Here is where I have shifted with Kyler. I just need him to be a 9 win (minimum) QB. Monti and Gannon aren't getting fired if the Cardinals are winning a minimum of 9 games every year. From there you can be patient and jump to take the next Cardinals QB when the opportunity presents itself.
I understand that in the NFL, being a 9 win team is not a huge accomplishment, but for the Cardinals it definitely is. Especially multiple years in a row. But this franchise has to learn to walk before it can run IMO.
This is the soft bigotry of low expectations.
Have we really transitioned into the "He just needs to be Derek Carr" phase of the Kyler Murray Experience? Because he can't be that. Or maybe he can. I just did some charting of Kyler's per-game passer rating vs. Kirk Cousins and Baker Mayfield through their first 85 starts. They look basically the same, but Kyler's peaks and valleys aren't as frequent.
Passer rating doesn't account for running (obviously). Without running often and with confidence, maybe Kyler is Derek Carr.
That's depressing. But aiming for nine wins multiple seasons in a row is "Let's be the Saints" thinking. I thought the whole idea of the roster reset/tank job was that we lift the floor for the franchise?
