NFL reporter Albert Breer has discussed the latest when it comes to Kyler Murray and his presence with the Arizona Cardinals this preseason.

The Arizona Cardinals have slowly been moving in the right direction in the past couple of years. Having tried and failed with Josh Rosen in the 2018 NFL Draft, they moved on to Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray and head coach Kliff Kingsbury and aren’t looking back.

Having gone through 2018 with just 3 wins under Rosen, that increased to 5 wins in 2019 with Murray at the helm, then 8 wins in 2020 and 11 wins last season, finishing 2nd in the NFC West and making the playoffs for the first time since 2015.

Part of that has been down to the play of the electric Murray, adept with both his arm and his feet who had put up 11,480 passing yards to go with 70 touchdowns to just 34 interceptions whilst also rushing for 1,786 yards and a further 20 touchdowns.

However things are not all well between the two camps.

What’s the situation?

Back in April, the Cardinals announced that they were picking up Murray’s 5th-year option on his rookie contract, tying him down through the 2023 season where he will earn $29m. However Murray wants something a little more long-term to secure his future past the end of that season.

Murray’s agent Erik Burkhardt pulled his opening offer and the Cardinals are yet to make any sort of concrete move towards a deal:

What’s the latest? 

Murray did not attend the first week of the team’s OTAs in what some perceive to be a move to try and force through a longer deal, but he has obviously had a change of heart as he returned to the field this week.

Albert Breer took to Twitter to explain the situation and stated that just because he is back things could still go either way between Murray and the Cardinals during contract talks: 

So it looks as if this might be a step in the right direction, the only thing that is left is for them to take that big leap and get a long-term deal sorted, but when that is going to be is anybody’s guess at this point.