(12-12-2022, 09:56 PM)I am Yoda Wrote:

(12-12-2022, 07:48 PM)NewJagsCity Wrote: Maybe not the most, but he's up there.  Russell Wilson may have earned that title this year.  Kali-Murray is close behind.

It's amazing how much better the Cardinals' offense looks with Colt McCoy running it...

I was thinking about it this morning as I was brushing my teeth.

Kyler Murray took a sorry [BLEEP] AZ Cardinals to the playoffs for the first time in forever after being drafted #1 overall just 3 seasons earlier.  

Murray came on a team that was down right aweful,  took them to 5 wins his rookie year.  8 wins his 2nd year.  And then the playoffs in his 3rd year.  That's exactly what you want to see from a garbage franchise that drafted #1 overall.  Now, sure he played bad in his first ever playoff game.  

But he got absolutely buried by every single media outlet after that game.  But for whatever reason, Lamar Jackson, who had just as embarrasing a 1st playoff apperance didn't get a fraction of the smoke Kyler got.  It just made me wonder why 1 hyper run happy QB gets the benefit of the doubt and the other doesn't...  Is it height?  Is it the city the franchise is the QB is on?  

Lamar Jackson looked like absolute dog water in his first playoffs and he had a better team around him.  Kyler willed the Cards to that playoff spot and his OLine was completely decimated by a world class defense.  I don't know, it's wild the way the sports media is so arbitrary in the way the shape a narrative around a team/city/player. 

I hope Kyler the best.  I would love to see him come back and stick it to all the haters.

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