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The Arizona Cardinals were nowhere near playoff contention in the second half of the 2023 NFL season, but the team still had a lot to be excited about when quarterback Kyler Murray returned under center Murray, who tore an ACL midway through the 2022 campaign , had his rehab trickle into the 2023 regular season. Once he returned, the Cardinals' offense in Drew Petzing's system looked fluid, and the scoreboard reflected that. Murray told Fox News Digital in April "people have amnesia" after some suggested he was playing with something to prove.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Carter O'Donnell, right, and Kelvin Beachum (68) of the Arizona Cardinals celebrate with quarterback Kyler Murray (1) after Murray’s rushing touchdown in the second quarter against the Atlanta Falcons at State Farm Stadium Nov. 12, 2023, in Glendale, Ariz.
(Mike Christy/Getty Images) "I haven't, to my standard, even touched the ceiling personally," he added just before the 2024 NFL Draft. "I'm in a place right now as far as the people around me, what they're putting around me, I feel we're heading in the right direction." Cardinals veteran offensive lineman Kelvin Beachum is someone who blocked for Murray the past few seasons, and he is seeing a different Murray who is feeling more comfortable in his second year in this scheme.
"I really feel that he’s really starting to master this offense," Bea.