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Kyler Murray is expected to be one of the first quarterbacks selected in this year's draft and because of his legs, and a lot of people have compared him to Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson.
One anonymous AFC executive doesn't exactly agree with that assessment and told Sports Illustrated that he actually thinks Murray is a lot better than Jackson.
That anonymous AFC executive thinks Kyler Murray has a better arm and better accuracy and thinks the only reason he is being knocked so much is because of his height:
“This kid is way better than Lamar Jackson—better arm, more accurate, better anticipation, better processor, better athlete. I think he’s better across the board than Lamar, Lamar’s just bigger. But that’s not irrelevant. … If I told you he was 6′ 3″, you’d be all in, but he’s not. He’s shorter than Russell Wilson, and Russell is a lot stockier. … He’s a really good player. He does all the quarterback stuff really well. He’s a great athlete. My hang up is his size.”
The biggest knock is that Murray is undersized and the most talked about thing at the combine might be how tall Murray actually is.
Another AFC executive wonders how exactly Murray would perform behind an average offensive line, because he had a really good one at Oklahoma.
“He also had a really good offensive line, great system, so we didn’t see him getting hit as much. How’s he going to throw from the pocket at our level at his height?”
All these questions should be answered in the first couple of years in his career in the NFL.
