Former Cardinals exec Steve Keim scrutinizes Kyler Murray, says QB has ‘got to prove himself’

The Arizona Cardinals are coming off a disappointing 4-13 season. The lackluster marketing campaign resulted within the dismissal of head coach Kliff Kingsbury.

The workforce’s longtime common supervisor, Steve Keim, who took an indefinite health-related absence late within the season, determined to step away to deal with his well being, the membership introduced in January.

Two-time Professional Bowl quarterback Kyler Murray threw for two,368 yards over 11 video games in 2022, however he was sidelined with an harm for the ultimate six video games of the common season. Murray faces a substantial quantity of criticism as he enters the 2023 marketing campaign, however the quarterback lately revealed he’ll go into this 12 months with a unique mindset.

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“I’m going to be coachable, and I’m going to do it to the most effective of my means, but when the s–t ain’t working, sooner or later all of us need to look within the mirror,” Murray stated through the Cardinals web site.

However Keim didn’t appear to approve of the phrasing of Murray’s current remarks.

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“I feel when it comes to quarterbacks, what he stated, you don’t like it simply due to the standpoint when he added the phrase ‘however’ in, typically behind a optimistic, the phrase ‘however’ doesn’t finish in a optimistic mild,” Keim stated throughout a current look on “The Herd with Colin Cowherd.”

Keim added that because the quarterback and the workforce’s highest-paid participant, Murray needs to be anticipated to take accountability for the Cardinals’ current failures.

“I definitely didn’t need to hear that nor do followers need to hear a man who’s making $46.1 million a 12 months blame anyone however himself. I’m not saying that he’s a man that blames individuals, but on the identical time, if you get that bag of money, everyone expects you to take it in your shoulders.”

Basic supervisor Steve Keim of the Arizona Cardinals through the NFL preseason sport at State Farm Stadium on August 21, 2022, in Glendale, Arizona. (Christian Petersen/Getty Pictures)

Murray seemed to be sad together with his contract final 12 months and wiped his social media web page of all Cardinals-related references.

The workforce ultimately awarded him with an enormous five-year contract in July 2022. Murray’s work ethic turn into a subject of dialog shortly after the contract was introduced after the workforce positioned an “unbiased research” clause within the deal.

The Cardinals ultimately removed the clause from the $230.5 million extension after the controversial stipulation prompted Murray to name criticism of his work ethic “disrespectful.”

Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray scores in opposition to the Carolina Panthers through the second half of an NFL soccer sport on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022, in Charlotte, North Carolina. (AP Photograph/Jacob Kupferman)

As soon as the season kicked off, hypothesis mounted over the alleged dispute between Murray and Kingsbury.

The Cardinals employed common supervisor Monti Ossenfort and head coach Jonathan Gannon to guide their soccer operations division. Murray lately spoke out about how he believes “good will come out of what occurred” through the 2022 season.

Murray has a profession report of 25-31-1 over his 57 appearances.

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However Keim says Murray shall be underneath strain to have a bounce-back season as soon as he’s wholesome sufficient to take the field in 2023.

“It is a massive 12 months. I’d have truly had Kyler in my high 5 for guys underneath strain,” Keim stated. “He’s coming off the harm. He’s obtained to show himself. What occurs, as what individuals forecast, which they’ve the No. 1 choose, they’re in an actual predicament.”