What Kyler Murray does on the field Sunday is important on many levels for the Cardinals. But how the quarterback operates off the field, in the locker room, well, that’s in the spotlight too.
Tackle D.J. Humphries has talked about it before, getting to spend a lot of offseason time with Murray at the Dignity Health Training Center while both rehabbed. The reality is that Murray, in his previous offseasons, got away from Arizona as much as he could.
“When you play football for a long time and you’re around a bunch of different quarterbacks, you get the sense they are these mystical, mythical creatures that you only see when it’s time to throw the football and it’s like, ‘Man, did you see him throw that touchdown the other day? That was crazy,'” Humphries said. “But you don’t really get to see the work. You don’t see what the training looks like. Like he’s drinking Mai Tais on the beach, throwing footballs, that’s what the thought is.
“But being in the building, watching him grind, do leg day after leg day, seeing him do the physical work, seeing him in the locker room dog-ass tired knowing he had another workout to go, just seeing that, it was dope.”
The notion was brought up to Murray, who acknowledged working in close quarters with a teammate like Humphries is bound to make an impact.
“You play harder for a guy that you know and love,” Murray said. “Obviously, you want to play hard in general, but it’s different when you’ve got your brother next to you and you know what he’s been through and y’all have been through it together. I think it was beneficial. I haven’t been this involved in the offseason program … but being here every day and just doing the same thing over and over again and getting it in, I saw what (Hump) got to go through as well, so it definitely builds a different type of bond.”
The whole journey of Murray A.I. (after injury) will be something to watch. But he noted that “you find out really quick about who you are and what you’re about” after going through what he did. Seeing how it might’ve changed him in multiple areas will be part of the story.
— What the offensive line will look like in front of Kyler is TBD. D.J. Humphries missed the entire week with an ankle injury, so it’s likely Kelvin Beachum will get the start at left tackle. Right guard Will Hernandez was limited but at least doing something on his banged-up knee, so if he can get in the lineup, that can only help.
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