The Arizona Cardinals are in offseason mode and we are still weeks away from free agency and months from the NFL draft. Over the next little while, we will take a look at each player on the roster or signed to a reserve deal and break down where they stand with the team.
We will look at their 2024 season, their contract status and what their status is for the coming offseason and 2025 season.
We begin with quarterback Kyler Murray.
2024 Kyler Murray stats, season
Murray was healthy all season and was the unquestioned starting quarterback for the Cardinals.
He started 17 games and completed 68.8% of his passes for 3,851 yards, 21 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. He also rushed for 572 yards and five touchdowns, averaging a career-high 7.3 yards per attempt. He was sacked 30 times.
He played really well in stretches and other times was fairly average. He threw eight of his 11 interceptions over the final seven games of the season.
2025 contract status
Murray is under contract through 2028. He is due $18 million in fully guaranteed salary and a roster bonus of $11.9 million, as well as a workout bonus of more than $1.85 million and per-game roster bonuses up to $850,000. He will count nearly $43.3 million against the cap.
Outlook for 2025
Head coach Jonathan Gannon has made it very clear. Murray is the team’s starting quarterback moving forward. While some outside the organization have begun wondering whether the Cardinals should move on, the team still believes in him and his contract also makes it difficult to move on as well.
The Cardinals will go as far are Murray can take them.
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