Biggest Overreactions From Fantasy Football Managers After NFL Preseason 2024 | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats & Rumors

This overreaction isn’t based on anything we’ve seen in preseason. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray hasn’t seen much action in games that didn’t matter.

Murray didn’t even play a single snap in preparation.

That doesn’t mean Murray isn’t ready for his sixth season, though: Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon told Adam Schein on Mad Dog Sports Radio that the 27-year-old is healthy and in great shape for the 2024 season.

“Physically and mentally, I mean, he looks damn good. He looks damn good,” Gannon said. “You know, because you have to think, he played really good football for us; he had never taken a snap in this offense until Atlanta (in Week 10), you know what I mean, his first game back. I mean, he had a couple weeks of practice leading up to that, but no offseason program, no training camp. Not a single game we played without him. A couple weeks of practice and then you’re like, ‘Let’s play football.’ So, I think from a mental and physical standpoint, where he is right now, to even when he came back last year or even where he finished last year, I think he’s leaps and bounds improved.”

No, Murray being drafted as a top-five fantasy quarterback in some drafts is all about his scrambling ability. Fantasy managers love quarterbacks who can pick up yardage with their legs, and those same managers remember Murray’s 819-yard, 11-score 2020 season.

The following season, however, Murray’s rushing numbers declined dramatically and he has not averaged 40 rushing yards per game since.

As a low-end QB1, Murray had value. But given the questions surrounding Arizona’s offense in 2024, this is drafting him at his ceiling—and then some.