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The Arizona Cardinals' decision to hire Kliff Kingsbury as their new head coach earlier this offseason came across as a puzzling move to some, as Kingsbury did not exactly have the greatest track record as a college coach.
Kingsbury spent six years as the head coach of Texas Tech, going 35-40 with a 1-2 record in bowl games. He finished above .500 only twice, last doing it in 2015. This past year, he went 5-7.
Still, Kingsbury's up-tempo offense is certainly unique, and it may end up perfectly suiting rookie quarterback Kyler Murray.
Murray himself seems to have a lot of confidence in Kingsbury's offense and doesn't understand all of the concern:
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“I don’t see why everybody thinks that it can’t be successful,” Murray said, according to Josh Weinfuss of ESPN.com. “It’s just like any other offense. It’s an offense. We work at it, we practice it and it’s our job to execute it. If we don’t, then it won’t be successful but if we do, like I said, it works at the college level. I don’t see how it couldn’t work at the pro level. So, it’s our job to make you believe in that.”
The Cardinals selected Murray with the first overall pick of the draft back in April, bumping out fellow quarterback Josh Rosen, whom Arizona took with its first-round pick last year. The Cards ended up trading Rosen to the Miami Dolphins.
Murray, who played his collegiate football at the University of Oklahoma, is coming off of a spectacular junior year in which he threw for 4,361 yards, 42 touchdowns, and seven interceptions. He also rushed for 1,001 yards and 12 scores.
