“I’m not really worried about all that, let’s be honest,” Murphy says. “It’s me versus me right now. Just trying to be way better than last year, for sure.
“I know I’ve got everything that it takes to dominate in the league. It’s just building up the confidence to know I can make those plays that are ahead of me … (Working on) Being great at stuff that doesn’t take talent or athleticism.”
Start with the body. The one that made him the 28th pick in the draft two years ago. He admits his knee injury that wiped out last season’s first four games “set some things back.” He had flashed in his second training camp, but by the time he started playing games, “when I did come back, I knew that I wasn’t where I was and where I need to be.”
Murphy says he’s not a fan of how he handled his rehab, so he “left nothing to chance,” this offseason in his hometown of Atlanta. With the Bengals’ offseason program set to start in 11 days, the 6-6 Murphy says he’s coming in with newfound confidence surging through his re-constituted body. It’s not like he was a burlap bag to begin with, but his recent reading of 13.8 body fat has him fired up.
“I feel like I’m in one of the best bodies I’ve been in for years. Since sophomore year of college,” Murphy says. “I ended the season at 282 and three weeks ago I was 265-267. Since then, I’ve been packing on muscle. Yesterday I weighed myself and I was 274. It’s close to last year, but the body fat is different … I feel great … Losing that breakfast … I’m losing that sugar.”
Murphy looks like he’s partaking in the “Sweet Science,” if you’ve caught some training clips on social media. But it only looks like he’s boxing because his coach wears boxing gloves to simulate the offensive line using their hands.
“That’s something a little new,” Murphy says. “Most definitely working on the hands so I actually have my eyes in the right spot and swatting at hands and not just trying…
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