When it comes to protecting the ultimate reality show’s
ultimate reality
show
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quarterback Josh Rosen‘s clunky exit from Arizona contains a telling revelation
regarding the effort to trade the 10th overall pick in last year’s draft. The
Cardinals didn’t start the process until after they made quarterback Kyler
Murray the first overall pick in this year’s draft.Via Robert Klemko of SI.com,
G.M. Steve Keim asked Rosen’s agent, Ryan Williams, whether the Patriots may
have interest in Rosen — after the Murray selection.“Williams was taken aback
and grew angry,” Klemko writes.The whole world knew, or had a good idea, that
the Cardinals were taking Murray on Thursday. (Emphasis in original.)The
obvious
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relevance of its TV show.If Rosen had been traded at any point before the draft,
it instantly would have become obvious that the Cardinals were taking Murray.
Which would have prevented ESPN and NFL Network from spending weeks generating
false hype for a decision that secretly was a .And Arizona amazingly went along
with it, helping boost the total viewership of the draft to, the league
contends, 47.5 million over three days. (If you’re curious as to why I’m
skeptical, it wouldn’t be the first time that the league was more than a little
self-serving about the millions who were, or
weren’t
Black
Gabe Holmes Jersey , served.)So here’s the real question: What did the
Cardinals get in return for undermining their short- and long-term strategic
interests by failing to maximize the return for Rosen? Another Super Bowl in the
desert? The draft? Something else the team has been lobbying for that may not be
obvious?Whatever it is, here’s hoping it was worth it. Because the Cardinals
surely could have done better than pick No. 62 this year and a fifth-round
selection next year if it had launched an auction at some point in March, and if
it had shipped Rosen to the highest bidder, with teams like the Giants,
Washington, the Chargers, and the Patriots also potentially at the table,
regardless of whether the world would have known that the Cardinals would be
drafting Kyler Murray. If you had asked me the first position to see a move at
this
offseason
Gabe
Holmes Jersey 2019 , I would have said kicker.The Arizona Cardinals
announced today they have released kicker Cole Murphy.In his place they...The
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MurphyPhoto by Streeter Lecka/Getty ImagesIf you had asked me the first position
to see a move at this offseason, I would have said kicker.The Arizona Cardinals
announced today they have released kicker Cole Murphy.In his place they brought
in… a punter? The team signed Ryan Winslow on Thursday.From the team:I
understand the need for a leg for offseason workouts especially with Andy Lee as
close to a lock for the roster as anyone not named Larry Fitzgerald, but is Zane
Gonzalez really the only kicker they’re going to have for the workouts as
well?Anyway, welcome aboard Ryan and good luck.
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