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Ryan Fitzpatrick joined the Rich Eisen show and shared some candid thoughts about the Vikings QB competition and Kyler Murray. The journeyman quarterback knows about fresh starts, but did state his opinion that the Minnesota Vikings shouldn't bring Murray back after this season.
"I think sometimes going to a new spot, which I did plenty, and having to then reestablish yourself, you don't have all those built up scars and memories in the locker room and with the team. He gets to reinvent who he is when he goes to Minnesota, and I think going in there, having to establish himself as a leader, which is something that he struggled towards the tail end of his career in Arizona to do, and just for everything to be fresh, for him to attack the playbook, for him to be able to go and take new coaching from a different coach in a different way.
I'm really excited to see Kyler Murray in Minnesota. I do think it'll be a one-year great experiment. It's gonna work great and then potentially tails off after that, but I'm excited to see how it goes this season."
Eisen mentioned Sam Darnold as an example of taking care of a player and reaping the benefits. Fitzpatrick pushed back on that notion.
" I'm not saying that they won't keep him for more than a year. I think his best year with Minnesota will be his first year, and if they keep him after that, then it's going to trail off- Why? ... because some of the issues that came up in Arizona are gonna be the same issues that are gonna follow him. He's supremely talented.
Everybody knows that. The first year in the offense, everything's gonna be fresh and new and fun, and they're gonna go out there, and they're gonna play really well. And then that next year, as things get stale, as you really have to focus and hone in on somebody's leadership skills and those things, I think that's when you'll see it trail off.
But again, this year I'm really looking forward to it. I think it's gonna be a great show. Is this a maturity issue that you're referring to with, with Kyler? 'Cause it- Well, I don't know that it... I don't know that it's a maturity issue. I just think, you know, with Kyler, what are his strengths? Like all, all the things that you can measure, um, those are the things that he's always been unbelievable at.
I think it's just been some of the intangibles, where he has struggled fitting into a locker room and those different things, and being able to elevate a team to the next level. So I just think year one, you're not gonna have to... Those things are gonna take care of themselves. It's easy in year one because everything is new.
As you go on in the same spot for multiple years, those become m- much more important, and so that's, I guess, what I'm saying as to why I think this year is gonna be great, but it's gonna be a one-year experiment that'll be great and tail off from there.""
It is an interesting notion, but Fitzpatrick isn't wrong about a one-year flash. Murray will have to prove more moving forward.
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"I think sometimes going to a new spot, which I did plenty, and having to then reestablish yourself, you don't have all those built up scars and memories in the locker room and with the team. He gets to reinvent who he is when he goes to Minnesota, and I think going in there, having to establish himself as a leader, which is something that he struggled towards the tail end of his career in Arizona to do, and just for everything to be fresh, for him to attack the playbook, for him to be able to go and take new coaching from a different coach in a different way.
I'm really excited to see Kyler Murray in Minnesota. I do think it'll be a one-year great experiment. It's gonna work great and then potentially tails off after that, but I'm excited to see how it goes this season."
Eisen mentioned Sam Darnold as an example of taking care of a player and reaping the benefits. Fitzpatrick pushed back on that notion.
" I'm not saying that they won't keep him for more than a year. I think his best year with Minnesota will be his first year, and if they keep him after that, then it's going to trail off- Why? ... because some of the issues that came up in Arizona are gonna be the same issues that are gonna follow him. He's supremely talented.
Everybody knows that. The first year in the offense, everything's gonna be fresh and new and fun, and they're gonna go out there, and they're gonna play really well. And then that next year, as things get stale, as you really have to focus and hone in on somebody's leadership skills and those things, I think that's when you'll see it trail off.
But again, this year I'm really looking forward to it. I think it's gonna be a great show. Is this a maturity issue that you're referring to with, with Kyler? 'Cause it- Well, I don't know that it... I don't know that it's a maturity issue. I just think, you know, with Kyler, what are his strengths? Like all, all the things that you can measure, um, those are the things that he's always been unbelievable at.
I think it's just been some of the intangibles, where he has struggled fitting into a locker room and those different things, and being able to elevate a team to the next level. So I just think year one, you're not gonna have to... Those things are gonna take care of themselves. It's easy in year one because everything is new.
As you go on in the same spot for multiple years, those become m- much more important, and so that's, I guess, what I'm saying as to why I think this year is gonna be great, but it's gonna be a one-year experiment that'll be great and tail off from there.""
It is an interesting notion, but Fitzpatrick isn't wrong about a one-year flash. Murray will have to prove more moving forward.
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