The Minnesota Vikings have been a popularly rumored destination for Kyler Murray.
Add one additional piece of information to those rumors ahead of Murray's expected release by the Arizona Cardinals when the new league year begins on Wednesday evening.
ESPN's Josh Weinfuss reported this on X on Wednesday:
"With Kyler Murray expected to be released by the Cardinals today, a source told me that Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell and Falcons coach Kevin Stefanski each did extensive research into Murray on their own."
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That would appear to create two possible destinations for Murray, except that the Falcons are already going to be signing Tua Tagovailoa. They won't be getting Murray anymore.
That leaves the Vikings, who have J.J. McCarthy and likely want at least competition for him, if not someone to take over for him entirely.
Murray, even with his struggles and injuries the last couple seasons, is far and away a more talented quarterback than McCarthy.
Vikings coach Kevin O'Connell would love to get Murray into his offense for some creative solutions to problems defense try to throw at them.
Murray is already earning lots of money from the Cardinals after his release, so the Vikings presumably wouldn't have to break the bank to sign him, either.
Murray was the 2019 Rookie of the Year and a two-time Pro Bowler. He threw for more than 20,000 yards and ran for more than 3,000 with the Cardinals. He also threw 121 TDs and ran for 32 scores.
The Vikings may be the team that gets the next piece of that production.
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