll do a one-year, $1.3 million contract, with the Cardinals paying him $35.5 million. <\/p>\n<p>The first question is whether he wants to play right away, or whether he\u2019s content to join a team like the Rams as a backup, with the goal of hitting the reset button in advance of 2027. Given his skills, why spend a season on the sideline? He should be looking to play now, with the goal of playing well enough that another big contract will come his way next March, if not sooner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Wednesday, the Cardinals will release Kyler Murray, the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft. Those&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":510280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-510279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510279","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=510279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}