<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/arizona-cardinals/cardinals-news-kyler-murray-drops-defiant-take-fixing-disappointing-career');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kyler Murray drops defiant take on fixing ‘disappointing’ part of career');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Cardinals-news-Kyler-Murray-drops-defiant-take-on-fixing-disappointing-part-of-career.jpg"></figure><h1>Kyler Murray drops defiant take on fixing ‘disappointing’ part of career</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-03-17T11:46:20-07:00">March 17th, 11:46am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-03-17T11:46:20-07:00">March 17th, 11:46am</time><address><a>Ben Strauss</a>Ben Strauss is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is a die-hard NFL fan who cheers for the Detroit Lions. He has previously written fantasy football content for IDPGuys and ImportantNonsense.com.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Arizona Cardinals</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Arizona Cardinals are ready to take a leap in 2025. Arizona finished the 2024 season 8-9 and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/arizona-cardinals/cardinals-fans-wont-like-jonathan-gannons-reaction-to-playoff-elimination">barely missed the playoffs in a tight NFC West divisional race</a>. Now the Cardinals are making moves with the goal of finally finding some postseason success.</p><p>Cardinals QB Kyler Murray has not had much success in the playoffs during his career in Arizona. Murray <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDR4OmUuj_Q" rel="noopener">admitted as much during a recent interview</a> with KBS World.</p><p>“I’ve only been in the playoffs once,” Murray said. “That, in itself, is disappointing to me and frustrating. Got to turn that around. I’m only getting older. But I’m only 27, I’m still young, so we’ve got time and I know we’re headed in the right direction. As far as what I’m working on, just going to continue to grow. Continue to grow on and off the field.”</p><p>Arizona’s only playoff appearance in the Murray era was an 18-7 loss against the Rams in 2021.</p><p>Thankfully, the Cardinals have already made some offseason moves that should have Murray excited about the 2025 season.</p><p>Arizona made one of the biggest splashes in free agency, scooping up former Eagles pass rusher Josh Sweat. The Cardinals gave <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/arizona-cardinals/cardinals-news-arizona-splash-76-million-josh-sweat-contract">Sweat a four-year, $76.4 million contract</a> to reunite with head coach Jonathan Gannon. He should immediately transform Arizona’s defense and make them much more dangerous when rushing the passer.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/arizona-cardinals/cardinals-news-bolster-defense-29-million-dalvin-tomlinson-free-agency">Cardinals also added Dalvin Tomlinson to a two-year contract worth $29 million</a>. Tomlinson adds another reliable veteran on the defensive line.</p><p>Cardinals fans must be hopeful that the improvements will continue in free agency and the 2025 NFL Draft.</p><h2><b>Kyler Murray gets key Cardinals contract update ahead of crucial 2025 season</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Kyler-Murray-runs-out-of-the-pocket-against-the-Carolina-Panthers.jpg"><figcaption>Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/arizona-cardinals/cardinals-news-kyler-murray-contract-key-update-bounce-back-season">Kyler Murray earned a sizeable roster bonus over the weekend</a>.</p><p>According to Murray’s contract, he earned a massive roster bonus just by staying on Arizona’s roster at 4PM ET on Saturday afternoon.</p><p>Murray is now <a href="https://x.com/TomPelissero/status/1901000599849906449" rel="noopener">guaranteed $32.835 million in 2026</a> according to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. This comes from his $22.835 million salary and $10 million of his $17 million roster bonus. For context, Murray is guaranteed $32.6 million during the 2025 season.</p><p>Arizona signed murray to a <a href="https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/player/_/id/29036/kyler-murray" rel="noopener">five-year, $230 million contract</a> back in 2022.</p><p>The Cardinals need to win now more than ever with Kyler Murray. He is under contract through the 2028 NFL season, though there is a potential out after the 2027 season. If the Cardinals cannot find any postseason success by that time, they may be forced to move on from Murray.</p><p>Hopefully the Cardinals can add more reinforcements over the next few months that help them make a deep playoff run in 2025.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kyler Murray drops defiant take on fixing ‘disappointing’ part of career

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/arizona-cardinals/cardinals-news-kyler-murray-contract-key-update-bounce-back-season');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cardinals’ Kyler Murray gets key contract update after bounce-back season');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Cardinals-news-Kyler-Murrays-contract-gets-key-update-after-bounce-back-season.jpg"></figure><h1>Cardinals’ Kyler Murray gets key contract update after bounce-back season</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-03-15T14:57:58-07:00">March 15th, 2:57pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-03-15T14:57:58-07:00">March 15th, 2:57pm</time><address><a>Jaren Kawada</a>Jaren Kawada is a former full-time sports bettor and is now a NFL, College Football and Betting Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. Kawada was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, but now resides in Indianapolis, Indiana, after graduating from Butler University with a B.A. in sports media. Aside from football, Kawada is an avid combat sports and basketball bettor.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Arizona Cardinals</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Without needing to do anything, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cardinals-news-29-9-million-kyler-murray-contract-guarantee-locked-in">Kyler Murray earned himself a pay raise</a> in his future contract. The Arizona Cardinals quarterback hit a roster bonus during the 2025 offseason, increasing his guaranteed pay for the 2026 season.</p><p>By remaining on the Cardinals’ roster at 4 p.m. ET on Saturday afternoon, Murray is <a href="https://x.com/TomPelissero/status/1901000599849906449" rel="noopener">now guaranteed</a> $32.835 million in 2026, per Tom Pelissero. Hitting the quota guarantees his $22.835 million annual salary as well as $10 million of his $17 million roster bonus. The two contract clauses give Murray at least $30 million for the next two seasons, as he is guaranteed $32.6 million in 2025.</p><p>While his guaranteed rartes increased, Murray is still able to make up to roughly $46 million over the next three seasons. His current contract has him as the ninth-highest-paid quarterback in the league.</p><p>The 2025 and 2026 seasons are two of the five years on Murray’s current deal. The Cardinals quarterback inked a $230.5 million extension in the 2022 offseason to keep him in Arizona at least through the 2027 season. The new contract came after months of back-and-forth negotiations that seemingly created tension between the two sides.</p><p>After playing just eight games in an injury-shortened 2023 season, Murray is coming off a resurgent 2024 campaign. He threw for 3,851 yards on the year, his most since 2020. He added 26 total touchdowns and 11 interceptions with 572 rushing yards.</p><h2><b>Cardinals still seeking first playoff appearance since 2021</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Kyler-Murray-and-Jonathan-Gannon-on-the-field-for-the-Cardinals.jpg"><figcaption>Michael Chow/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK</figcaption></figure><p>With the increased guaranteed pay in Kyler Murray’s contract, the Cardinals are hoping to continue progressing ahead of Jonathan Gannon’s third season. Arizona improved to 8-9 in 2024 but still <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cardinals-news-trey-mcbride-not-hold-back-nsfw-rant-loss-panthers">failed to make the playoffs</a> for the third straight year.</p><p>So long as Murray can remain healthy, Arizona is looking for improvement in 2025 with a revamped roster. Without many offensive free agent signing — aside from veteran quarterback Jacoby Brissett — the Cardinals are expecting a second-year leap from wideout Marvin Harrison Jr. to elevate the passing game.</p><p>While Harrison is coming off an encouraging rookie sweason, his 885 receiving yards were second on the team, behind tight end Trey McBride’s 1,146. However, as fans on social media pointed out, his numbers were nearly identical to those of his father, who went on to put together a Hall of Fame career.</p><p>The Cardinals’ biggest offseason moves came on the defensive end, where they added Josh Sweat, Dalvin Tomlinson and Akeem Davis-Gaither in free agency. The biggest signing, Sweat, addresses the team’s gaping issue in pass-rush, as no player accounted for more than five sacks in 2024.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cardinals’ Kyler Murray gets key contract update after bounce-back season

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/arizona-cardinals/cardinals-news-sign-ex-patriots-qb1-kyler-murray-backup');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cardinals to sign ex-Patriots QB1 as Kyler Murray backup');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Arizona-signs-ex-Patriots-QB1-as-Kyler-Murray-backup.jpg"></figure><h1>Cardinals to sign ex-Patriots QB1 as Kyler Murray backup</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-03-11T15:45:50-07:00">March 11th, 3:45pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-03-11T16:16:42-07:00">March 11th, 4:16pm</time><address><a>Mike Gianakos</a>Mike Gianakos is the former editor-in-chief of High Times magazine, where he also spearheaded the video department and event production. He is a longtime podcaster and even longer suffering NY Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Arizona Cardinals</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Arizona Cardinals <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/arizona-cardinals/cardinals-news-arizona-blows-playoff-chances-walk-off-ot-loss-lowly-panthers">missed the playoffs</a> for the third straight season in 2024, finishing with an 8-9 record. The team is still waiting for a true breakout campaign from former first overall draft pick Kyler Murray. However, the Cardinals <a href="https://x.com/JFowlerESPN/status/1899574568819323060" rel="noopener">have added</a> quarterback depth behind the seventh-year starter.</p><p>Arizona plans to sign Jacoby Brissett to be the team’s new backup QB, according to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler on X. The specifics of the deal have yet to be released.</p><p>Brissett is entering his 10th year in the league. While he’s primarily functioned as a QB2 since being selected in the third round of the 2016 draft, the veteran passer will bring plenty of experience with him to Arizona, having made 53 career starts.</p><h2><b>Jacoby Brissett is set to join the Cardinals for 2025</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jacoby-Brissett.jpg"><figcaption>Paul Rutherford-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Last season, Brissett signed a one-year, $8 million contract with the New England Patriots. Although New England took Drake Maye with the third overall pick in the 2024 draft, Brissett was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/new-england-patriots/patriots-news-new-england-officially-names-jacoby-brissett-starting-qb-over-drake-maye">named the team’s starting quarterback</a>. However, after going 2-4 over his first six games, he was benched in favor of Maye, who went on to have a promising rookie campaign.</p><p>Now Brissett will head to the Cardinals, taking on a backup role. Murray was able to play all 17 games last season but he has missed significant time in recent years. The Pro Bowl QB was sidelined for 18 games over the last four seasons. While Arizona obviously hopes Murray can stay healthy in 2025, the team has upgraded its depth behind him.</p><p>Clayton Tune had operated as Murray’s backup the last two years. He held onto the role after <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/arizona-cardinals/cardinals-news-arizona-releasing-desmind-ridder-clayton-tune-wins-backup-role">beating out Desmond Ridder</a> last offseason. But Brissett’s addition likely means Tune is ultimately released.</p><p>Brissett will reunite with Drew Petzing in the desert. The Cardinals’ offensive coordinator was the quarterbacks coach for the Browns in 2022, the season Brissett played in Cleveland. That year Brissett started 11 games and went 4-7.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cardinals to sign ex-Patriots QB1 as Kyler Murray backup

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/arizona-cardinals/cardinals-news-reward-17-game-starter-11-5-million-contract-protect-kyler-murray');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cardinals reward 17-game starter with $11.5 million contract to protect Kyler Murray');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Cardinals-news-Arizona-rewards-17-game-starter-with-11.5-million-contract-to-protect-Kyler-Murray.jpg"></figure><h1>Cardinals reward 17-game starter with $11.5 million contract to protect Kyler Murray</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-03-10T17:35:43-07:00">March 10th, 5:35pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-03-10T17:40:19-07:00">March 10th, 5:40pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>Rexwell Villas is an experienced sports writer covering a variety of sports, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and college football. He's a Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, and he claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Arizona Cardinals</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Veteran center Evan Brown will continue his stint with the Arizona Cardinals after reportedly <a href="https://x.com/RapSheet/status/1899121146832019489" rel="noopener">signing a new contract</a> with the NFC West division team, according to NFL insider Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network.</p><p>“Another important re-sign in Arizona: G Evan Brown is heading back to the #AZCardinals on a two-year deal worth $11.5M, per The Insiders,” shared Rapoport in a post on X (formerly Twitter). “Brown started all 17 games, a valuable part of their O-line. The deal was negotiated by Sean Kiernan and Tom Povinelli of @AthletesFirst.”</p><p>Brown is coming off his sixth season in the league and first with the Cardinals, during which he made 17 appearances — all starts.</p><p>Brown was a key piece of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/arizona-cardinals/cardinals-news-kyler-murray-love-injury-update-key-protector">Arizona’s offensive line last season</a>. Although the Cardinals failed to make the NFL playoffs for the fourth season in a row and finished just third in the NFC West with a sub-.500 record of 8-9, their pass protection was something they could be proud of, thanks in part to Brown’s work on the offensive line.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/arizona-cardinals/cardinals-news-shake-up-kyler-murray-protection-ahead-week-12-seahawks-clash">Cardinals’ offensive line in 2024</a> was ranked 16th at the end of the season by Pro Football Focus, which doesn’t sound impressive, but the site noted that Arizona’s “7.9 PFF pass-blocking efficiency rating” was the <a href="https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-final-offensive-line-rankings-2024" rel="noopener">fifth-best in 2024</a>.</p><p>In the 2024 NFL campaign, the SMU Mustangs product received a <a href="https://www.pff.com/nfl/players/evan-brown/38709" rel="noopener">solid overall grade of 65.9</a> from Pro Football Focus, ranking 46th out of 135 guards. He was a crucial piece of Kyler Murray’s protection unit, as evidenced by his 73.5 pass blocking grade from PFF, 27th overall. Over a total of 1,070 snaps played in 2024, Brown allowed two sacks and got hit with two penalties. However, he was graded a little lower in terms of run blocking with just a 58.7 rating, good for just 82nd.</p><p>Before coming over to Arizona in 2024, Brown spent the 2023 campaign with the Seattle Seahawks. He also had stints with the New York Giants, Miami Dolphins, Cleveland Browns and Detroit Lions. He went undrafted in the 2018 NFL draft before getting signed by the Giants. However, it was not until 2019 that he made his first NFL appearance, playing in four games with the Giants and the Dolphins.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cardinals reward 17-game starter with $11.5 million contract to protect Kyler Murray

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He has covered athletics at the University of Michigan and is now serving as an Associate Editor, Chicago Bulls beat writer, and Michigan football reporter at ClutchPoints.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Arizona Cardinals</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It doesn’t seem like it was very long ago that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/net-worth/kyler-murray-net-worth">Kyler Murray</a> was dominating the college football world at Oklahoma, but he has now been with the Arizona Cardinals for six seasons. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/ncaa-football/ranking-every-heisman-trophy-winner-of-21st-century">Murray was the first overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft after winning the Heisman</a>, and he has spent his entire career with the Cardinals. Before he was drafted, he worked out for multiple teams, and one of them was with Jon Gruden and the Las Vegas Raiders.</p><p>Former Raiders GM Mike Mayock recently appeared on the <i>Rich Eisen Show, </i>and <a href="https://youtu.be/MoKdeK3L3IU?t=121" rel="noopener">he discussed that workout</a> with Kyler Murray. The Raiders wanted to keep things secretive, but Jon Gruden might’ve blown the cover.</p><p>“When I was with the Raiders we did a couple clandestine workouts my first year there with Kyler Murray and a couple of other guys,” Mike Mayock said. “After we worked out Kyler Murray, we were trying to keep it quiet. Coach Gruden went into the shop at the airport on the way in and he bought all these Oakland Athletic hats because that’s who Kyler Murray was owned by in baseball and he got Kyler to sign all the hats. We’re wearing them out of the workout like we’re really clandestine on the way to the airport autographed by Kyler Murray.”</p><p>Mayock went on to discuss some other aspects of the workout that really highlight Gruden’s character. Murray didn’t even get to enjoy his peace in his hotel because of Gruden.</p><p>“Jon was great in those situations,” Mayock continued. “He had him up in the hotel room, we met him in his hotel room and Jon had him barking out signals in the Marriott, in his hotel room. And yelling at the kid for not being loud enough, and now he’s barking, and Jon would have some footballs that had laces, other footballs didn’t have laces, and he wouldn’t tell the kid which one. He’d flip it to him and expect him to get the ball out of his hands quickly, with or without the laces.”</p><p>It sounds like Gruden had a lot of fun working with Murray during that workout, but there was never a chance for the Raiders to draft the young star. Murray was the first player off the board as he went to the Cardinals, and he is building a successful career in Arizona.</p><p>Jon Gruden’s coaching career has since come to an end, and he now works for <i>Barstool Sports.</i> Kyler Murray is getting ready to begin his seventh season with the Cardinals.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024 SEASON STATS
PASSING YDS	PASSING TDS	INTERCEPTIONS	POSITION RANK
6573.7	35.8	18.8	8

2024 SEASON STATS
PASSING YDS	PASSING TDS	INTERCEPTIONS	POSITION RANK
6573.7	35.8	18.8	8

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