When the Arizona Cardinals hired Kliff Kingsbury as the team's head coach in 2019, it was evident that Kyler Murray was on his way to the desert. Just as expected, the Cardinals used the No. 1 overall pick on Murray to make him the franchise quarterback of the future.

Murray took college football by storm at Oklahoma as he aired it out for 4,361 yards, 42 touchdowns, and seven interceptions in his junior season. He also flashed his dual-threat ability as he gashed opposing defenses for 1,001 yards and 12 scores with his legs.

Before his final season at Oklahoma, Murray had his sights set on heading to the MLB to play for the Oakland Athletics. But after he gave it some thought, he put down the baseball bat for a football as he declared for the NFL.

After seeing him play for one year in the NFL, it's safe to say he's made the right choice for himself.

With that being said, here are three areas that Kyler Murray must improve on during the upcoming offseason.

3. Decision Making

One of the most important aspects of playing the quarterback position is making the right decision with the football. For the most part, Arizona's first-year quarterback did a wonderful job avoiding errant passes to the defense.

On the other hand, there were undoubtedly plays that Murray could have prevented himself from making. The rookie signal-caller finished his first season in the NFL with 12 interceptions (11th most in the NFL).

Young quarterbacks in the NFL typically have trouble with making the right decision when a defense plays certain coverages. It will be up to Murray to work on understanding coverages a bit better to take his game to the next level.

2. Protecting himself from avoidable hits

There's no doubt that Kyler Murray is one of the most elusive quarterbacks in the entire league. The 2018 Heisman Trophy winner ended the 2019 season with 544 rushing yards and four touchdowns.

Given those numbers, he is more than capable of creating plays on the ground as a rusher. The majority of the season, Murray was able to prevent himself from taking any unnecessary hits from defenders.

Murray has to realize that he isn't the size of Cam Newton or Josh Allen. In light of that, he could benefit by watching some tape on how Russell Wilson runs the ball and is able to slide or get out of bounds before taking a hit.

1. Pocket Presence

At Oklahoma, Kyler Murray made a living making plays outside of the pocket as he worked himself to be the No. 1 overall pick. His playing style didn't change much as he proved he could cause headaches for coordinators in the NFL as well.

At the same time, there were plays during the season that Murray evaded out of the pocket before the pocket actually broke down. When Murray had a clean pocket, he completed 74.4 percent of his attempts in 2019 (11th among quarterbacks).

To go along with that, the mobile quarterback completed only 30.6 percent of his passes when under pressure (26th among quarterbacks. Over the offseason, if Murray can refine his pocket presence even further, he'll be a dangerously talented quarterback in 2020.