Arizona Cardinals rookie quarterback Kyler Murray has a lot of pressure and that was before he started getting compared to Patrick Mahomes.
Much like Mahomes, Murray has a very strong arm and his teammates on the Cardinals are taking notice.
“You could compare it to that,” receiver Christian Kirk said via Bob McManaman of the Arizona Republic. “It’s very unique, for sure. I’ve talked about it before. Obviously, everyone knows what he can do with his legs, but what he’s able to do with his arm and just the way it comes off his hand. It’s never a duck; it’s always a spiral. . . . It’s just so quick coming off his hands and the ball is usually never late and it’s usually never underthrown.”
Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury was at one point the coach for Mahomes and now is Murray's coach and agrees that they have a lot of similarities.
Kingsbury thinks one of the biggest reasons the guys have similar throws is that they both have a background in baseball.
“It’s just a quick, efficient release,” Kingsbury said regarding Murray’s throwing motion. “He can drop it down. Pat was the same way and is the same way. They can drop it down and not lose accuracy, not lose touch. They’re so used to throwing from different platforms, different angles in baseball and it just translates over to football for them.”
The throwing motion looks the same and Cardinals fans are hoping that Murray will be able to have the same type of success on the field that Mahomes has had in his first couple of years.
Hopefully, all the talk won't get to Murray's head and he will just take it a day at a time and focus on being a better quarterback than he was the day before.
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