Official Kyler Murray career thread.... (post Cardinals/Vikes)

[602 Native]

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No crap!

Which is why if he succeeds there in a big way it will be the worst PR nightmare this team ever has.

 

[kerouac9]

No crap!

Which is why if he succeeds there in a big way it will be the worst PR nightmare this team ever has.

Honestly everyone will have moved on. Sam Darnold won the Super Bowl and it wasn’t a disaster for the Jets, Panthers, 49ers, or Vikes.

(Although the GM did get fired we can only hope)

 

[Brian in Mesa]

No crap!

Which is why if he succeeds there in a big way it will be the worst PR nightmare this team ever has.

Thanks for your two cents, Patrick PEDerson.

 

[602 Native]

Honestly everyone will have moved on. Sam Darnold won the Super Bowl and it wasn’t a disaster for the Jets, Panthers, 49ers, or Vikes.

(Although the GM did get fired we can only hope)

The Vikes GM was fired for it.
Jets and Panthers like us are already disasters.
49ers are a McCafferey injury away from being irrelevant.

If the Vikes go to the playoffs and win a single game it will prove we failed K1.

 

[Zalixar]

If the Vikes go to the playoffs and win a single game it will prove we failed K1.

It would put him a notch above JJ, washed up Wentz, and Brosmer, and right at Keenum/Cousins(ish). I suppose that would be considered successful

Vikings have a history as one of the most winning franchises in history with a team ready to go. If they don't live up to a lowly 9 wins as last year with THAT group of QB's...what does that make him?

He should be taking them to championship +

 

[602 Native]

It would put him a notch above JJ, washed up Wentz, and Brosmer, and right at Keenum/Cousins(ish). I suppose that would be considered successful

Vikings have a history as one of the most winning franchises in history with a team ready to go. If they don't live up to a lowly 9 wins as last year with THAT group of QB's...what does that make him?

He should be taking them to championship +

Now do the Cardinals

 

[some dumb guy]

The Vikes GM was fired for it.
Jets and Panthers like us are already disasters.
49ers are a McCafferey injury away from being irrelevant.

If the Vikes go to the playoffs and win a single game it will prove we failed K1.

Does this mean if Love is the player we hope he is, the CARDINAL'S WILL BE RELEVANT?? Works for me....

 

[Zalixar]

Now do the Cardinals

Sure, they didn't have an all star team by any stretch and we all know we suck historically, but they had some decent pieces to get somewhere.

That's the thing about him, he needs a superstar team. He's a good QB, just not one that elevates his team like an elite/great one.

With the Vikings he better win at least 1 playoff minimum for sure if he's worth any specs of salt. That is, if he can finish a season. He had several great half seasons and even one MVP one!

 

[kerouac9]

49ers are a McCafferey injury away from being irrelevant.

Okay brother

 

[JRakes]

2019–2022 (pre-injury): 57 games

• 2,204 rushing yards → 38.7 yards/game
• 381 attempts → 6.7 carries/game at 5.8 yards/attempt
• 23 rushing TDs (one every 2.5 games), 127 rushing first downs (2.2/game)
• Peak season: 2020 — 51.2 Y/G, 11 TDs, 8.3 attempts/game

2023–2025 (post-injury): 30 games

• 989 rushing yards → 33.0 yards/game
• 151 attempts → 5.0 carries/game at 6.6 yards/attempt
• 9 rushing TDs (one every 3.3 games), 52 first downs (1.7/game)

The volume dropped, not the ability. He's running ~25% less often (6.7 → 5.0 carries/game), which accounts for nearly all the per-game yardage decline because his efficiency actually went up after the injury, from 5.8 to 6.6 yards per attempt. 2024's 7.3 Y/A is the best rate of his career, and his year-by-year Y/G has been quietly climbing back (30.5 → 33.6 → 34.6).

So the post-ACL Kyler isn't a diminished runner, he's a more selective one: fewer designed carries and scrambles, but better yardage when he goes. The thing that hasn't recovered is the touchdown and first-down production, which tracks with fewer short-yardage and goal-line keepers, the exact plays a team protects a rebuilt knee from.

The 2020 season remains the outlier ceiling: 819 yards and 11 TDs from a QB is video-game stuff. The 2023–25 version is closer to "efficient scrambler" than "designed weapon" and seems more to do with the play calling vs him not wanting to run. We will see in Minny is that is that case I guess.

He wasn’t more selective, he’d just duck outta bounds real quick.

 

[Crimson Warrior]

The Vikes GM was fired for it.
Jets and Panthers like us are already disasters.
49ers are a McCafferey injury away from being irrelevant.

If the Vikes go to the playoffs and win a single game it will prove we failed K1.

It’s not going to happen.

What made Murray really special was his mobility.

But he can’t stay healthy enough to use it to be a catalyst like he was in 2019 to 2021.

And, although less important, something weird happened to his passing game too. He’s pretty average now.

Anyway, he’s lost whatever magic he had coming out of college.

He had it going for a minute and, and it was awesome to watch, but he’s done.

Too fragile, plus he wasn’t playing like he loved the game in 2025.

That last part might change with the new digs, but physically his window has closed. Sucks.

Kyler Murray, shooting star.