Cardinals’ Kyler Murray announces ‘Call of Duty’ partnership, evoking memories of brief contract study clause

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Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray is balling out right now.

He’s fresh off powering the Cardinals all the way back from a 23-10 halftime deficit at the 2023 NFC champion San Francisco 49ers for a 24-23 win in Week 5 that improved Arizona’s 2024 record to 2-3. Murray accounted for 278 total yards (195 passing on 19 of 30 attempts and 83 rushing on seven attempts) and two touchdowns (a two-yard passing score and a 50-yard rushing score) in the victory. That improved his expected points added (EPA) per play figure to the eighth-best in the NFL among qualified quarterback. Simply put, Murray is playing like a top-10 quarterback. 

That’s why Monday couldn’t have been a better time for him to announce his partnership with the first-person shooter video game franchise “Call of Duty.’ Murray infamously once had an independent study clause in the five-year, $230.5 million he inked with Arizona in 2022. The clause mandated that he conduct a minimum of four hours of independent football game study per week, inferring that Murray was failing to do something most NFL starting quarterbacks do unprompted in order to prepare for their upcoming games. Murry then called an impromptu press conference to rip into the critique of his work ethic that was going on at the time. Arizona removed the clause in his contract hours prior to Murray’s presser. 

“I feel it’s necessary (to talk), with what’s going on regarding me, and the things that have been said about me,” Murray told reporters in 2022. “To think that I can accomplish everything that I’ve accomplished in my career and not be a student of the game, and not have passion and not take this serious, is almost disrespectful, and it’s almost a joke.”  

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Author : Garrett Podell

Publish date : 2024-10-07 21:10:10

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