How about the Jets and the can dump Breece Hall on us.SO: if the Cards want to move off of Murray, a trade is probably the best bet.
in a trade -- the Cards probably have to pay the 2026 option bonus of $17mm, but then the acquiring team gets a QB with a 2026 salary of ~$23mm, which is low 20s in terms of rank. The 2027 salary number is also $22mm or so -- and then after that the guaranteed money is gone.
so -- a team that needs a qb and has lots of cap space can take a (relatively) low cost flyer on a QB that they can easily move on from should he not work out.
In that scenario-- the Cards pick up (based on my calcs) about $17mm in cap space in '26 and $45mm or so in '27.