Kyler Murray chooses football

[Tookalossfellbackcameback]

Doug flutie was smaller , less athletic, and old as hell and still in the good ol days had no issues

Murray is shorter than Flutie. Flutie also had to play in the CFL for 50 years and didn't get a real shot until his career was almost over...and even in that instance he had to unseat a guy (Rob Johnson) the organization wanted to play over him.

 

[MikelArteta]

Murray is shorter than Flutie. Flutie also had to play in the CFL for 50 years and didn't get a real shot until his career was almost over...and even in that instance he had to unseat a guy (Rob Johnson) the organization wanted to play over him.

Im 5’11 and I met flutie and he was like 2 inches shorter than me

 

[Tookalossfellbackcameback]

None of this changes the fact that a dual threat QB of any SIZE is more prone to being hit once they start running with the ball.

If he gets down (ala Russell Wilson) he won't take much...if any...potentially serious impact on a hit. If he's running to throw, QB's are so protected now you can't kill them when the roll out or scramble out the pocket. Defenders don't even try to touch them anymore for the most part.

 

[Lord_Chief_Rocka]

Ninjas ain’t picking fukking baseball over football

Maybe 30+ years ago

 

[Supa]

Do people in here even follow sports? Starting QB's have way more upside financially. He'll have three years to re-up with 20 mil a year plus endorsements that he won't get in the minors.

What QB's are getting CTE? Look at Russ, he takes most of his hits in the pocket. He knows how to slide and protect himself as does Kyler. He'll be fine.

I think Kyler will be a star.

 

[75 Others]

Is he even on folk's draft board

 

[El Bombi]

charlie was choosing between basketball and football. once you get drafted in the first round in the NBA you are on an NBA roster. being a first rounder in the MLB just means you gotta a few more years in the minors before you even make it to the show. especially someone like him who hasn't been dedicated to baseball. probably the hardest professional league to make it in.

Play CTE ball breh.

And a higher probability of getting a career injury that shorten years of play breh.

 

[MooseMouthMthafuga]

If he kills the combine, the Cardinals are going to have a dilemma on their hands.

Kingsbury loves the guy.Been working with him since high school.Murray has "Air Raid"

written all over him.The game has changed so much, it wouldn't surprise me to see Murray

become an All Pro level QB.Times are just quirky like that.Wouldn't been shocked to see

both Murray & Rosen on the Cardinals roster come training camp

 

[El Bombi]

Do people in here even follow sports? Starting QB's have way more upside financially. He'll have three years to re-up with 20 mil a year plus endorsements that he won't get in the minors.

What QB's are getting CTE? Look at Russ, he takes most of his hits in the pocket. He knows how to slide and protect himself as does Kyler. He'll be fine.

I think Kyler will be a star.

Didn't Seattle get fined for letting Russell Wilson play when he was clearly concussed.


Seahawks fined $100K for violating concussion protocol, letting Russell Wilson play


Y'all nikkas just be saying shyt.

 

[FakeNews]

Someone broke this down on reddit. I dont blame Kyler at all.

Okay, we are all A's fans here, and this sucks given we get no compensation here. Big kick in the nuts for us.

BUT let me play devil's advocate here, and say this is actually the smart move for Murray after the year he had, and only after the year he's had. Here are a few really crappy QBs picked in the mid to late 1st round of the NFL draft and their career earnings near the end of their careers:

• Christian Ponder - $12,546,345
  
  
• Blaine Gabbert - $19,526,851
  
  
• Brandon Weeden - $11,537,954
  

These guys SUCKED at football but still made $10+ Million. And these were from 2010 or 2011. If these same guys were drafted this last year would have made considerably more. Lamar Jackson was the last pick of the 1st round and he's making $7,575,059 guaranteed but will actually end up being $9+ million.

Even the crappiest Quarterbacks taken in the first round stick around for years as backups and make millions more after their original rookie contract just due to talent. It's hard to find a QB since 2010 picked in the first round who didn't make tens of millions of dollars. According to everyone involved in the NFL draft, Murray is going in the 1st round, and a lot of people are suggesting he would be a high pick meaning he would make even more than the average 1st round QB.

John Rheinecker, John McCurdy, Ben Fritz, Danny Putnam, Travis Buck, James Simmons, Michael Choice, Jemile Weeks, Grant Green

These are just A's 1st rounders who won't even sniff $10mill. Baseball picks bust more often than they don't regardless of position.

In this case, given how great Murray was at football, and plays the highest paid position in the sport, football at least financially is a much much safer bet than baseball.

There are only 2 arguments against it:

1. Murray is tiny and may not be a first round pick. But it doesn't really matter. He'll still make a good deal of money as a top 3 round pick. And at QB he'd still likely bounce around the league even if he were terrible based on raw talent alone.
   
   
2. CTE - This is the biggest and best argument for baseball against football. But just logically, QBs don't get damage inflicted on them at the same rate every other player does. Murray is a running QB and is bound to get hit more than let's say Drew Brees, but still nothing like D-Line, O-line, RB, LBs, any special teamer, WR etc do. It's the "safest" position there is other than punter/kicker.

 

[FaTaL]

I hope it works out for him but damn he’s so small

 

[CoryMack]

1st round QB - team will commit to you for at least 3 years, if no character issues.

if he's even MEDIOCRE after his rookie contract, he gets a guaranteed $5 mil per year for the rest of his career as a journeyman / backup. if he's above average and an established starter, he gets $20mil a year contract.

in baseball, he might be stuck in AAA forever. there's 0 guarantee if he succeeds. and even if he does succeed, he's only gonna get that $100 mil contract 8 years from now.

He’ll get a good rookie deal but if he doesn’t work out he won’t be getting any 5 mil per to be a backup. Not even close.

 

[MikelArteta]

I hope it works out for him but damn he’s so small

10 years ago people would laugh if you thought a 5’9 165lb hockey player could survive

 

[MustafaSTL]

Facts but he can just take that baseball money and not have to worry about pass rushers like Joey Bosa and Cam Heyward, or trying to throw against corners like Denzel Ward or Marshon Lattimore . Wish him the best though

:Brutuscoming:

 

[O.G.B]

If he gets down (ala Russell Wilson) he won't take much...if any...potentially serious impact on a hit. If he's running to throw, QB's are so protected now you can't kill them when the roll out or scramble out the pocket. Defenders don't even try to touch them anymore for the most part.

Mobile QB's on average take more hits than a non mobile QB, which is why a true dual threat QB will always be at more risk for potential injury vs a limited mobility QB.